America Uruguay World Food Day took place this week, inspiring thousands of Uruguayans to take on the streets and demand President Luis Lacalle Pou to address the still ongoing food crisis that the country has been going through for the past two decades
America Guatemala The government will begin to work with the United States Department of Justice in order to fight transnational organized crime and track down the illicit movement of capital in the region, with the aim of improving trans-national security
America Brazil This month the Central Bank used contractionary monetary policy in order to raise interest rates by one percent to tame the nation’s rising inflation; this is the most the country’s Central Bank has increased interest rates in the past 18 years
America Paraguay A resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council stipulated that the country has 180 days to repair the ecological damages caused by several enterprises fumigating with pesticides, resulting in the intoxication of several indigenous villages
America Mexico The Michoacan train tracks have been blocked for the past 74 by teachers protesting to claim their unpaid salaries, causing an estimated US$3.842 million loss in exports that haven’t reached their respective ports of shipping
America Trinidad and Tobago The Adult Literacy Tutors Association has received four laptops from Heritage Petroleum Company Limited, in response to the increased need for computers to facilitate online learning locally
America Saint Lucia The National Emergency Management Organisation (N.E.M.O) has introduced changes from today to facilitate the movement of motor vehicles during curfew
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso set the objective of doubling national oil production by the end of his term in 2025; many view the move as a strategy to attract investors
America Costa Rica The country’s deputies approved a new law which will allow people generate their own electricity through renewable practices, as well as have the possibility to obtain credit for their bills if they create surplus energy
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 Police Officers celebrated their first ten years of service with a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police who presented them with commemorative plaques and congratulated them on the quality of their service
America El Salvador Due to the recent legalization of Bitcoin as a legal tender, the country will be mining bitcoin mainly using sustainable sources of energy, such as geothermal, in order to avoid the high impact on resources the operation inevitably has
America Panama This week the country will start providing the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to its citizens
America Argentina The government fixed the Market Basket’s prices for 90 days, a strategy to try and counteract the country’s rising inflation