In Colombia, plastic surgery is one of the most profitable medical practices, but not always the most beautiful.

Since 2013, La Procuraduría de Violencia Institucional (Office of Institutional Violence, Procuvin) has inspected both federal and provincial penitentiary facilities.

Internet access can be viewed as a vehicle of democracy, allowing for the dissemination of voices and ideas to the masses.

The Colombian Constitutional Court was ordered to come up with a serious plan to recover lands that have been irregularly awarded to individuals who, in fact, had no rights to even claim such lands. 

In Guatemala, there are no statistics on the country’s population of widows, however in reality this has become a national, as well as international, issue. 

Since early June some 500 teachers have been blocking the IEEPO (New State Institute of Public Education of Oaxaca) demanding a negotiating table to discuss education reform, but police have responded with tear gas to evict the protesters.

According to a report released on June 9th by the World Bank, of the six countries in Central America, Guatemala is the least urbanized.

Chile is selling its first bond whose profits will be used specifically to finance projects led by women.

Authorities of the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) defended a proposal in the Uruguayan Parliament to help eradicate gender-based violence.

Maracaibo was once considered the coldest city in Venezuela due to the its extensive use of air conditioning, but the current rationing of electricity has caused distress to Maracaibo which experiences high temperatures and humidity year round.