María Angelina Quixtan, mother of two, has declared a fight against violence, to which she fell victim. For that reason, she has decided to send the message to women to overcome abuse.

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, Argentina’s middle class doubled in size in the last ten years, putting it among the three leading “middle class” countries. Argentina’s middle class went from 15% of the total population in 2001 to 32.5% in 2011, following closely behind Uruguay (32.8%) and Chile (33.8%).

In El Salvador, indigenous leader Jesús Amadeo Martínez asserted that indigenous communities are not on the agendas of Central American governments, while in Guatemala the government found itself in violation of the indigenous right to self-identification when forcing some to comply with the norms of the National Registry. 

Next October 22nd Law No. 20,830 will take effect, thus recognizing the legal coexistence between people of the same sex in Chile. 

Cuba’s oldest illegal game of chance seems timeless. 

If Honduras is successful in building a new international airport at Palmerola, Comayagua, some are hoping that Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa will be repurposed as a megapark. 

The University of Panama has a mysterious relationship with the Foundation University of Panama (FUDEP). 

The current government of President Vázquez won’t have on its agenda the issue of modifying the maximum age for retirement, for now.  The minimum age of retirement is set at 60 years of age after the reform of 2009 that lowered it from 65.  

In El Salvador transgender people have consistently been the victims of violence not only from gangs, but also from soldiers and public safety officers. 

The Mexican anthropologist Marcela LaGarde participated in the march “Ni una menos” (Not One Less) in Buenos Aires and Tracy Robinson, Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Organization of American States (OAS), spoke in Brazil about the negative effect of impunity in curbing violence against women, while a Salvadoran newspaper issued a statement