While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all aspects of the world economy, household workers have been hit especially hard.

The national program for school nutrition (Programa de Alimentación Escolar) was established in 1920 by the National Administration of Public Education (La Administración Nacional de Educación Pública).

Q’eqchi Mayan herbalist and spiritual guide Domingo Choc was lynched in Guatemala after being accused of witchcraft.

The regional plan to reopen the local economy in Cusco, Peru, foresees an investment of three billion dollars from 2020-2022.

“Sex sells” is one of the oldest tricks in the book of advertising, with women staged seductively against cars, alcohol, and even feminine products in hopes of generating a buzz around a certain brand.

Last week, Barranquilla, Colombia, saw an 80% increase in occupation of its Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Not only has the world been shaken by a global pandemic this year, but it has also been moved by the recent death of George Floyd.

Although there is vast cultural diversity in Latin America, tolerance and racial equality does not necessarily follow. Every day in Latin America, people of indigenous and African descent suffer from racial discrimination.

The National Convention for Peruvian Agriculture (Conveagro) is asking the government to create a S/ 5 billion bailout fund that would save more than 660,000 agricultural families from bankruptcy.

Although the health emergency brought about by COVID-19 has led to a reduction in business for Ecuadorian tattoo artists, many owners of local tattoo parlors have adapted successfully to the new conditions.