Ortega Wants Simple Headquarters
Sandinista Daniel Ortega, who will be sworn into the Nicaragua presidency on January 10, will not occupy the Presidential Palace but will move government headquarters to the Olof Palme Conventions center, it was announced here.

Panama President Thanks Cuba
Panamanian president, Martin Torrijos, expressed appreciation for Cuban solidarity towards his country and recalled the friendship between his father Omar Torrijos and the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

Raul Castro, Torrijos Team Up
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos is on his second to last day in Cuba, after bilateral collaboration topped a meeting with Cuban Vice President Raul Castro.

Venezuela to Have Psychologist VP
A few days before his inauguration ceremony on January 10, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has already begun a governmental reshuffle by appointing a new interior minister and vice president, the latter a psychologist.

Lack of Paraguayan Diplomatic Image Deplored
President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Higher Chamber, Senator Alfredo Ratti, Thursday denounced the limited diplomatic image of Paraguay, due to the absence of Paraguayan ambassadors in important countries of the world.