El Salvador Exports Rise as Remittances Lose Pace and the 44-Hour Week Goes Under Review
Salvador Exports Rise: — What happened: El Salvador's exports reached US$4,036.7 million in January to July 2026, up 4.4 percent...
August 28, 2026Section
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Paraguay Warned Its Power Could Run Short by 2030 as It Chases Doubled Exports to the US
Paraguay Warned Power: — The warning: Industry leaders say Paraguay could face power shortages, even rolling blackouts, as soon as...
August 28, 2026
Caribbean Islands Refuse to Scrap Golden Passports as the EU Threatens Visa-Free Travel
Caribbean Islands Refuse: What happened: The EU told five Caribbean states in late June to shut their golden passport programmes...
August 28, 2026
Costa Rica Limits 12-Hour Shifts to Private Firms as Deputies Shield Public Workers
Costa Rica Limits: What happened: Deputies voted to exclude public-sector employees from Costa Rica's planned 4x3 reform of the Labour...
August 28, 2026
Cuba Takes Its Hunger Blockade Claim to the UN Security Council
Cuba Takes Hunger: What happened: Cuba told the UN Security Council on 25 August that US sanctions are driving hunger...
August 28, 2026
Honduras Courts US Investment for Ports and Energy as Remittances Reach US$7.7 Billion
Honduras Courts Investment: What happened: President Nasry Asfura signed a US agreement on 5 March 2026 funding a study of...
August 28, 2026
Guyana Approves a US$1.65 Billion Budget and Widens Its Energy Bet With Solar and a Trinidad Gas Partner
Guyana Approves Billion: What happened: Guyana approved a US$1.65 billion budget for fiscal 2027, according to officials in Georgetown.
August 28, 2026
Brazil Court Annuls Odebrecht Evidence Used to Jail Peru’s Ex-President Toledo
Brazil Court Annuls: — What happened: Brazilian Supreme Court justice Dias Toffoli annulled the Odebrecht evidence used against Peru’s ex-president
August 28, 2026
Argentina’s Neuquen Maps 750 Kilometres of Roads to Take Vaca Muerta West to Chile
Argentina ’ Neuquen: What happened: Argentina s Neuquén province took a 750-kilometre road plan to Chile to tie Vaca Muerta...
August 28, 2026