Chile is in a state of confusion, attempting to implement free higher education, but unsure of the best way to do so. Last May, after much debate and even the creation of an advisory council, President Michelle Bachelet announced her revised goal of free higher education by 2016. But there is a well-known secret in

Shoppers have been banned from lining up overnight in front of Caracas supermarkets because it causes product scarcities and enables consumers to make illegal sales at inflated prices, as well as to sell contraband to Colombia. President Nicolás Maduro has also created a new governmental team, as well as shut down part of the Venezuelan-Colombian

Academic dropout rates due to insecurity have doubled in the last five years throughout El Salvador. Other top causes are “change of address” and “change of school,” accounting for 20,000 students who dropped out in 2014 alone. But Deputy Minister of Education, Francisco Castaneda, says he is convinced that gang phenomenon is a key factor

Racked by inflation, plunging currency values, a full-blown recession, and growing job losses, Brazil is also witnessing an ugly power struggle among the elite of its political class as they all feel the pressure from the Petrobras kickback investigation.  President Dilma Rousseff has watched her approval numbers drop into the single digits just months after

Will the guerrilla group turn in their weapons, or just stop using them?  And what has been their policy on sex as a weapon?

High-ranking officials of the Argentine Catholic Church were implicated in the appropriation of babies from detainees who were held in Córdoba province’s La Perla clandestine concentration camp, said Horacio Verbitsky, the head of the CELS human rights group. 

The mayor of Santa Tecla and party leader Roberto d’Aubuisson Munguía took advantage of a tribute to his father, the founder of the ARENA party, to propose some changes.

Costa Rica’s craft beer makers are gaining international recognition. 

According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 2050 there will be over 140 million people who are 65 years and older in Latin America and the Caribbean.  This adds to the complexity of pension issues for women in the region who often find themselves with low pension coverage because of their work in the

An analyst thinks violence is a key issue, but said that Peru has many strengths that may outweigh such concerns.