According to Pope Francis, the world’s poor are not waiting around; they want to be active participants in their own destiny, and Bolivia’s president agrees.  

A cohort of Cuban jurists participated in a hearing, but representatives of the Ecuadorian government were absent. 

The work on Argentina’s hydroelectric dam named for President Néstor Kirchner will begin in November under a cloud of contention.  Several groups fear its affects on the Perito Moreno glacier.   In Chile a similarly controversial mega-dam project was cancelled. 

Chile’s Atacama Desert may be the country’s solar ‘promised land,’ but when it comes to wind energy, central-northern Coquimbo region (IV) reigns supreme. 

The love that the people of Quebradas have for their pueblo is evident in their tidy gardens, trash-free roads, immaculate schools, and above all, their sparkling sage-green Quebradas River.  This respect for the river and its environment can be traced, in large part, to the creation of the non-profit AQUA (Asociacion Quebradeña de Artesanos) in

The Colombian department of Quindío has reported increased sexual abuse of victims under 14 years of age while Cartagena and Medellín have become “huge brothels”; crimes against women have spiked in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.    

Corruption and tax evasion are violations of human rights in Latin America, where they contribute to inequality and injustice in the countries of the region, according to recent studies. 

The Bolivian government linked the achievement in diminishing poverty to the question of human rights at the United Nations. 

The inability of graduates in finding work related to their studies is driven by a lack of opportunities in the labor sector, said the rector of the Instituto Tecnológico del Cibao (iteco), Esteban Tiburcio Gómez. 

The Nicaraguan government, with Chinese aid, is about to begin a historic project: the construction of a new inter-oceanic canal. But parts of the Nicaraguan population are protesting against the grand scheme.