With the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights of Children, Christian Skoog, UNICEF Representative for Guatemala, took a look at the current situation of children to assess both the progress and challenges. He concluded that if it continues on the same track, the future is not pretty.  

Cyber-Crime is reaching distressing levels in Colombia, police and internet experts say. 

The outpouring of tears of blood on a statue of Christ in Cochabamba, Bolivia may be declared a miracle. A study has revealed that it is human blood and tissues.  In Ecuador the most important cultural and religious holidays of the Catholic calendar of Cuenca involve the “Child Traveler.” 

Mother, grandmother, pediatrician, and president of Chile for the second time, Michelle Bachelet, who was also director for women at the United Nations, believes that “Inequality in Latin America has the face of women and children.”