EL SALVADOR: ONE YEAR GANG TRUCE
For over year homicide rates have declined dramatically in El Salvador, apparently as the result of a truce between the gangs. Good news but more transparency and investment will be needed if there is to be lasting success, says Kari Mariska Pries.
PERU: LIMA’S MAYOR SURVIVES RECALL REFERENDUM
The attempt to recall Mayor Susana Villaran failed narrowly in a vote on Sunday 17 March.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
A photo essay: women denounce violence and demand a real commitment to women's rights.
Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil
A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches
New form of activism in rural Brazil
Young people in the eastern Amazon are rediscovering their culture and identity through a programme initiated by Dan Baron Cohen, a UK activist.
EL SALVADOR: TRUCE FOR THE GANGS, NO TRUCE FOR WOMEN
A dramatic fall in gang-initiated killings masks ongoing violence against women.
CHAVEZ IS DEAD, THE MEDIA ARE ALIVE AND KICKING
Media reporting of the Venezuelan President was deeply biased while he lived, and remains so now.
Brazil chooses a racist homophobe to head its Human Rights Commission
Protests and demonstrations greet inexplicable appointment by Brazil's Congress
BRAZIL: RIO’S SHANTY TOWNS GO GREEN
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, but adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns is very different - helping the favelas to flower can help to protect them against destruction.
CHAVEZ TAUGHT VENEZUELANS TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS
A powerful and witty orator, Chávez dynamised the country, leaving a buzz of activity in place of despondency.