After leaving three people dead and 15 injured, the anti-mining protests in Apurimac, Peru have caused a declaration of a state of emergency for 30 days.

Although water is scarce in San José Villanueva, private properties ignore this shortage, allowing their children to play in Slip n’ Slides and water jets. While 75% of the population struggles to obtain enough water to drink, the oasis of El Encanto (a golf course) has water in abundance. The water project FIHIDRO, which promised

Women continue to struggle for economic equality in Brazil. Public policies need to be implemented to allow women to better enter the labor market while also balancing their roles as mothers, if they so choose to be. These issues were discussed in detail at the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum.

Obesity has become a growing issue not just in the United States, but in regions like Latin America, as well. Several different surveys and studies show these troubling trends. Experts offer advice on how to prevent, manage, and combat obesity on an individual level.

The financial market analysts see higher inflation this year and even more for the next.

The millennials are consumers with radically different financial habits and needs.

A Brazilian economist thinks that economic power shifts in China offer possibilities for development in Latin America.

Verónica Montoya, head of the Office of Innovation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), states that Peruvian companies are forced to innovate to avoid the “valley of death.”

High commodity prices delayed the discussion of productivity in Chile.

The President and the FARC guerrillas say they can reach a deal in six months.  Reactions varied in predictable ways.