Abraham Weintraub, the current Brazilian Minister of Education is notorious for his often callously insensitive comments about Brazil’s universities.

In 1948, the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris, France. Over 70 years later the human rights that were listed in this document will be showcased at the Museo de la Libertad y los Derechos Humanos in Panama.

The Day of the Farmer has been celebrated every year in Colombia since 1965.

Investigations into Susana Villarán and Luis Castañeda, former mayors of Lima, have brought to light corruption in the establishment of contracts that favored Rutas de Lima, a company that manages the tolls around Lima, leading to action by residents of both northern and southern districts in Lima against the high tolls.

Although one of the largest producers of food in the world, Argentina itself struggles with hunger and homelessness.

Since 2010, a number of schools in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, a rural province in northwestern Ecuador, have closed, leaving students to walk long distances in precarious situations to reach the remaining schools.

The Comisión Especial para la Transformación del Sector Educación de Honduras held a public hearing in which 400 representatives from non-governmental organizations, churches, academic institutions, parent associations, and other sectors of society came together to demand continued access to public education in Honduras.

On Monday, May 27, marches were organized in many cities in Argentina in support of the proposed legislation for the Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo (IVE).

The Historical Archive of the extinct National Police (AHPN) was discovered by chance in 2005 and contains records of 116 years of Guatemala’s history, including 70 million police records.

Paraguay is one of two landlocked countries in South America with a variety of indigenous groups that call this country home.