Haitian women struggle to get help for children fathered by U.N. troops
The U.N.'s peacekeeping arm said does not take responsibility for financial assistance to children fathered by peacekeepers
Sex trafficking that starts in South America largely stays there
Sexual exploitation of women and girls remains the most common form of human trafficking in South America
Latin America grapples with migrant exodus that looks set to worsen in 2019
Some 3.3 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015 and the United Nations estimates another 2 million could follow in 2019
LGBT+ survivors of Argentina's dictatorship win 'historic' apology
Argentina has made big strides in advancing LGBT+ rights since the end of the dictatorship
Illegal gold rush destroying Amazon rainforest - study
Researchers identified at least 2,312 illegal mining sites across six countries in South America using satellite imagery and government data
Their waters wrested away, Colombia's island fishermen lament - and learn
"Over there is a bank rich in fish, red snapper and lobster. The catch is very good...But we can't fish there."
New scrutiny over Bolivian child labour after U.S. pledges aid cuts
From silver mines to ranches to chestnut fields, child labour is often seen as normal in Bolivian society
Human rights activists say hitmen are targeting them in Colombia - U.N.
Activists working on human rights and land rights, defending LGBT+ rights and community leaders from Afro-Colombian and indigenous groups, are most at risk
Domestic violence rates fall in parts of Latin America - U.N.
The problem remains rife and undermines development in the region
Desperate Venezuelan migrants fall prey to sex slavery in Colombia
In the past four months, Colombian authorities have rescued at least 80 Venezuelan women and teenage girls trafficked into forced prostitution