At least five people were injured in anti-World Cup protests in São Paulo when police and protesters clashed hours before the opening game of the World Cup, which has been marred by construction delays and political unrest. 

Kirchnerista academic Ricardo Forster got a new job. 

Thousands of Chilean high school and university students marched in Santiago to protest what they see as an inadequate proposal for education reform put forward by President Michelle Bachelet. 

Homophobia is still rife in Guatemala, though gay adoption is coming to Chile. 

Philosophers and special education teachers said they are paying the price of the accelerating deterioration of ethical and philosophical values, driven by political, social and cultural neoliberal model that encourages all forms of individualism over the collective. 

Over one million children in Colombia are victims of child labor. 

Peruvians are increasingly dealing with weight problems, while the Peruvian government has also pledged action on childhood malnutrition and anemia. 

As Brazil’s moment to host the World Cup of fútbol approaches, it has focused news coverage. 

Farmers in Bolivia set up roadblocks to protest a new electoral map, while Guatemalans blocking the entrance to a mining project faced police brutality as their protest settlement was removed. 

While debating calls by human rights organizations for Paraguay to affirm its intolerance of discrimination based on sexual orientation, Senators made remarks that generated protests.