The world is rushing to the aid of Ecuador, which suffered a devastating earthquake last week. 

For the first time ever, a court has recognized that the rights afforded to heterosexual couples should also be afforded to same-sex couples in Colombia. 

A new survey has shed some light upon how Chileans feel about crime in their country. 

Abuses committed by priests 20 years ago went unpunished because the statute of limitations expired.

Preliminary results of a study analyzing how state or corporate mega-projects have generated a proliferation of women’s leadership in rural communities were discussed during a roundtable organized in Managua.

The recently released Panama Papers have uncovered a world never before imagined, of money flows and tax havens for businesses. It is estimated that 22% of Latin America’s wealth is hidden in these tax havens.

Not long after announcing it on Twitter, the Uber app was released into the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. An hour later, about 4,000 taxi drivers refused transit in twenty major sections of the city.

Budget errors have learning spaces on the brink of bankruptcy while their communities suffer alongside them. The money they have is not enough to cover even ordinary expenses, but the national government will not admit to the problem or do anything about it.

The Mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, has taken another step forward for the construction of one of the city’s most ambitious projects: an elevated Metro system. In a recent press conference, Peñalosa presented the schedule of the project. The construction process will begin this year with the acquisition of the required land.

The inclusion of women in politics has made substantial progress over the last two decades in Latin America and the Caribbean, yet women still do not have access to political careers with the same conditions as men do because the parties in the region continue to be sexist.