America Haiti The country is trying to avoid the mistakes made after the 2010 earthquake by relying on a centralized group and are now having many Haitian-American organizations and individuals who are directly participating in a variety of initiatives
America Guatemala Heavy rains caused extreme flooding across communities, resulting in over 14.000 people affected; households and authorities are trying to keep up with the ongoing damage
America Mexico The country announced that it will do its best to provide political asylum for all Afghans that request it
America Bolivia Massive wildfires overtake the country’s natural reserves and protected forests, burning over 800.000 hectares in a few days
America Bahamas The government hopes a study on the potential of industrial hemp will provide an alternative to the illegal marijuana trade in the country
America Panama The Ministry of Health is currently studying and evaluating the possibility of requiring the population to get a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to combat the Delta variant of the virus
America Saint Lucia The country is on alert for the African Swine Fever; the government is taking measures and spreading awareness to its people in order to protect livestock producers and their communities
America Antigua and Barbuda FAO and the Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation will work together on a training program for beekeepers in Barbuda
America United States Hurricane Henri, though now downgraded to tropical storm, impacted New York City where the Homecoming concert has been evacuated, subways shuttered and roads inundated; its landfall in Rhode Island is expected to leave 100.000 citizens without power
America Grenada After a nearly four-year court battle, a lotto winner will collect over half a million dollars from the Grenada National Lottery Authority for a winning ticket bought in November 2017
America Colombia Massive Haitian migration is causing a humanitarian emergency in the country and authorities are looking for a way to reallocate all migrants passing through the border to get to their final destination
America Nicaragua While the government continues to receive extreme recoil from locals due to the ongoing arrests, the police raided the opposition’s newspaper “La Prensa” and suspended its printed circulation
America Dominican Republic The Dominican Association of Rum Producers, regretting recent deaths due to the alleged consumption of illicit or clandestine alcoholic beverages, calls for safe alcohol consumption