The Hospital Nacional Laura Bonaparte is experiencing significant changes to its procedures and institution, leaving many physicians and staff members upset.

Prohibition of growth hormones in certain animals raised for food in Uruguay dates back to 1988, but the myth that these substances are in the food supply and can cause harm to consumers continues.

Experts contend that values of machismo are transmitted via the family.

Local media reports from the Dominican Republic reveal that certain parts of the country have experienced an unwarranted number of deaths in public health facilities due to a bacteria outbreak among patients. 

Five “blessed ones” in Peru are canonized: Sister Ana de los Ángeles, Luis Tezza de Lima, and three catholic priests who were assassinated in 1991.

A conflict over water has arisen between advocates of the development partnership “Bendición de Dios,” comprised of the seven communities in Tacuba, Ahuachapán, and Mayor Joel Ramírez.

The transgender rights activist was assaulted and left semi-conscious by two men after returning from a party.

—Researched and written by Kimberly Mentzer— Gender violence and femicide is a historically rooted problem in Argentina. The Latin American Feminist Movement, the United Nations, and other women’s rights groups have been working to eliminate gender violence targeting women since 1981. However, in Argentina, even after international movements and national campaigns that worked to eliminate

—Researched and written by Anna Kebler— The tradition of the Quema del Diablo, or Burning of the Devil, takes place in Guatemala every December 7 at 6:00 p.m., the eve of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Effigies of the devil and material that ceased to be useful to the home is ignited in a

As has been done for 486 years, millions of people came to Tepeyac with happy hearts and full of faith in order to worship Tonantzin-Guadalupe.