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A new bill preventing judicial harassment against journalists and social activists was passed; the law is mainly to protect these groups from millionaire lawsuits trying to shut down the media and/or protestors

More than 82.000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be sent in from Canada, thus guaranteeing a further significant step for coverage of a 1,3 million population

Peaceful protests have been taking place to demand justice for a 14-year-old killed by a police officer one month ago on July 14th; protesters request a more severe sentence for the officer and a better judicial system overall

New quality infrastructure will be built to make the cocoa industry more competitive internationally

A comprehensive study of local transport will be started from next month by the Caribbean Development Bank, and will probably determine changes to bus fares

Thousands of cargo trucks drove at minimum speed in the capital Asuncion as a way of protesting the decreasing prices of cargo shipments and rising gas prices, making their wages significantly lower

President has ordered that freight charges be reduced to pre-pandemic levels in order to lower taxes on imports, thereby relieving consumers of higher prices that have been passed on due to higher shipping costs

Government has allocated 3000 millions pesos (31 million USD) in the form of advanced payments to 231 social services, recognizing that health and social services will be fundamental in the months to come as well

On July 4th the creation of Chile’s new Constitution began; today, along with experts from the United Nations, discussions about including the topic on Human Rights within the document started

The state will soon begin a road construction in its southern region; indigenous people from the Apoera village voiced their concerns since it will affect their homes and hunting grounds

Today the country officially announced that it will no longer take advice from Mercosur, the official South American trade bloc, for new individual trading opportunities; something that hasn’t been done in 20 years

The Saint Lucia Kings cricket team supports the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority to further promote the island as one of the world's premier tourism destinations

The country declared that all students will have to present the Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate in order to be able to enrol in classes for the 2022 academic school year