May 25, 2021 The Institute of the Americas will convene a two half-day, virtual forum June 2-3, 2021 to examine Central America’s Northern Triangle region’s (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador)…
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OAS, Ministry of Sciences, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica and Citi Foundation Train Students in Digital Security
May 25, 2021 The Ministry of Sciences, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MICITT), the Cybersecurity Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States…
CARICOM Secretariat wraps up pilot project ‘Regional Integration and the CSME’, conducted via online classes exchanges between High School teachers in Belize and Guyana
May 25, 2021 The CARICOM Secretariat’s pilot project with High School teachers in Belize and Guyana teaching each other’s classes online finished on Thursday. Mr. Albert Inshanally of Queen’s College…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Initiative of Interim President Juan Guaidó for a National Salvation Agreement in Venezuela
May 18, 2021 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) supports the initiative of the interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to reach a National Salvation Agreement…
Statement from the General Secretariat on the Election of CSE Magistrates and Electoral Reform in Nicaragua
May 7, 2021 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) observes with extreme concern the election of the high magistrates who will make up the Supreme Electoral…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on Indiscriminate Operations by the Venezuelan Army and Criminal/Terrorist Organisations on the Border with Colombia
April 23, 2021 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) rejects the terms of the notes that the Venezuelan dictatorship has sent to the United Nations Security…
USAID and IDB Announce $2m for the final BetterTogether/JuntosEsMejor Challenge
April 6, 2021 THE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELANS AND THEIR HOST COMMUNITIES WITH INCLUSION, GENDER EQUALITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPLOYMENT, AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and…
CICIES of the OAS Proposes to the Government of El Salvador Legal Reforms and Recommendations for Institutional Strengthening in Fight against Corruption and Impunity
By: The Organisation of American States March 26, 2021 The International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES) of the Organization of American States (OAS) proposed to the Salvadoran government…
IDB’s private sector focus to help Venezuelan refugees- launches new tool “MIGnnovation”
By: Staff Writer March 23, 2021 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the governments of Canada and Colombia, and several private companies today discussed ways to boost a regional response to…
IDB To Approve $1.25bn for Colombia in 2021
March 23, 2021 At its 2021 Annual Meeting, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed a commitment with the government of Colombia to provide the country with $1.25bn in assistance in…
Number of migrant children in U.S. border facilities soars amid growing crisis
By: Reuters March 16, 2021 More than 3,600 migrant children were being held in U.S. border facilities as of Thursday morning, a U.S. official told Reuters, more than four times…
For some children in Venezuela, garbage is the main source of their livelihood.
By: The Associated Press March 12, 2021 This has been the case for several generations of garbage collectors in Venezuela, among them Ronaikel Brito, 16, who, like his mother when…