The government of Peru aims to address problems of overcrowding and the control of inmates. However, the extent of the decree’s proposal is still unknown.

Just as worrisome as it is increasing, micronutrient deficiency is a problem known as “hidden hunger.” This problem has surpassed that of malnutrition rates, becoming the new food challenge and affecting millions of people worldwide. 

Experts say that men in our society are assumed to have the right to say whatever they want. Because of this assumption, some of their remarks to women are inappropriate and fall within the definition of harassment. “They are obscenities, they really are not compliments,” said a woman who was affected by street harassment. Some

Throughout history tattoos have been the perfect mark for a person to identify with a certain criminal group, religion or society. But who enjoys carrying a devilish image?

The townspeople and 2,400 smelter workers fear a collective lay-off and an impending liquidation of Doe Run’s assets in Peru, which include the Metallurgical Complex of La Oroya and the Cobriza mine. Protesters are demanding that the regional government of Junin act as an intermediary.

July 26 marked 10 months after the disappearance of 43 students of the Normal School of Ayotzinapa and the murder of three students and three civilians in the city of Iguala in northern Guerrero, while the offspring of drug lords live a very different reality.

Chilean state company Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, said its small site, Salvador, was taken by contract workers demanding legal improvements in at least a six-day protest which has already killed one operator.

Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru have indigenous communities in voluntary isolation who are most at risk of disappearing or losing that status in the Americas, said one of the organizers of an international forum held in Asuncion.

The Chavista website Aporrea published a devastating testimony about the Cuban health system. The Venezuelan Jesús Lanz Nelson Fuentes, a great admirer of Hugo Chávez, tells of the ordeal he has lived in his country, and then in Havana, where he accompanied his son with the hope that Cuban doctors could save his leg.

According to an analysis by environmentalists and Ibon International, there are three effects of climate change in Bolivia: social conflicts due to water shortages, population migration due to unproductive land, and food security risks.