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The nation’s authorities, concerned about surging migration from Venezuela, have imposed visa requirements for Venezuelan visitors

The indigenous community of Q’eqchi’ asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn the country since the government hasn’t granted the community their respective land rights

Enzo Romero, a Peruvian mechatronics engineer, will be one of the remarkable individuals of TED Fellows 2022, since he invented a low-cost human prosthesis that has aided many disabled low-income individuals

The country has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in the near future, following several Caribbean countries in doing so; the Ministry of Tourism began supporting the ban in 2018, starting a campaign called "Plastics Be Gone"

The country officially declared that the state of emergency has ended and has lifted pandemic restrictions such as temperature checks and social distancing; the only rule still maintained is masks

The country mourns painter Earl Darius Etienne, known for his ability to work with a variety of materials, from canvas, wood, paper, fabric to old recycled jeans

President Guillermo Lasso signed an executive decree that grants certain prisoners early freedom in order to avoid overcrowding in state prisons

The Ministry of Tourism declared that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender, tourism has grown by approximately 30%

The Minister of Transport and Mines hailed the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project as an important example of sustainable land use, with the goal of improving bauxite communities by encouraging the productive use of mined land for agriculture

President Alberto Fernandez celebrated the country’s 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China, the nation’s largest commercial partner

The last week of Black History Month has begun, a US-born annual observance falling in the month of February; events, exhibitions, concerts are scheduled through the country as a homage and an occasion to meet a deeply rooted culture