THE FARC VICTIM: "They each did what they wanted to my body"
In 2011, Francia Ibarguen was gang raped by FARC rebels while on her farm. Here she tells Anastasia Moloney about those horrific moments
Is wartime rape inevitable?
While in Sierra Leone and Colombia it is well-documented that all warring factions have carried out sexual violence, in some wars not all sides do
Biodiverse Colombia must act now to protect its forests - OECD
Colombia’s rainforests and biodiverse environment are coming under growing pressure from land turned over to pasture, mining operations and the illegal timber trade
Anti-gay laws undermine fight against HIV/AIDS in Caribbean – experts
Anti-sodomy laws, traditional beliefs and stigma heighten discrimination and stop people infected with HIV coming forward for treatment
Learning its lesson, “seismic” Chile responds quickly to quake
Lightning response to quake allowed residents living in northern coastal areas enough time to evacuate their homes and seek higher ground
As Colombia peace talks continue, so do human rights abuses and child soldier recruitment - U.N.
As the government and FARC continue peace talks in Havana, Colombia’s criminal gangs are committing rights abuses against land campaigners and human rights defenders
Colombia drug gangs cut up people alive in ‘chop-up houses' – HRW
Residents of the Colombian port city of Buenaventura say they hear people scream and plea for mercy as they are cut up with chainsaws
Colombian gold mining gangs pollute rivers, cut down forests
Deforestation and pollution of rivers are linked to illegal gold mining by Colombian leftist guerrillas and criminal gangs, who open new mines as fast as government forces close existing ones
Central America forest tribes fight cocaine trafficking “tsunami” – report
Land rights and a steady income have given indigenous communities in Central America an incentive to resist attempts by cocaine smugglers to carve new routes to the U.S. market through their territory
NGOs sound alarm on Colombia's child victims of sexual violence and forced prostitution
New report also sounds alarm on children being used in “networks of forced prostitution” in regions where foreign contractors work in the oil industry