Colombian city helps young shun 'life choice' of gang violence
A multi-million-dollar initiative is keeping young men off the streets and away from gangs by offering them other options
Colombia failing to fight child sexual exploitation
The trafficking and sexual exploitation of children is particularly rife in tourist cities and illegal gold mining areas
Two million risk hunger after drought in Central America - U.N.
Central America is one of the regions most vulnerable to extreme weather linked to climate change
Mexican traffickers hold children hostage to force women into sex work
When women forced into prostitution do not earn their weekly quota, disobey rules or try to escape, traffickers threaten to keep or harm their children
Panama's first indigenous beauty queen opens doors, breaks social barriers
Rosa Montezuma hopes to show other indigenous women that they can overcome prejudice and stereotypes
Venezuela's crisis boosts trafficking risk for women, children - experts
Desperate for jobs to send money back home to feed their hungry families, migrants make easy prey and are vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers
Central American child migrants move in 'shadows', at risk from traffickers - U.N.
Traffickers lure victims with false promises of jobs and then force them into sex work in bars
Child marriage persists in Guatemala despite ban, experts say
Nearly a third of girls in Guatemala are married by 18
Costa Rica's top court rules against gay marriage ban
Many countries in mainly Catholic Latin America and the Caribbean ban same-sex marriage, but that is slowly changing
Latin America's strict abortion laws
A handful of countries, mostly in Central America, ban abortion under any circumstances