Former President Michelle Bachelet fell short of a majority and about half of Chile's eligible voters stayed home in Chile's recent election. A look at a critical political choice in a new democracy.
Climate change in the Peruvian tropics: Global warming is affecting more than just icebergs.
Victims of violence in Colombia, many of them union activists, suffer from the impunity that benefits murderers and attackers.
Jon Lowenstein and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein are documenting how Chileans are faring 40 years after the coup that toppled democratically-elected leader Salvador Allende from power.
Forty years after the Pinochet coup, Chileans have begun to confront the past more openly than in the past, but many feel the nation should move forward. A look at memory in a wounded nation.
A U.N. program to reduce emissions faces stiff obstacles as it seeks to gain momentum in Warsaw.
In Nicaragua and El Salvador abortion bans prevent termination of pregnancies under any circumstances, including rape or incest. The governments are ill prepared to offer services young mothers need.
Rio de Janeiro protesters, protesting Governor Sergio Cabral’s policies in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup, bring the demonstration to his home.
Dolphin killing has been outlawed by Peru since 1996, but the practice continues every day by Peruvian fishermen in order to get free bait for shark fishing.
Union members, and human rights defenders are haunted by violence in Colombia. The danger persists despite Colombia's vow to halt it as part of the free trade agreement with the US.
A UN panel to conclude that rising temperatures will pose a risk to future food supplies.
In northeastern Brazil, energy companies are erecting wind farms to capitalize on the constant winds that have challenged farming families for generations.
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