Tegucigalpa, Sep 7 (EFE).- At least 15 people were shot to death Tuesday at a shoe factory in the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, police said.

Mexico City, Sep 7 (EFE).- A judge extended bankruptcy protection to Mexicana de Aviacion, giving the beleaguered carrier a chance to restructure its debts and resume operations, Mexico's transport secretary said Tuesday.

San Juan, Sep 7 (EFE).- Puerto Rican authorities declared a public health emergency after the confirmation of 10 new deaths from dengue fever, which could cause record levels of fatalities in 2010 if the current trend is maintained.

San Salvador, Sep 7 (EFE).- Between 40 percent and 60 percent of El Salvador's bus routes are not operating on Tuesday due to fear of attacks on the vehicles or the transportation workers by gangs, the leader of the Fecoatrans transit company association told Efe.

Santiago, Dominican Republic, Sep 7 (EFE).- Haitian and Dominican authorities are jointly investigating a road accident in which 20 people died and 17 others were injured, officials said here Tuesday.

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 7 (EFE).- State-owned Banco do Brasil will finance construction of an ethanol plant in Colombia, Brazilian daily O Estado de Sao Paulo reported Tuesday.

New York, Sep 7 (EFE).- Playing in his 10th U.S. Open, Spaniard Tommy Robredo has again faltered in the Round of 16, falling here Tuesday to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than 3 hours.

Tegucigalpa, Sep 7 (EFE).- Hundreds of Honduran workers, students and members of the National Popular Resistance Front gathered here Tuesday to demand a 15 percent rise in the minimum wage, the return of ousted former President Mel Zelaya and a constitutional convention.

Madrid, Sep 7 (EFE).- The two lastest dissidents freed by the Cuban government arrived Tuesday in Madrid accompanied by several family members.

Bogota, Sep 7 (EFE).- The brother of former Inspector General Edgardo Maya was arrested in connection with the killings nine years ago of two union officials in northern Colombia, the Attorney General's Office said.

Havana, Sep 7 (EFE).- They learn Catalan, they listen to Spanish folk music and take courses in Spanish cooking. There are thousands of Spaniards who have been living for decades in Cuba who are trying to keep in touch with their roots and with a homeland where some of them have never set foot.

Monterrey, Mexico, Sep 7 (EFE).- One person was killed and 10 others injured Tuesday in an explosion at an oil refinery in the northern Mexican town of Cadereyta, state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos and authorities said.

Guatemala City, Sep 7 (EFE).- Emergency services teams found another body among the tons of mud and rocks that fell Saturday on a highway in western Guatemala, bringing to 45 the number of deaths in the torrential rains.

Mexico City, Sep 7 (EFE).- The government has identified seven of the individuals involved in the massacre last month of 72 migrants at a ranch in northeastern Mexico, security spokesman Alejandro Poire said.

Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sep 7 (EFE).- Two dismembered bodies were found by police early Tuesday in front of a children's museum in Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, police spokesmen told Efe.

Bogota, Sep 3 (EFE).- Eleven leftist rebels were killed and another wounded Friday in a combined ground and air attack on a camp near the border with Venezuela, the Colombian military said.

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 3 (EFE).- The Brazilian economy grew 1.2 percent in the second quarter after notching a rise of 2.7 percent in the previous three-month period, but is still up 8.9 percent for the first half of the year compared with 2009, the IBGE statistics agency said Friday.

San Juan, Sep 3 (EFE).- Fewer Puerto Ricans are getting married and the number of children per couple has dropped, a trend brought on by the new role of the woman and other social changes on the Caribbean island.

San Salvador, Sep 3 (EFE).- El Salvador's national police found more than $5.2 million in cash inside a partially buried barrel on a farm 56 kilometers (35 miles) from this capital, sources in the Attorney General's Office told Efe Friday.

Oaxaca, Mexico, Sep 3 (EFE).- The pilot and all four passengers died Friday when a small plane crashed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, authorities said.

Lima, Sep 3 (EFE).- Peruvian police presented to the press more than $5 million in counterfeit dollars recently seized from an international crime organization.

Mexico City, Sep 3 (EFE).- Management at a Mexican newspaper whose offices were riddled with bullets earlier this week said Friday that they received demands for the payment of 200,000 pesos ($15,400) in exchange for not blowing up the daily's headquarters in the Pacific resort town of Mazatlan.

Havana, Sep 3 (EFE).- Dressed in olive drab, Fidel Castro spoke Friday for 45 minutes to thousands of students in the first massive event open to the public at which he has appeared since he became ill four years ago and handed over the presidency to younger brother Raul.

Monterrey, Mexico, Sep 2 (EFE).- At least 25 people died Thursday in a clash between Mexican soldiers and gunmen in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a spokesman for the 7th Military Zone told Efe.