Santiago de Chile, May 15 (RHC)—Chile´s Student Confederation announced a new march against the segregation generated by the sociopolitical model of the country´s education system.

Havana, May 15 (RHC)—The Mexican daily La Jornada and Vanguardia online highlighted the success of a Cuban pharmaceutical in healing diabetic foot ulcers and avoiding lower limb amputations.

Paris, May 15 (RHC)-- Francois Hollande has been sworn in as the president of France, taking over the helm from Nicolas Sarkozy.  In his first speech as president, Hollande promised to "open a new path in Europe" and work for national reunification as the basis for restoring public confidence.

Athens, May 15 (RHC)-- The Greek economy continued to deepen its recession during the first three months of this year, with official figures showing that the Gross Domestic Product fell by 6.2 percent during the first quarter of 2012.

Caracas, May 15 (RHC) -- Venezuela and Ecuador further strengthened their economic and political relations Tuesday with the signing of four bilateral agreements at the end of a working meeting of government delegations.

Rome, May 15 (RHC)-- Italy’s economy contracted for a third quarter in the three months through March as the nation’s recession deepened amid an intensifying Euro-area debt crisis.

La Paz, May 15 (PL-RHC) -- The Bolivian government and the Confederation of Workers signed an agreement Tuesday to establish a regulation to cancel the eight-hour work day in public health institutions, included in Supreme Decree 1126.

Caracas, May 15 (RHC) -- The National Electoral Council of Venezuela has begun the process of sending invitations to individuals, institutions and international authorities to check the development of presidential elections on October 7th.

Bogotá, May 15 (RHC) -- The National Student Front of Colombia is taking part along with labor unions and social movements in a day of protest against the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, which takes effect on Tuesday.

Rome, May 15 (RHC)-- Italy’s economy contracted for a third quarter in the three months through March as the nation’s recession deepened amid an intensifying Euro-area debt crisis.

Madrid, May 15 (RHC)-- In Spain, the "indignados" are taking to the streets and plazas to commemorate the first anniversary of their protest movement.  Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza has become the epicenter of peaceful demonstrations called by the on-line social networking groups "Real Democracy" and "Youth Without A Future," which gave birth one year ago today to the M-15 Movement.

Guatemala City, May 15 (PL-RHC) -- Chile and Mexico have signed two accords aimed at providing technical assistance to Guatemala on mining and oil matters.

Ramallah, May 15 (RHC)-- Palestinian prisoners have voted to end a mass hunger strike that challenged Israel’s policy of indefinite detention without charge.

Santiago de Chile, May 15 (PL-RHC) -- An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook northern Chile yesterday, throwing people into a panic.

Ramallah, May 15 (RHC)-- Palestinians across the Occupied Territories are holding protests today to mark what they call the "Nakba" -- or "The Catastrophe" -- when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes during the period Israel declared statehood in 1948.