Two new mothers are demanding that their young children be returned to them. Several months ago, the children were taken away and sent to special protection centers by officials from the Ministry of the Family (Mifamilia) apparently through an abnormal procedure. In both cases they suspect that the purpose was to give their children up

The 350,000 tons of food wasted every day in Latin America and the Caribbean would be sufficient to feed 10 times the population of this region’s hungry, which according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) amounted to 34.5 million people.

Venezuela has put into action a 100 Day Plan for Urban Planting, and there are already more than two thousand acres registered for it. 

Ecuador ended 2015 with 357,892 unemployed, which was 13% higher than in 2007, with 316,697. The percentage of unemployed in relation to the Economically Active Population (EAP) in both years, however, bore no significant variation: the unemployment rate in 2015 was 4.77%, while in 2007 it was 5%. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) along with the government of Japan opened 183 irrigation modules in order to increase agricultural production in La Paz, San Vicente and Usulutan. This measure also contributes to the agricultural adaptation to climate change. 

Going to a mall to take college classes is hard for Americans to imagine. But the 93 students who enrolled in the new Vocational Technical College (CTP) of La Carpio feel what it’s like every day. Though the school started with nothing, they are growing to be a grand prescence in the struggling town.

The deputy director of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS), Milton Escobar, said they are pushing the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to deliver the drug soon since supplies are running out. Some blame poor management of the UNDP.

In Jiquilillo, Nicaragua, there are more than 500 workers in the fishing industry who avoid working in strong winds. They learned their lesson 7 years ago, when five people disappeared at sea.

Every year, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) in Mexico starts thousands of preliminary investigations into complaints of federal crimes such as corruption, damage to the environment, piracy, tax evasion or drug dealing.

The young people of Llochegua, Carmen Alto, Huanta or Echarate are not old enough to vote, but still dream of a better future.