Colombia to tackle high rate of teens leaving school because of pregnancy - paper
Nearly 20 percent of girls in Colombia aged between 15 and 19 are, or have been, pregnant
Brazilian women call the shots in politics, business
Brazil's first female president is giving women top government jobs and helping them into work
Colombia unveils tough steps to tackle violence against women
Government plans to provide generous tax breaks to companies who employ women who have suffered domestic violence
Q+A-Why it's hard to track donor aid in Haiti
Just over half of the $5.5 billion pledged in international aid to Haiti after its 2010 earthquake has been disbursed
Sorcery, corruption and football in Colombia
Colombians are debating whether hiring a shaman to ensure it didn't rain during last year's Under 20 FIFA World Cup was a misuse of public funds or money well spent
INTERVIEW-Guatemala needs concrete policy to tackle corruption ?TI
Increasing presence of drug cartels is said to have exacerbated the already rife problem of political corruption in Guatemala's police force
Hope for Colombia's displaced as major land reform starts
New law aims to return land to some 4 million Colombians, forced out during nearly 50-year-old conflict involving rebels, paramilitary and government
Doctors track Haiti cholera epidemic on Twitter ? study
Nearly 7,000 Haitians have died from cholera since start of outbreak in late 2010. Over half a million people have been infected
Rape, homelessness, cholera hound Haiti 2 yrs after quake -IOM
Conditions "horrendous" and rape "a big, big problem" in Haiti camps -IOM