María José Coni, 22, and Marina Menegazzo, 21, dreamt of leaving their hometown of Mendoza to backpack through South America. But that dream was cut short in the resort town of Montañita, Ecuador, where they were killed. Their deaths have caused a stir in their own country of Argentina and throughout Latin America on the

The 37th International Book Fair of the Palacio de Mineria (FILPM) was held from February 17th to 29th, exhibiting around 600 publishing stamps and 1,525 activities, including youth days and programs presented by Chihuahua state guest. The official count of attendees was 152,129 people in 13 days, almost 10,000 more than last year.

In 2015, the yearly average for Ecuadorian milk consumption per person was 4.67 gallons – the lowest figure recorded since 2010, according to figures from Dairy Industry Center (CIL). This number is more than half a gallon less than the annual figure of 2014. The cause may be that Ecuadorians are suffering high costs and

Immediately after his friends were kidnapped by a group of masked men under the Monument to the Divine Savior of the World at the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War, Cuki Alarcon began visiting police stations trying to locate them. He even hired a lawyer to help. But the dozen missing were a group of

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.