Ethiopia has completed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, signaling a major step in its economic growth and regional influence.

The $4 billion dam, built on the Blue Nile near Sudan’s border, will generate over 6,000 megawatts of electricity—more than doubling Ethiopia’s current power capacity.

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Venezuela has opened the first Kalashnikov ammunition factory in the Americas, in Maracay, close to Caracas.

According to Russia’s state company Rostec, the plant can make up to 70 million cartridges a year for the AK-103 assault rifle, which uses the 7.62x39mm caliber.

Four production lines are running: two for regular bullets with steel cores, and

Brazil is building the Salvador-Itaparica Bridge, which will be Latin America’s longest overwater bridge at 12.4 kilometers.

It will connect Salvador, Bahia’s capital, to Itaparica Island, replacing a ferry system that has run since 1970 but often causes long delays. Without the ferry, travelers face a 150-kilometer detour around the bay.

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