AIDS Authority Warns Central America
Elizabeth Rodriguez, HIV/AIDS coordinator for Central America, alerted Friday of the dramatic regional situation of the mortal virus and outlined a series of measures to fight it.

Mexican Elections: Dirty War Zooms
The influence peddling scandal affecting government presidential candidate Felipe Calderon forecasts a nastier war within the election race.

Remittances for Guatemalans Rise
Money remittances to Guatemalan families increased to 361 million dollars in May, an unprecedented high for one month and very fundamental since one-third of the total population lives from them.

Ecuador Trapped in Legal Void
Ecuador is suffering a judicial vacuum as powerful corrupt sectors, with conservative support, manipulate the courts.

Uruguay Defends Cuban Physicians
Prominent Uruguayan writer Tomas de Mattos expressed his rejection Friday of what he described as pressure by Uruguayan doctors so that poor patients cannot receive free treatment in Cuba.

Venezuela, Spain Form Aluminium Venture
Venezuelan Basic Industry and Mining Ministry and Spanish System Fuss will create a joint venture for processing aluminium by-products, the Bolivarian News Agency announced Friday.