Buenos Aires - With no wage agreement in sight with the Government and on strike for four weeks, Argentine university professors, backed by several unions and students, will march today for better salaries and against budget cuts.

Caracas - President Nicolas Maduro designated 2018 as Year of the Economic Revolution, and assured that important changes will be implemented as of today in the Financial Recovery Program.

Santo Domingo - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac), through the Latin American and Caribbean Institute of Economic and Social Planning, will discuss here today, planning for the region''s development.

Brasilia - The liberty of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, political prisoner for 144 days today, will again be discussed in September by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which four months ago rejected that possibility.

San Juan - The Fiscal Board examined an executive order of the governor that would increase minimum wage to $ 15 dollars an hour for construction workers.