"Terrorized at home", Central America's LGBT people to flee for their lives - report
El Salvador and Honduras have some of the world's highest murder rates, and LGBT people are particularly vulnerable to macho, powerful gangs who control entire neighbourhoods
Colombia's war-time rape victims silenced and without justice - report
Armed groups used sexual violence, including gang rape, to instill fear in communities, as a way of imposing social and military control in an area, and as a form of punishment
Donors pledge $2 billion to help hurricane-hit Caribbean recover
"The magnitude of reconstruction will require significant levels of financing which we are unable to generate on our own"
Men urged to take a stand to stop "50 shades of violence" against women
"There is no community where women and girls are safe ... too many families think that a boy is a blessing and a girl is a burden"
Colombia makes progress on child labour - study
Globally, more than 150 million children, or nearly one in 10, are victims of forced labour
Violence against Latin America's women a "never ending story", says OAS chief
"Physical, sexual violence and femicides, this is something that affects us every day"
Nobel laureates demand justice for slain Honduran activist Berta Caceres
Caceres led a decades-long campaign against the construction of the a hydroelectric dam that she said threatened to destroy the livelihoods of indigenous people
When Women Rule: El Alto's first female mayor defies Bolivia's old boys' network
"People elected me because I do things differently than how things were done in the past and this gives me strength"
INTERVIEW -Uruguay's first transgender senator vows to bolster LGBT rights
Michelle Suarez said she will push for laws that bolster the rights and protection of Uruguay's 3,000 transgender people