17 countries in Americas may have eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission - U.N.
17 countries and territories report "data consistent with dual elimination" of HIV and syphilis, WHO says
Guatemala bans child marriage, big change for rural areas
Campaigners hope the ban on child marriage will help prevent teenage pregnancy and stop girls dropping out of school
Colombia attorney general says plans to ease abortion law
The bill would allow women to have a termination in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy without any restrictions
Malaria deaths, cases plunge in Latin America - WHO
Across the Americas, increased prevention has led to 70 percent fall in malaria cases from 1.2 million in 2000 to 375,000 in 2014
Community forest rights can slow tree felling, CO2 emissions-institute
Indigenous rights in parts of Guatemala and Brazil could prevent 5.4 bn tonnes of CO2 emissions over 20 years
For peace, Colombia must return stolen land, respect rights - Amnesty
More than 6 million forced off their land by fighting, how can stolen, abandoned land be returned to rightful owners?
Women"run for their lives" from Central America gang violence - U.N.
While attention is focused on people fleeing to Europe from Syria , a new refugee crisis is taking shape in Central America
Where are the bodies buried? Hope for families of Colombia's 45,000 missing
The government and the FARC rebel group vow to speed up the work of locating the remains of the victims
Killings, fraud and shady finance mar Colombia's local elections - watchdogs
Campaign trail murders, reports of votes being bought and murky campaign financing undermine the credibility of local elections
Killing machismo the Colombian way
Video looking at the young men in Colombia who are confronting the macho culture they grew up in