Venezuela Powers up Nicaragua
Nicaragua began to receive on Friday the 60 megawatts planned in the framework of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), with the last power-station complex connection.

Salvador Violence Gives No Easter Truce
The number of Salvadorian deaths by violence reached 15 in the first five days of the observed Easter holidays, a National Civil Protection System report published on Friday.

Venezuela Looks at Women
About 1,500 women throughout the world are expected to attend the 14th World Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), to be run in Caracas on April 8-14.

Two quakes shake southern Peru, no casualties
Two moderate earthquakes shook southern Peru on Friday, causing landslides and disrupting cell phone access, but no victims were reported.