The World Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of 2016 rated Panama #51 out of 180 countries that were evaluated in air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity, forest management, infant mortality, access to health care and drinking water, fisheries and agriculture.

Senior representatives of the Catholic Church expressed concern over the increasing poverty in the country, largely caused by corruption. In addition, they severely criticized the legislature, which they described as “inefficient” and “immoral.”

The community of Cárcel, located in Montecristi, sustains itself by manufacturing bricks with 30 factories in the town. But with the arrival of winter, this main economic activity is halted to avoid complications from the rain.  So, brickworkers have to make sure they’ve produced enough to maintain their income over the rainy season.

Martha Ordóñez, Minister for Gender Equality, says that she will support all mayors and governors who want to include gender policy in their government programs and create a women’s secretariat. With aggressors avoiding punishment more than ever before, something must be done to protect the women in the country.

Alba Chirinos is a devoted mother and faithful believer in the Virgin of Suyapa, who comes with her son José Miguel Matute every year to pay tribute to the patron saint of Honduras.

The price drop in copper has begun to hit the economy in Antofagasta. Two years ago the capital was heaven for the automotive industry, but the copper super cycle is over and many have lost their jobs. “The effects will be more long term and that is why we must take action on the issue

In the official history, the Krenak Reformatory, installed by the government at the height of the military regime, served to “fix misfit Indians.” What this really meant for the indigenous, however, was being beaten, tortured, and disappeared. Federal prosecutors are now asking for compensation for these atrocious violations.

Despite the bike path’s poor condition, located between Primero de Mayo Avenue and 63rd Street, it will not be repaired.

Colombia has endured eleven agrarian reforms over the past eighty years. Every seven years and two months, there has been reform. What makes a country change its policies on land so often? What caused the eleven failures?

A lonely fruit cart in Central Habana is all that remains of the half-dozen similar artifacts dedicated to the sale of agricultural products in the city. The most recent official raid against these street vendors, orchestrated in late December, has led to the almost extinction of the sale of meats, fruits and vegetables, leaving the