Montevideo, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Another Uruguayan policeman took his own life, making a total of 13 who committed suicide this year, which seems to confirm today what they qualify as a silent epidemic in the police force.

Managua, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Luis Morales, Minister of Culture, affirmed that the development and massification of culture among the Nicaraguan people constitutes today one of the priorities of the Government of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional de Nicaragua).

Panama City, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) According to a survey that supported the report of the Bicentennial Pact, Closing Gaps, promoted by the Government, a quality education has become the main demand of Panamanians today.

Montevideo, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The reserves of the Paso Severino dam, which supplies water to this capital and the metropolitan area, continue to rise today thanks to the latest rains.

Buenos Aires, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The vice-presidential candidate for La Libertad Avanza, Victoria Villarruel, denies the disappearance of 30 thousand people during the last dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) and maintains links with the Spanish ultra-right-wing organization Vox, the newspaper Página 12 warned today.

Damascus, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army intercepted today a convoy of US troops, illegally present in the region of Al-Jazira, in the northeast of this nation.

Beijing, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Xi Jinping urged young people from China and the United States to get to know each other and become ambassadors of bilateral friendship, local media reported today.

Moscow, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The Russian probe Luna-25 crashed into the lunar surface after a failure that diverted it to a wrong trajectory, the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, announced today.

Havana, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The second edition of the Orizzonti Hub Italy-Cuba festival will end today in Havana, after days in which cultural ties between the two nations were strengthened and Italian cinematography was promoted.

Quito, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) The polling stations opened today at 7:00 local time in Ecuador, where citizens will elect president, vice-president and 137 assembly members in an early and unprecedented process.