Chivilcoy is the first place in the country to prohibit government agencies from sponsoring such events as well as to discourage potential private organizers. 

Protests over the construction of Nicaragua’s inter-oceanic canal have expanded. 

Indigenous organizations and international human rights activists say Peru has failed to protect the rights of indigenous people in its Amazon rainforest. 

There are growing concerns about the increase of unemployment in Latin America, despite projections that the region’s economies will continue to grow. 

With the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights of Children, Christian Skoog, UNICEF Representative for Guatemala, took a look at the current situation of children to assess both the progress and challenges. He concluded that if it continues on the same track, the future is not pretty.  

Cyber-Crime is reaching distressing levels in Colombia, police and internet experts say. 

The outpouring of tears of blood on a statue of Christ in Cochabamba, Bolivia may be declared a miracle. A study has revealed that it is human blood and tissues.  In Ecuador the most important cultural and religious holidays of the Catholic calendar of Cuenca involve the “Child Traveler.” 

Mother, grandmother, pediatrician, and president of Chile for the second time, Michelle Bachelet, who was also director for women at the United Nations, believes that “Inequality in Latin America has the face of women and children.”  

Aleida Guevara was at the Book Fair of Santiago to hawk her take on her father’s writings.   

Thousands of hectares of land have been transferred to small farmers, the labor code is getting a makeover, and traditional “folkloric” buses may operate in Quito if they’re up to date on safety regulations.