America Guatemala Ex-presidential candidate Manuel Baldizón has just been deported by the US as he was convicted of money laundering from drug trafficking with which he allegedly financed his electoral campaign
America Guyana Regardless of the country being once again challenged and threatened by Venezuela over their 160.000-kilometre territory dispute, the state publicly confirmed that it wants to resolve it peacefully and through dialogue
America Nicaragua The government has decided to break all diplomatic relations with The Netherlands, after accusing it of maintaining an interventionist and neo-colonialist position against the country
America Suriname As part of the country’s advocation towards sustainability, it has decided that for now, it will no longer issue gas business permits so no more additional gas stations will be allowed to operate
America Panama The state has just scored a new annual record of migrants that have crossed the country in order to get to the US, surpassing 158.000 with the majority being Venezuelans
America Paraguay The government is advising its local business to invest in their information systems, as a recent study evidenced that over 50% of national companies have suffered from a cyber-attack this past few years
America Ecuador Thousands of women took to the streets and blocked local businesses to protest against the femicides that continue to take place, which have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women this year
America Honduras The devastating rains continue as the number of people affected has gone up to 80.000, as a result, Argentine ‘White Helmets” have arrived in the country to assist the victims with humanitarian aid
America Peru As countries around the world are battling against fertiliser shortages, the country has turned to a new alternative: bird poo, which is highly nutritive for plant growth and now starting to be heavily commercialised in the country
America Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou’s head of personal security was recently indicted for his alleged participation in a forgery scheme that helped Russians obtain Uruguayan passports to flee their country
America Haiti At least seven people have died of cholera in a return of the disease that killed some 10.000 people in a 2010 outbreak; it comes as gang blockades have caused shortages of fuel and clean drinking water, after a year with no confirmed cholera cases
America Brazil General elections were held on 2 October to elect the president, vice president, and the National Congress; no candidates received more than half the votes, leaving Brazilians with a four-week campaign ahead with Lula da Silva against Bolsonaro
America Belize The government has implemented a new programme to improve medical waste disposal by installing machines that sterilise waste at high temperatures to kill pathogens before final disposal, making the majority of its medical facilities now waste compliant