Colombia's highest court hands out first sentence for femicide
Push for femicide law is part of drive to change attitudes to women in macho Latin American nations
Brazil passes femicide law to tackle rise in gender killings
Gender killings have been rising in Brazil, and femicide is a problem throughout Latin America
Colombia aims to rid country of landmines by 2025 - campaigners
Colombia's largest rebel group, the FARC, planted most of the landmines and other unexploded ordnance littered across the country
Illegal mining, drug violence fuel Colombia displacement - U.N.
Thousands of Colombians likely to be uprooted by drug-running and mining gangs even if rebels agree peace deal
The high cost of safe sex in Venezuela
The high price of condoms in troubled Venezuela will push up teenage pregnancies and backstreet abortions
Colombia, in peace talks, must break silence on sexual violence - U.N.
The silence on all sides' use of sexual violence must end, and crimes be addressed, for peace to be meaningful
Do truth commissions bring truth?
Should Colombia set up a truth commission following 50 years of war?
Colombia war victims urge wary compatriots to back difficult peace talks
Colombians divided over whether peace deal is possible and how many concession to make to rebels
Colombia's ex-child soldiers face their tormentors amid peace efforts
Scars of war make it hard for Colombians forcibly recruited as child fighters to forgive the warlords
Obesity weighs on Latin America after success in fight against hunger
Growing problem often affects the poorest in society, and threatens to overwhelm public health systems