Daily Headlines: July 13, 2007

* Striking miners in Bolivia reached a tentative agreement with the government.

* Microinsurance plans may help thousands of Mexicans get out of poverty.

* Haitian jails are dangerously overcrowded and conditions are “inhuman” according to prison officials.

* Eager to maintain some presence in Central America, Taiwan will donate $30 million to Nicaragua.

Sources- People’s Daily Online, Christian Science Monitor, Caribbean Net News, international Herald Tribune, Monsters & Critics

Image- BBC News