Naomar de Almeida Filho, a Brazilian academic and medic by training, who is now the president of the recently created South Federal University of Bahia (UFSB) was invited by the National University San Martín in Argentina to share his views on the public education system.

The official registration of abortions in Ecuador shows a gradual decline since 2011, when there were 25,316 cases. In 2014 the number was down to 20,812. 

With summer vacation beginning, many Cuban families are trying to find some diversion for their children, but are facing obstacles in doing so. 

Many broadcast media outlets around the world are taking on overt ideological and political roles, and offering “Truth” in place of real journalism.  

Thousands of police were put on alert in southern Peru to face a regional-wide strike called for in late May in support of the protests against the Tía María copper mine project. 

A “Slutwalk” was organized in São Paulo for the decriminalization of abortion, while women marched in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay to combat violence against women. 

Diosdado Cabello pushed a travel ban on media bosses he is suing for slander over their decision to reprint a story from a Spanish newspaper accusing him of running a drug ring. 

Natalia Garrote worked at a highway concessionaire, and then a companion began sexually harassing her; the increased participation of women in the labor market is one of the most notable changes in Latin America in the last 30 years, but despite the strong economic growth of the region during the last decade, poverty and gender

“Human rights in Nicaragua have deteriorated considerably since 2008.” 

Sex change is in great demand in Honduras, while a transsexual was killed in the Cuban city of Pinar del Río.