The readily available and useful plastic grocery bags are not getting the attention they deserve in Cuba, and many are unaware of their harmful effects. 

With the Chinese funded canal of Nicaragua reaching a new milestone by signing an agreement with the country’s indigenous leadership, controversy ensues. 

Argentina’s usually booming beef industry is having a slow 2016, featuring low production, low consumption and high pricing. 

Violence and vandalism emerged from a day of demonstration for education in Chile, as frustrations boiled over. 

Groups of disabled individuals in three regions of Bolivia recently suspended themselves in their wheel chairs from the Pérez Velasco Bridge in protest.  Because of a recent conflict between the police and disabled people, a group gathered at the Pérez Velasco Bridge and demanded a bond of 500 bolivianos.

Leaders of various indigenous groups have expressed feeling disenfranchised by the government regarding education and healthcare, despite their contributions to the state.

Alberto Rojas recently presented the case that all people should have the right to marry and the case was approved by the Constitutional Court.

Between 2005 and 2007, a movement formed in Palestinian society called BDS, signifying Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. The movement is in protest of the State of Israel and its “occupation” and “colonization” of “Arab lands occupied since 1967.”

The Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, Marcelo Jenkins, recently acknowledged the urgency of improving wireless connections.

According to the Ministry of Justice, Brazil’s prison population has increased by 40,000 in a year, ranking Brazil as the fourth country with the highest number of inmates in the world.