* Latin America: Cervical cancer has killed 33,000 women in Latin America and without prevention the figure could rise to 70,000 by 2030 according to a recently released medical study.
* Puerto Rico: Controversy has erupted after Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vila proposed constructing a natural gas pipeline on the southern part of the island.
* Chile: Police and protestors clashed again in the capital Santiago over a government-backed education reform bill.
* Mexico: More causalities (so to speak) of last month’s deadly nightclub raid in Mexico City: the city’s police chief and top prosecutor resigned yesterday.
Image- ABC News Online (“Cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil is injected into a volunteer in Sydney, August 28, 2006 (AAP)”)
Sources- chicagotribune.com, BBC News, Caribbean Net News, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC
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