America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The country has decided to boycott the Summit of the Americas hosted by US President Biden and failed to convince its CARICOM colleagues to do it over Washington's refusal to invite Havana, Managua and Caracas to the talks
America Suriname As the country continues to suffer form heavy flooding, it has begun receiving humanitarian and medical aid from Venezuela — a rare occurrence since Venezuela receives external aid itself
America Saint Lucia Fifty Saint Lucians have graduated from the first farmer training programme; Taiwan's ambassador to Saint Lucia reminded that the country spends millions of dollars importing fruits and vegetables
America Argentina The country has become the first in the world to approve the selling of nationally developed, genetically modified wheat that is resistant to drought and herbicides
America Nicaragua The state’s congress has just outlawed 96 NGOs, bringing to 440 the number of institutions closed by president Daniel Ortega since the 2018 protests
America Guatemala The country is holding its third International Education Summit, where it aims at improving national educational quality through the free training of teachers, directors and parents
America Trinidad and Tobago UNESCO, along with government, will officially inaugurate the UNESCO-designated Northeast Tobago Biosphere Reserve today as part of World Environment Day celebrations and in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebrations of Man and Biosphere programme
America Colombia A court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest, for allegedly failing to enact measures to protect the Los Nevados national park
America Jamaica Elaine Thompson-Herah broke her own meet record yesterday running 10.83 seconds (0.3m/s) to win the women’s 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, Morocco
America Brazil The country, first in the world to recognize Angola's independence, has signed an agreement with the state to strengthen their cooperation for the agro-industry as well as bilateral relations
America Ecuador To fight illegal fishing in the Galapagos, the country has established Canadian satellites and sensing technologies to push back against the industrial-scale theft of marine resources
America Honduras President Xiomara Castro rejected the exclusion of Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas and said that Honduras won’t attend if that’s still the case, since it would no longer truly be the ‘Summit of the Americas’
America Barbados Health experts at the University of the West Indies expressed alarm at the high rates of diabetes, heart attacks (10/week) and strokes (14/week), urging the population to take control by using greater responsibility for their health