Guyana

The government has formally asked Facebook and Twitter to remove "illegal maps" posted by users showing large parts of Guyana as Venezuelan territory, which referenced an allegedly false claim done by Venezuela

Regardless of the country being once again challenged and threatened by Venezuela over their 160.000-kilometre territory dispute, the state publicly confirmed that it wants to resolve it peacefully and through dialogue

After almost three decades of waiting, the government has officially begun the process to build its first ever public law school

To ensure strict international laws against illegal logging, the country will sign an agreement with the EU to only allow legally harvested timber to be exported

As a way to welcome and attract more migrants into the country, the government has begun organising a series of workshops for companies to teach them the ethical recruitment of migrant labour

The Ministry of Education has now included the study of Artificial Intelligence and new technologies in its academic curriculum, part of a plan to innovate and modernise the current offer

The government has passed an industrial hemp law that decriminalises hemp cultivation, therefore leading to a new licensed industry that is estimated to significantly increase job availability and tax revenue

The country has now included doctors in its migration centres to facilitate medical examinations when issuing visas, thus rendering the documentation process easier and less time-consuming

The state signed a memorandum of understanding with EXIM Bank - the US export and import facilitation agency - worth US$2 billion that will help American firms to participate in large business opportunities in Guyana

The government has granted a 36% minimum wage increase for private sector workers

The country will begin using the funds it received due to its low deforestation rate in order to finance one of its largest solar energy projects to date, which will provide clean energy to circa 70.000 people

Starting next month, government cash grants will be offered to children in private and public schools in order to buy the textbooks and class materials they need

All Guyanese people living with permanent disabilities, HIV or cancer will now benefit from lifetime public assistance, being no longer required approval of the Local Board of Guardians to access public assistance