In rare conviction, El Salvadoran man gets maximum sentence for femicide
Mario Huezo was convicted by a judge of killing Karla Turcios, with whom he lived and had a child with, after a nine-day trial in a court that hears gender violence cases in San Salvador
Americas' human rights court hears deadly sexual violence case from Ecuador
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will determine if Ecuador was responsible for failing to prevent and protect a 16-year-old girl from sexual violence in a state school
Amazon emissions lowest from indigenous and protected lands, scientists say
Indigenous territories are acting as a 'buffer' against deforestation elsewhere in the Amazon rainforest
High-profile El Salvador femicide case exposes deadly gender violence
Many Latin American countries have passed laws to define femicide as a specific crime with a longer sentence than murder
Guatemala's children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
Climate change is driving worsening hunger as farm families struggle to get a harvest
In Peru's highlands, student radio show sounds alarm on trafficking
In the vast jungle area of Madre de Dios, women and girls are sex trafficked in bars and brothels frequented by miners
Sex trade flourishes in Peru's Amazon despite crackdown on illegal mining
Often poor and with little education, women and girls from indigenous farming communities make easy prey for traffickers, who lure them with false promises of well-paid jobs
Colombia's Amazon tribes tap into rainforest protection funds
Involving native tribal communities is critical to saving the threatened Amazon rainforest, says environment minister
Peru pledges government aid for children of murdered women
Latin America and the Caribbean have the world's highest rates of femicide - the killing of a woman by a man due to her gender - according to the United Nations
Bogota's first openly gay mayor marries girlfriend
While Colombia remains socially conservative, legal gains have been made on LGBT+ rights in recent years