El Salvador, Dengue Sparks Yellow Alert
The El Salvador Health Ministry Thursday extended the yellow alert to several localities due to the threat of possible dengue epidemics.

Mexico Will Not Join G8
Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Lourdes Aranda has ruled out her country’s joining the so-called Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized countries and denied that such a proposal has been made by British Prime Minister Anthony Blair.

Cuba: Bush Plan Like Hitler Book
Cuba compared on Thursday the new US anti-Cuban plan, which is devoted to catalyzing a political transition here, with Hitler´s Mein Kampf.

Bolivians Say No to SOA
Representatives of 40 Bolivian civil and social organizations asked the government Thursday to stop sending Bolivian military for training to the US School of the Americas/WHINSEC, known as “The University of Assassins”.

Rains leave at least 12 dead or missing in Chile
At least 12 people had been killed or were missing after intense rains caused swollen rivers and landslides in southern Chile, authorities said on Wednesday.