Since 2010, a number of schools in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, a rural province in northwestern Ecuador, have closed, leaving students to walk long distances in precarious situations to reach the remaining schools.

The Comisión Especial para la Transformación del Sector Educación de Honduras held a public hearing in which 400 representatives from non-governmental organizations, churches, academic institutions, parent associations, and other sectors of society came together to demand continued access to public education in Honduras.

On Monday, May 27, marches were organized in many cities in Argentina in support of the proposed legislation for the Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo (IVE).

The Historical Archive of the extinct National Police (AHPN) was discovered by chance in 2005 and contains records of 116 years of Guatemala’s history, including 70 million police records.

Paraguay is one of two landlocked countries in South America with a variety of indigenous groups that call this country home.

According to Maritza Velásquez, director of the association for household and domestic workers (Atrahdom), “domestic work [in Guatemala] is one of the most vulnerable branches. It’s a form of modern slavery.”

Ecuador has the chance to join the many countries that have legalized same-sex marriage.

The think tank group Cuba Posible announced that they would be disbanding their board of directors after severe criticism from many sides.

In order to eliminate financial exclusion and the inequalities suffered by women, Panama’s authorities have set themselves the task of including a national budget that considers gender equality.

Three hundred LGBTQ protesters gathered on Paseo del Prado without official permission and were dispersed by uniformed and undercover police.