Storm Eta damage pushes small, indigenous farmers in Central America into hunger
In the wake of Storm Eta, Nicaragua’s subsistence farmers in the indigenous Miskito community are running out of food
Indigenous leaders count on Biden to help save Amazon forest from 'brink of collapse'
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to act on global warming, raising expectations that conserving the Amazon forest will be a high priority for his government
Teen pregnancy costs Latin America billions of dollars a year - U.N.
Per nation, teenage pregnancy costs on average $1.2 billion a year in lost of earnings by mothers, tax revenue, health care and hospital costs
Chalkboard to app: Colombia's indigenous children switch to remote learning
As many schools remain shut in Colombia, children from the Wayuu tribe are using an offline learning app to keep studying
Pandemic exposes 'hidden poverty' in unequal cities
About half of the world's population live in urban areas, and city mayors are on the frontline of the COVID-19 response
A decade after U.N.-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
The United Nations pledged in 2016 to live up to its ‘moral responsibility’ to victims, but many say they are still waiting
Young Black Americans may stumble in move to ballot boxes from street protests
From laws in U.S states preventing people with felony convictions from voting to the closure of polling stations, Black Americans can face greater barriers in going to the ballot
Colombian former teacher braves coronavirus to rescue Venezuelan girls from sexual abuse
Mayerlin Vergara won the United Nations' Nansen Refugee award on Thursday for rescuing hundreds of girls and boys who have been forced into sex work
In Justice Ginsburg’s footsteps: seven lawyers fighting for equality around the world
Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S., these female justices have won pioneering legal victories for women from Ethiopia to Colombia
Peru's 'Wonder Woman' battles illegal gold mining in the Amazon
Illegal mining, sex trafficking, criminal gangs: inside Peru's lucrative gold mining trade with the 'Wonder Woman' seeking to clean it up