Alejandra Agudo

The prime minister of 20 years managed to boost the economy of one of the world’s poorest countries while cracking down on critics. The violent repression of student protests precipitated her downfall

There are up to 56 active conflicts across the globe, with an increasingly international component: 92 countries are involved in wars outside their borders

Jamila Rasheed, 68, left the Strip for Spain to live with one of her children on a short-term visa. Her home in Nuseirat was destroyed in a bombing days after her departure

The Bolivian activist, writer and popular educator calls for better coordination among global women’s movements in order to confront a ‘patriarchy that presents itself in the form of fascist groups’

The injection not only interrupts the transmission of the virus, which kills on average 50% of those who become infected, but also increases the survival rate among those who had already been infected before receiving the dose, according to research by Doctors Without Borders published in ‘The Lancet’

Lola Castro, director of the U.N. World Food Program in Latin America and the Caribbean, calls for an urgent increase in climate funds and debt swapping to devote resources to adaptation and mitigation

The ecologist Lélia Wanick shares her passion and fear for the future of the tropical forest with EL PAÍS, after receiving the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Alongside her husband — the photographer Sebastião Salgado — she reforested more than 1,700 acres of land in her native Brazil

In touristy Dominican Republic, over 4,000 tons of waste are unloaded every day in the Duquesa garbage dump

The sex trafficking of girls and young women for prostitution in the Caribbean country is a deep-rooted problem. Training them so that they do not fall victim to prostitution rings and raising awareness in the tourism sector are ways to prevent it. But new legislation to adapt the law to fight new types of criminality remains stalled

Early pregnancies and marriage are weighing down on the future of young women in the Caribbean country. At least 20% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are mothers. In addition to dealing with health risks, more than half of these young mother are forced to abandon their studies

Mayors from around the world gathered in London to share public health strategies at the Summit of the Alliance of Healthy Cities: ‘There are lives that can be saved’

More than 84% of products are tossed directly in the trash without even being cooked, a problem that is also increasing pressure on climate, water, and land resources

Save the Children report calls on government to take “emergency measures” Almost a third of Spanish children are now at risk

NGOs are campaigning to put sexual and reproductive rights on agenda for development goal talks Led by Amnesty International, the groups cite changes to Spain's abortion law as retrograde

Increasing numbers of attacks against NGOs have reopened debates about safety

A network of charity-run centers was set up to combat the 1980s heroin epidemic, but government cuts could see the Spanish system fall apart

The boys, aged 11 and two, are currently in a juvenile center in Toledo as parents face police complaint

Most of the 11 percent of the Spanish population who are immigrants have integrated well But education cuts are starting to slow the process

Differences in education and employment aspirations now minimal, says study

Government donated 0.15 percent of GDP when 2012 target had been 0.7 NGOs forced to abandon projects due to drastic withdrawal of funding

Single-issue campaign groups and online petitions have enjoyed exponential growth But is all this frenetic energy diminishing the opportunity to create a front against powers-that-be?

Brands such as Balay, Renault and Hero are highlighting the Spanish origin of their products to win over consumers Price most influences purchases, research shows

Towns rebel against their cash-strapped governments' plans for privatization