Latin America and the Caribbean

In spite of widespread machismo, there is some progress on women’s rights

Organised crime controls informal waste management in Mexico

People of all ages still leave Venezuela using ever more perilous routes. North America remains an increasingly desirable destination

Brazil’s biggest ethnic group, the Yanomami, are being wiped out by hunger and disease. The Bolsonaro government is to blame.

Thanks to telemedicine, remote communities in the Amazon get medical advice in their region

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In Peru, a farmer is calling on a German company to take responsibility for glacier melt in a ground-breaking lawsuit

What young Latin Americans must learn about sex and reproductive health

In protest against legitimate election results, right-wing extremists vandalised government buildings

Traditional communities protect biodiversity of world’s largest inland wetland in Brazil