Nicaraguans Protest Transport Hike
Hundreds of Nicaraguans peacefully protested the illegal rise in public transportation costs, energy cuts and the attempts to privatize services of potable water in Managua on Tuesday.

Panama Strategizes for Avian Flu
General Secretary of the Central American Integration System (SICA) Anibal Quinonez stated Tuesday that the region must firm up tactics against avian flu as this phenomenon has become a threat to economic and social resources.

Cuba: 45 Years of Free Education
Cuba has offered accessible, free education for all its citizens for 45 years, since on June 6, 1961, the revolutionary government decreed the Teaching Nationalization Law.

Gunshots Heat up Mexico Elections
A gunshot Tuesday against the van in which family of Argentinean businessman Carlos Ahumada was traveling marred Mexican elections, only some hours before the second and last debates among presidential candidates.

Colombians Learn to Read and Write
Nearly 300 illiterate Colombian from Boyaca department, Colombia, are receiving Wednesday the first pilot classes of the Cuban method "Yo Si Puedo" (Yes, I Can), taking place in 30 points of that territory.