Costa Rica reached a new peak of income inequality during 2013. 

The Cusco region faces a shortage of almost 90,000 homes. 

The Colombian department of Quindío has reported increased sexual abuse of victims under 14 years of age while Cartagena and Medellín have become “huge brothels”; crimes against women have spiked in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.    

Corruption and tax evasion are violations of human rights in Latin America, where they contribute to inequality and injustice in the countries of the region, according to recent studies. 

The Bolivian government linked the achievement in diminishing poverty to the question of human rights at the United Nations. 

The inability of graduates in finding work related to their studies is driven by a lack of opportunities in the labor sector, said the rector of the Instituto Tecnológico del Cibao (iteco), Esteban Tiburcio Gómez. 

A new generation of “neohippies” has taken up the dream and wants to “change paradigms,” while the rules for everyday-life in the country were altered with changes to the Civil and Commercial Codes.   

Latin American advances in universal access to health care face the challenge of meeting new demands arising from longer life expectancy, says a study. 

In Paraguay formal employment increased to 47% of the market; advocates in the DR warn that it is impossible to reduce poverty if the country does not invest in sex education.

About 865,000 women underwent illegal abortions in Brazil in 2013, and pressure is building for a real debate.  Peru is the country in South America where the largest number of teenagers leaves school due to pregnancy.