America Uruguay The World Bank approved a US$35.5 million loan to reinforce the agricultural public system - the funds will go towards climate change adaptation actions aimed at sustainably producing food destined to international markets
America Paraguay According to Amnesty International, violence, lack of sexual education, and the country’s restrictive abortion laws are causing a childhood pregnancy outbreak; the organisation has asked the state to implement comprehensive sexual education and care
America Guyana The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) implemented the Chess in Schools Programme: teaching advanced chess classes in secondary schools should make the mind sport more popular and widespread
America El Salvador As a way to modernise the next elections, the National Electoral Council implemented a new technological voting process and a digital system with biometric identification through fingerprints
America Cuba China has described the US blockade against the country as the worst example of continuous and gross violation of human rights, stressing how the application of unilateral sanctions undermine freedom of the people of both countries
America Bolivia President Luis Arce inaugurated the Bolivian Science and Technology Research Centre for Evaporite Materials and Resources; the centre’s aim is to help with the industrialisation of lithium to sell batteries on the international market
America Antigua and Barbuda Twenty-three art teachers from private and public schools across the island have graduated after completing an art teaching certification course
America Argentina Food insecurity has doubled since the pandemic took place according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, who has asked the government to take action on current agri-food systems and make them more effective, inclusive, and sustainable
America Nicaragua The nation has lifted any visa or documentation requirements for Cubans that wish to enter the state as a way to “promote commercial exchange, tourism, and humanitarian relations between the countries”
America Colombia A Colombian family honoured their country’s traditional leaf-wrapped dishes by writing a dedicated cookbook, which was recently recognised as the ‘best cookbook in the world’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris
America Brazil The ongoing drought has caused an estimated 8% drop in agriculture and a 9.8% decrease in the export of goods and services, consequently causing the state to officially enter a recessionary period
America Mexico The government has agreed to raise the minimum wage by 22% in 2022 due to the recent increase in inflation and cost of living
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Winsbert Harry, president of the National Fisherfolk Organisation, has warned that if petrol prices don't decrease or there is no discount for fishermen, the price of fish will go up