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10 athletes have represented the country at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games which conclude today in Cali, Colombia

With projections for the tourism sector trending up for the first and second quarter of 2022, Tourism Director General suggested that the country could record one million stopover visitor arrivals for next year

By winning the 2021 college elections of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Albana Chavarría became the first ever transgender President of a public university in Central America

The Central Bank of Suriname is urging commercial banks to agree to drastically raise the interest rate in order to regulate inflation and the exchange rate; however, banks are hesitant to do so since they don’t want to negatively affect small companies

The Jamaica Fire Brigade has announced plans to increase its staff number adding 151 new positions over the next two fiscal years to the staffing level of 2100 persons

10 Nevis men have been recently honoured for promoting better gender relations and for their positive impact on the island's communities

The coordinator of the home isolation program has urged people who are placed in home isolation to carefully follow the necessary protocols; last week 177 families were concerned

As a consequence of the emergency situation in its prisons, the country will begin pardoning inmates in order to ease overcrowding in its facilities

Due to the recent numerous incarcerations, Uzra Reya, the Sub-secretary of State for Civil Security and Human Rights, expressed her concerns regarding the increasing discrimination against journalists and human rights defenders in the country

The board of the Dominican Rum Producers Association has received the long-awaited "Dominican Rum Denomination of Origin", allowing rum to position itself as a Country Brand, protecting its production and its authenticity

As one of her first pledges, newly elect president Xiomara Castro declared that the country will foster ties with Beijing for greater financial and political benefits

President Pedro Castillo pledged support to all of the affected people by the recent 7.5-magnitude earthquake, he also stated that the government will take immediate action to repair all of the structural damages in the northern part of the country

The country set the world record for the largest orchestra contemporarily playing, made up of over 12.000 musicians