Why is there a rise of women behind bars in Latin America?
Latin America's stiffer drug laws disproportionately affect women, who often work on the lowest rung of the drug business as petty dealers and mules
IOM optimistic Haiti's tent camps can close by mid-2015
“More than 200 camps remain open and people continue to live in deplorable conditions,” head of IOM in Haiti says
Corrected-Can women boost El Salvador's fragile gang truce?
Including women in a peace process strengthens the prospects for sustainable peace, yet there are no women involved in El Salvador’s gang truce
Haitians still homeless, "suffering in despair" 4 years after quake - Amnesty
Around 170,000 people still live in hundreds of tent camps around Port-au-Prince with little access to drinking water, toilets and waste disposal, exposing them to diseases including cholera
Q+A: U.N. must take responsibility for Haiti cholera epidemic - rights group
The U.N. would be more careful if it bore the consequences of its actions, says head of group that filed lawsuit against the world body on behalf of Haiti cholera victims
One-quarter of Colombia's Indians displaced - report
Decades of conflict have uprooted about 5 million Colombians, with indigenous communities bearing a disproportionate brunt of the displacement
Haiti's new generation of doctors hope to revive ailing health sector, rebuild country
Four out of every five doctors trained in Haiti leave shortly after graduation to practice abroad, but with a new training hospital, some are staying to stop the brain drain and help out at home.
Will Chile allow abortion following Bachelet win?
During her election campaign, Bachelet vowed to usher in social reforms that could shake up the socially conservative nation, including legalising abortion under certain circumstances