According to the Environmental Impunity Index, the region fails to protect its ecology. Only 0.18% of the total GDP of Central and South America is invested in mitigating the climate crisis
The Costa Rican scientist is calling for greater investment in parasitic diseases which affect one billion people in the world, mainly in Indigenous and vulnerable populations
Latin America and the Caribbean have an enormous educational setback, and those who carry the burden are poorly paid, technologically challenged teachers with pandemic fatigue
A report reveals the impact of prisons on families, especially women. A Mexican, a Costa Rican and an Ecuadorian speak with EL PAÍS about how having a family member behind bars changed their lives
A report from the institution — the lending arm of the European Union — reveals that nine out of 10 Latin Americans believe climate change impacts their lives
A hundred apps creating hyperrealistic erotic images are being flagged up by experts who are pushing for comprehensive public policies and criminalization
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is investigating how a 21-year-old, who was diagnosed with lupus and carrying a fetus that would not survive outside the womb, was not allowed to terminate the pregnancy
On Wednesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hear the case of Beatriz, who died at age 21 after being denied an abortion. EL PAÍS looks at the other women who have lost their lives due to the region’s restrictive rules
The first trial for human trafficking and labor exploitation in the history of the country has put the Furukawa company and three senior executives in the dock
‘Magic’ fungi are used for therapy around the world, but in Colombia, their legality remains unclear and their medicinal use unregulated. Last month, EL PAÍS attended a group healing session on the outskirts of Medellín: 12 clients, five guides, and three grams of ‘the flesh of God’ per person
Jimmy Danilo Acosta, 23, has emerged as a social leader in La Fortaleza, a place accustomed to violence where youth groups are working to change the dynamics
The coronavirus crisis has forced customers back to cash-for-gold stores at a time when the precious metal has hit a price of $1,800 an ounce, the highest since 2012
Health workers, supermarket cashiers and coronavirus patients in Spain say that they have received abusive messages from neighbors who are afraid of contracting Covid-19
Thousands of people are returning to work in Spain amid controversy over whether it is too early to lift the strictest measures of coronavirus confinement
Supermarket and hospital employees on their way to work report getting yelled at and spit on by neighbors who think they are breaking shelter-at-home orders
At least 61 citizens from China have chosen to shut themselves away for the two-week incubation period, after having returned from trips to their home country
Vox is pushing for a system to be introduced in regional education programs targeting workshops on the prevention of homophobia, sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy