America Chile This year Santiago has reportedly suffered from a 40% increase in common expenses such as food, housing, electricity, and more, causing authorities to start new evaluations regarding price ceilings and wages
America Colombia The government has officially created an Equality Ministry, solely aimed at the promotion of gender and racial equality across all of the government’s departments and the country’s industries
America Dominican Republic The country is among the small group of countries showing such a rapid recovery in tourism in 2022, that they have already achieved figures greater than pre-pandemic, according to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
America Grenada The Minister of Culture congratulated the winners of Carnival 2022 and praised them for a job well done during the two weeks of what is considered 'our biggest cultural event of the year'
America Saint Kitts and Nevis After the Prime Minister swore in on 6 August, the other ministers of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis were officially sworn in and assigned ministerial portfolios on 13 August during a ceremony held at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium
America Argentina National palaeontologists have discovered the fossils of a never before seen armoured dinosaur in the southern part of the country; it is estimated that the species was alive about 100 million years ago
America Brazil Reporters Hyury Potter and Manuela Andreoni partnered with data scientists to publish information on the great amount of clandestine airstrips in the Amazon, concluding that over 300 unofficial airstrips were located near illegal mining areas
America Canada Lumber price has fallen 50% since March with real estate, wheat, oil and other commodities also loosing value: analysts read this as a sign that inflation may have peaked or could be coming to an end
America Jamaica Dr Lucien Jones, vice-chairman of the National Road Safety Council, says the cost of road crashes to the health sector and the country is too high, and the measures taken against reckless motorists should send a commensurate signal
America Barbados The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and Deloitte & Touche Barbados Ltd have formalised their longstanding partnership in support of UWI students who can undertake development programs under the company’s social responsibility initiative
America Guyana The country has now included doctors in its migration centres to facilitate medical examinations when issuing visas, thus rendering the documentation process easier and less time-consuming
America Dominican Republic The $10 refund for Tourist Card payments can be claimed by Dominicans, residents of the Dominican Republic and foreign diplomatic and consular officials accredited to the country
America Trinidad and Tobago Opposition MP Seecheran says that the Ministry of Health should not be totally dependent on the efforts of the Pan American Health Organisation to ensure that the country has the vaccine used to treat the monkeypox virus, asking instead for donations