The infant mortality rate for children under five fell for Latin America and the Caribbean from 54 to 23 deaths per 1,000 live births over the last 10 years, a PAHO/WHO report says.»

Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared on Wednesday that hunger and poverty can be stopped in the world and stressed that Africa could learn from the food security experience of his country.»

More than 500,000 million Cubans will be vaccinated nationwide seasonal flu from today to December 15, health authorities stated.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) announced today in this capital a unilateral ceasefire starting tomorrow, until January 20, 2013.»

Suriname President Desiré Delano Bouterse arrived in Santiago de Cuba this Sunday, where he expressed his solidarity in view of the damages left by hurricane Sandy.»

U.S. activists continue their protests on Sunday to demand that the Obama administration close the former School of the Americas, and withdraw the Pentagon’s military bases in Latin America and the world.»

Suriname President Desiré Delano Bouterse is to arrive on Sunday to Cuba to convey his country’s solidarity with the Caribbean Island in the wake of damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, said official sources.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla warned of threats posed to Latin America and the Caribbean by the current world order and defended regional integration as a way to face them.»

The blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States is a historical aberration, said Oscar Madoery, PhD in Political Science, of the University of Rosario, in Argentina.»

Spain’s major trade unions today noted the mass participation of workers in the second general strike against the austerity policies implemented by the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy.»