'Agave farmers are hopeful that research will yield new pharmaceutical uses for their crop. A glut in agave production has driven down prices of the plant to 1.5 pesos per kilo – a drop of 110 percent since 2002.' - Photo By CR STAFF

'Maria de Lourdes Garcia (L) completes paperwork before receiving a mammogram inside a mobile clinic, part of the Department of Health's month long breast cancer prevention campaign.
' - Photo By F. Sanchez