Nicaragua: Police Suppress Students
By means of beats and air shots the Nicaraguan National Police suppressed the protest against the rise of the collective transportation tariff led by a group of high-school students on Monday.

Cramming and Violence in Panamanian Jails
Violence and serious overcrowding in Panama´s prisons provoked the start of a 24-hour hunger strike in many of them Monday, announced Javier Justiniani, president of the Panamanian Foundation for Prisoner Support.

Mexico to expand relations with Colombia, Panama
Mexico would widen the scope of its relationship with Panama and Colombia, after Venezuela leaves the G3 trading bloc, a Mexican presidential spokesman said on Monday.

FMLN Urges Economic Policy Change
The Salvadorian bank sector and businesspeople benefit most from the present government’s economic policies, FMLN opposition deputy Salvador Sanchez denounced Monday in El Salvador.

Venezuela supports OPEC production cut: minister
Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez said on Monday that Venezuela supports the idea of an oil production cut at the next meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).