Although a negative experience led Javier Estrada Tobar to seek medical services in a private clinic instead of a public one, he insists that all services are in need of a check-up.

Laura Aguirre illustrated the discrepancy in access to abortion based on the stories of two women.

Álvaro Lasso Lokee bemoans the government we have and describes the one we really want.  

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Noemí Sanín and ex-Vice Minister of Justice Miguel Ceballos insist that the construction of the Gran Canal of Nicaragua is linked to a judgment made by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in which 75,000 kilometers of sea were taken from Colombia to favor Nicaragua’s interoceanic project.

In his first 21 months of papacy, Pope Francis has taken on three of the most sensitive issues for the Catholic Church: collecting fees for sacraments in parishes, adjusting to challenges of new families and the indictment of priests accused of pedophilia. 

Argentine and Chinese businesses are set to benefit from the Senate’s approval of three economic and cooperation investment pacts. 

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said that his country’s claim against Chile, brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is going “very well,” and that Bolivia will wait “patiently” for the outcome.  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet decides not to attend Morales’ third inauguration as President due to her “tight international schedule,” and Bolivia and Peru

Grapes, yellow underwear and packed suitcases are just a few of the ways in which Latin Americans initiate the New Year.

Two Latin-American films made the first cut for the Foreign Language Oscar award. 

Poet, writer and tango legend Horacio Ferrer died in Buenos Aires of heart disease at the age of 81, and Córdoba-born poet, writer, lyricist and journalist Daniel Salzano, died at the age of 73 after a long battle against cancer.