America Haiti The Dominican Republic, continuing to intensify repatriations of Haitians, has expelled nearly 10.000 people in the last month, according to GARR, the Support Group for Returnees and Refugees
America Trinidad and Tobago The country must continue on its path towards digitisation to move towards a post-pandemic economy, experts said at the launch of the two-day Tech Hub Islands Summit 2022 technology conference to be held in July
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The government has approved a Virtual Assets Bill that will create an application process for the registration of virtual assets to ensure that criminals do not gain control of such entities
America Argentina The Chamber of Deputies has approved the use of medicinal cannabis, welcoming an industry that is expected to create over 10.000 jobs by 2025
America Brazil The NGO Coordination for Indigenous Communities is giving technological devices to indigenous people so they can take evidence and denounce government environmental violations near their communities
America Cuba The government is stepping up its commitment to sustainable tourism, implementing measures to protect beaches and biodiversity through the plan launched in 2017 with the participation of different sectors of the Cuban economy and society
America Barbados In a social media post, Rihanna said that Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe will be the first African countries to sell Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin products starting 27 May
America Peru The government has signed an agreement with South Korea to remove the visas from both countries to promote mutual tourism
America Costa Rica Due to the recent authority hackings, the government has announced a state of emergency, giving the president the right to hire cyber security experts to try and deal with the situation and the monetary losses
America Colombia The state has become the first in Latin America to legalise medically assisted suicide for those suffering extreme sufferance or incurable diseases
America Grenada The country, called the Caribbean capital of chocolate for its large production of cocoa beans, celebrates this year with the return of the Grenada Chocolate Fest from 13 to 18 May after being suspended due to the pandemic
America Belize The NGO Fragments of Hope has spent over a decade planting hundreds of thousands of fragments of coral in reefs affected by hurricanes; recent reports have shown that this project has become one of the most successful coral regeneration sites in the world
America Nicaragua The country signed a formal agreement with Iran that aims at promoting the cooperation between the two countries regarding oil, energy, agriculture, cattle, and their relationship as a whole