Lorena Baires wrote in Inside Costa Rica of San José of the search in Central America for new strategies to protect schools from the violence committed by gangs, which contributes to the academic failure of about 3.6 million children each year. 

La Jornada of Mexico City reported that hundreds of Venezuelans gathered outside Daka Electronics stores to buy televisions, refrigerators, irons, blenders and other appliances, after President Nicolás Maduro announced that he had ordered the chain to sell all items at “fair prices.”

El Espectador of Bogotá noted that according to a study by researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia, 4% of the world population suffers from depression.  

Marcela Ojeda reported in El Financiero of Mexico City that the Chief of the Tax Administration Service (SAT), Aristóteles Núñez, said that despite “a lot of misinformation,” the middle classes will not be affected by tax reform. 

The Buenos Aires Herald observed that “amid great expectations” the Argentine Supreme Court upheld, in a 6 to 1 vote, the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law

Mercopress of Montevideo noted that riots continue in Brazil.  In São Paulo a group of “’vandals” wearing black hoods broke store windows, smashed ATM machines,

La República of Lima reported that Latin America has registered a significant improvement in terms of the “gender gap,” according to the World Economic Forum. 

Inside Costa Rica of San José reported that Costa Rica’s black population is hindered by less education and professional employment. 

El Comercio of Lima reported that President Ollanta Humala defended the “Warma Qali” food program for children after new complaints about its safety. 

La Jornada of Mexico City noted that according to reports from the Federal Ministry of Health, a recent surge in cholera cases has been detected