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As the country has the world’s third largest lithium reserve, the government is looking for a collectivity-beneficial way to further develop lithium mining, crucial to support the worldwide boom in the electric car industry

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries resigned from the Cabinet after he received public backlash due to a video surfacing where he was shown breaching Covid-19 protocols

The opposition Progressive Liberal Party won 32 of 39 parliamentary seats in last week's election, making Philip Brave Davis the new prime minister; the government was ousted over the severe economic crisis that led to a 16% drop in GDP

The country granted Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) a one-year contract to commercialize the crude oil produced in the state due to its lack of domestic refining capacity

Today is World Clean Up Day, where everyone tries to pick up as much litter as possible; to celebrate, the Dutch embassy sponsored a national event with thousands of people to help the environment and spread awareness

Statistics Canada reported that this past month the country reached an inflation rate of 4.1%, the highest in over two decades

The country’s public works ministry faced a significant budget cut of almost 35% as the state is trying to reduce its fiscal deficit

The European Union declared that it will continue to provide financial support for the UN’s World Food Program in Venezuela, directly helping thousands of academic institutions provide food for their students

Several activist organizations sent a formal request to the government and manifested on the streets to claim authorities to stop using authoritative practices to silence protesters, journalists and activists

Drought emergency deeply worsened; water reserves at hydropower plants are at the lowest in 91 years and electricity prices hit record-breaking highs since hydropower is the major source of energy in the country

Health Minister had to respond to Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj's claims that the vaccine had impotence as a side effect, stressing that ungrounded info worsen public attitude towards immunization - today covering only 56% of the population