Activists call for impeachment of Argentine judges over paedophile case
The judges reportedly reduced the sentence of the sex offender because his six-year-old victim showed signs of "transvestite conduct"
Peru reopens probe into mass sterilisations - rights groups
Some 350,000 women and 25,000 men were sterilised during programme in 1990s led by government to reduce birth rate
Optimism over faster diagnosis of neglected Chagas disease - MSF
Chagas kills 12,000 people a year and is transmitted by a cockroach-like bug endemic to Latin America
Paraguay failing to protect health of pregnant 10-year-old rape victim - experts
10-year-old girl who is five months pregnant has been denied an abortion, which is banned in Paraguay
Pregnant 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion in Paraguay
Rights group says decision to force the child to go through with her pregnancy is "tantamount to torture"
Colombia's health ministry calls to suspend coca crop spraying
Herbicide used in aerial spraying of cocaine crops found to be likely cause of cancer - WHO
Virgins recruited as sex slaves for Colombian drug lords - reports
A woman was recently arrested for allegedly pimping young girls as young as 11, preying on poor and vulnerable teenagers at the school gates in Colombia's Uraba region
World health body wants vaccination drive to avert 1.5 million child deaths yearly
Half of all children do not receive the rubella vaccine and 16 percent are not being vaccinated against measles, according to the WHO
Political solution on Syria needed to stem Mediterranean migrant crisis - EU official
With 42,323 migrants, Syria accounted for the highest number of migrants arriving in Italy by sea last year
FEATURE-Colombian acid survivor seeks tougher justice for 'an identity erased'
Colombia reported one of the highest rates of acid attacks against women per capita in the world in 2012