SPECIAL SERIES -Colombia's Medellin pushes slum renewal in shadow of gangs
Medellin rebrands itself from "murder capital" ruled by drug cartels to a city in the vanguard of urban regeneration
Illegal mines a slavery hotspot in Colombia and Peru, experts say
Poor, uneducated and unemployed women and girls are vulnerable to recruiters' false promises of work
Colombia must probe sexual violence by state forces - rights groups
The government's official register of war victims lists 11,300 people who suffered sexual violence
Haiti drought cuts harvests, lifts prices, food crisis looms-WFP
About 600,000 Haitians already rely on international food aid to survive
Colombia confronts femicide, the "most extreme form of violence against women"
"There's still resistance towards investigating crimes of violence against women"
Latin American govts fail to tackle booming urban slums - report
113 million people across the continent - nearly one in five people - live in slums, fuelling inequality and social exclusion
UN urges Dominican Republic to prevent deportations of Haitians
Government says changes to nationality laws aimed at tackling decades of illegal migration from Haiti
Colombia to unearth 'world's largest urban mass grave' - official
Mass grave located in a garbage tip in a sprawling mountainside slum known as Comuna 13 in western Medellin
Child marriage accepted in Brazil to escape abuse at home - researchers
Brazil is ranked fourth in the world in the number of girls married to or living with a partner by the age of 15
PM says Haiti faces "humanitarian crisis" as thousands cross border
Surge in crossings follows implementation last week of new Dominican immigration law which requires undocumented people to register for residency