•About 8-12% of Colombian children are suffering from depression.
•RCN Radio spoke to psychologist Henry Castillo who traces this problem to the family life of the children.
•Castillo states that children are affected by stresses from their parents who may either not provide emotional support, be too engaged in work, or pressure their children to do better without acknowledging their successes in school.
•This can cause irritability in children and adolescents and even cause the desire to die. Read Article
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Agencia EFE writes that in Peru 1,579 child sexual assault cases were reported in the first five months of 2011. According to the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences 226 arrests were made due to the cases reported. The institute reports that 1,032 cases of indecent acts, which do not include rape, were reported […]
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•RCN Radio reports that the 30,000 HIV patients receiving treatment against the AIDS virus. •Luis Ángel Moreno, ONUSIDA representative in Colombia reports about 210,000 to 220,000 cases of people infected with the disease unknowingly. •Since 2003, treatments to infected individuals in the world have increased by a factor of 16. Read Article
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•Various studies state that over 2 million Colombians are living outside of Colombia against their will as refugees of violence, and there is even a day dedicated to refugees. •State policies of Latin American countries promise these refugees rights and protections, but they tend to arrives in areas already ridden with problems. •El Espectador’s article […]
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Refugee rights organizations are calling for reflection and citizen participation in Mexico for June 20, World Refugee Day, La Jornada reports. Refugees face intolerant attitudes, discrimination and challenges to integrating in Mexican society despite a series of new laws protecting refugees and migrants. According to the 2010 National Survey on Discrimination, 26.6% of Mexicans would […]
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According to the president’s private secretary, Gustavo Jalkh, an investigation will be launched into the death of an Ecuadorian who was beaten to death by supporters of a soccer team during a game in Guayaquil on Sunday June 12th. The game was between Barcelona, a Guayaquil team and Liga de Quito, a team from Ecuador’s […]
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ElUnvierso.com reports that the House of Congress in Ecuador approved a bill to eradicate all forms of physical and psychological violence. The bill also prevents all forms of harassment that occurs between schoolchildren. Congress approved the bill unanimously. The newly passed bill covers violence inflicted using technology or any new device of communication. El Universo […]
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According to ElUniverso.com only four of the eight-four cantons, located in the costal region of Ecuador, are allowed to perform cockfighting activities as a result of the referendum on May 7th. Only Esmeraldas, Montalvo, Valencia, and Las Lajas voted against question eight in the referendum. Therefore they are exempt from the prohibition. All the other […]
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According to ElUniverso.com, two and a half years ago ten companies merged into a single management of the National Electricity Corporation (CNEL). However, the companies are failing to reduce power distribution losses to a single digit. Furthermore, the union objective was to eliminate any power loss, said the Ministry of electricity and National Electricity Council. […]
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The Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) with the National Women’s Institute (INMUJERES) of Mexico City are holding a series of discussions questioning current penitentiary regulations which allow newborns and children under six years of age to remain with their mothers in prison. There is no State budget for these children, however, and they therefore often live […]
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A 17 year old boy from Cartago is believed to be the first fatality of dangerous rough sex games. The boy is believed to have died when playing a “near death sex game” with his partner, a game that went terribly wrong. Apparently, the boy died from asphyxiation, a sex game where one partner chokes […]
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In Costa Rica there are 19.116 refugees, of whom 54% (about 10,375) are Colombians who leave their country because of the armed conflict. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are 40 different nationalities with refugee status claims present in Costa Rica. Read Article
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According to Ecuadorenvivo.com the Ecuadorian government has put aside USD 352 million for social projects in the Amazon. An Ecuadorian law that recently passed requires the government to reserve 12% of oil revenues for communities where oil is extracted. In the past, a dollar was given to local social projects for every barrel of extracted […]
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According to ELUnivierso.com the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) Humberto Cholango asked today that the Constitutional Court of Ecuador maintain the rights and freedoms of indigenous justice. This allows the indigenous communities to judge and sentence their accused. Ecuador was declared a multinational state and an intercultural society. The justice […]
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On Wednesday June 8th the National Commission of the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking of Ecuador’s Heritage, held a meeting to discuss the illegal trafficking of Ecuador’s cultural property. Interpol reports that the drug trafficking, arms, sex trade, and trade of cultural property are the three largest illegal money-moving networks in the world. Ecuador has lost […]
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According to Inforegion.pe the residents of the districts in the valley of Apurimac and Ene (VRAE) have decided to create “self-defense committees” (CAD) to combat increased assaults and robberies on their population. These same community defense organizations were created to combat the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path). The units will be coordinated with the district officials. […]
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•Recently in Colombia, a law was passed which included a new restriction that minors who committed crimes would be released on reaching 21 years of age. •Criminals would contract minors to commit crimes such as murders because they would be release after turning 21. Thus, one of the effects of the previous penalties was that […]
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According to ElComercio.pe unions in Puno today, are threatening to radicalize protests if the arrest warrant against Walter Aduviri is not thrown out. The Aymara leader has spent more than 24 hours inside the Panamericana Television station to avoid being captured. Judge Maria Morales signed a warrant for his arrest on the crime against public […]
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Lesbian couple Vanessa and Angela began the divorce process this week, they told agmagazine.info, making this the first same-sex divorce in Argentina since the equal marriage law was passed last year. The two were the first same-sex couple to be married in the province of La Rioja, gaining much media coverage at their wedding on […]
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A 79-year-old man who was assaulted last April in a nursing home in Despeñaderos, Córdoba died last night at the San Roque hospital, according to lavoz.com.ar. Dalmacio Sánchez was admitted to the nursing home in March with Alzheimer’s disease and was attacked on April 14 by a patient with mental retardation he shared a room […]
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•According to El Espectador, the President, Senate, and House of Colombia have passed a law extending expecting mothers’ maternity leave from 12 weeks to 14 weeks. •Mothers are to take leave at least one week before the child’s expected delivery date. •These rights will be extended to adopted parents. •In the case of twins, leave […]
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A large mob in one of Mexico City’s neighborhood’s attempted to lynch four accused criminals as they were being taken away by police, Estado de Mexico reports. A number of people were left with minor injuries, but no one was killed.
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According to Larazon.com.pe the municipality of Lima will remove some of the congestion, vendors and prostitutes, in the streets of Lima by July. Questions are mounting as more vendor and prostitutes have taken over the streets of Lima says Alberto Valenzuela, head of the municipality. Gabriel Prado, the safety manager of the municipality says that […]
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According to BBCmundo.co.uk in the capital the first women-only buses of Tansurbano will be launched into circulation today, Wednesday June 15th. The buses can be identified by a picture of a pink ribbon or a sign that reads” exclusively for women.” Circulation of these buses will occur between 6 and 7 am and then again […]
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•As reported by noticias.terra.com.co, the issue of overcrowded Colombian prisons has been studied by organizations such as the Office of Human Rights of the UN and the Defensoría del Público. •Different organizations have produced different statistics. For example, the Colombian government states that overpopulation in prisons is 30% while Senator Espíndola and officials of Inpec […]
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Thousands of victims from towns in the Mexican state of Chiapas affected by 2005’s Hurricane Stan marched on the main streets of Tapachula to demand severe punishment for the state’s ex-governor, Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, El Informador reports. The demonstrators accused Salazar Mendiguchía of diverting funds intended for reconstructing the state after the hurricane. Though the […]
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The Constitutional Court declared literacy necessary for drivers in Colombia. As Caracol Radio reports, the ability to read signs is essential in order to follow their directions considering the dangerous results that may occur otherwise. Read Article
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June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, but Oaxaca faces a donation deficit each year, according to Noticias Net. Each year, the public and private health sectors in the state receive 30,000 units of blood, but 38,000 are needed to meet international standards. This June 14, the State Center for Blood Transfusions is promoting the […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec more than 3 million Peruvian children work in hazardous conditions harvesting coca leafs or as street venders. Most hazardous child labor occurs in the valley of the Apurimac and Ene rivers where 90% of children harvest coca leafs reports El Comercio. Harvesters are between 6 and 17, mostly women and work for […]
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According to ElComercio, the two journalists who were sued by President Rafael Correa for ‘moral damage’ filled a countersuit of USD 400,000 Tuesday June 14th. The government on The 28th of February sued AFP editor of Vanguardia magazine, Juan Carlos Calderon and Christian Zurita. The two collaborated on the book ‘Big Brother’ which was about […]
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ElComercio.com reports that the National Assembly in Quito approved the Law for Control and Regulation of Tobacco passed with 111 votes. The new legislation bans smoking in enclosed public spaces including restaurants, workplaces, public transportation or sports centers. Fines and other penalties will be issued when the law is broken. The law also prohibits smoking […]
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The Mexican Institute of National Health (IMSS) in Jalisco states that cirrhosis is now the fourth-highest cause of death in Mexico, El Universal reports, behind heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Although alcohol abuse is still the leading trigger for cirrhosis of the liver, more and more cases caused by Hepatitis C, diabetes and obesity are […]
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Hoy Veracruz reports: • Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury among Mexican women, over injuries sustained in robberies, accidents and rapes • Six of every ten women in Mexico have been subjected to some type of violence; in some cases, the assaults are fatal • In 2005, an estimated 2,159 women died […]
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The Superintendency of Investigations of the Argentine Federal Police raided the headquarters of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Foundation this afternoon located in the Congreso neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The raid was ordered by judge Norberto Oyarbide after the former leader of the organization, Sergio Schoklender, was charged with allegedly embezzling public funds […]
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•El Espectador reports that in pharmacies and drug stores in Bogotá, Colombia, young people can obtain these “pepas,” drugs that can act as hallucinogens, without having a legitimate prescription. •Councilor Patricia Mosquera reports that one can obtain false medical documents to buy these drugs, and that over 100,000 Colombians have taken “pepas” and that half […]
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Sunday, June 12th the World Day Against Child Labor was held by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports LaHora.com.ec. 13% of the Ecuadorian workforce is made up of children between 5 and 17. Most work in agriculture, some work in mining or construction illegally. Families force their children to earn money. Ecuador’s minimum age […]
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According to Expreso.ec Ecuadorian firefighters teamed up with twenty members of the Military Firefighters from Maranhao, Brazil and four Argentineans in an operation called the International Course of Collapsed Structures. This operation was presented by the Ecuadorian Fire Academy in Guayaquil. Training included responses to situations such as earthquakes. In the training sessions disasters were […]
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ElUniverso.com reports that the Embassy of Ecuador in Spain and the Repsol Foundations have decided to collaborate on a program for strengthening families, especially immigrant families in Spain, to deal with gender violence and promote access to protection and judicial systems. The program was launched Monday June 13 in Madrid. The program is planning to […]
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The municipality government of Quito and groups of graffiti artists signed the agreement on Thursday June 9th, 2011. Artists are not going to draw on historic building or the City Hall. Artists are generating more proposals for young people inclusion in Quito. With the government officials, spaces will be chosen where the artists are allowed […]
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•Having one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union, Spaniards have been moving mostly to Latin America in order to find work as 20.7% of the Spanish population is without work per dinero.com. •Colombia is 10th among the countries that Spaniards travel to in order to find work with countries such as Argentina […]
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According to EcuaodrInmediato.com Spain and Chile are the largest economic donors to the Yasuni reserve. Earlier this year, Ecuador announced its plan to save the natural reserve of Yasuni from oil exploitation, the Yasuni-ITT project. However, without international help Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is considering oil drilling. Germany’s Secretary of State, Gudrun Kopp explained that […]
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Roberto Briceño León, Venezuelan sociologist and consultant on parasitic diseases for the World Health Organization, gave a lecture entitled “Chagas Disease: from rural disease to urban epidemics” last week at the Second Conference for Strengthening the Teaching of Chagas Disease in Health Sciences. Per cuencarural.com, León explained that Chagas is no longer a disease that […]
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In response to growing problems of sexual violence and human trafficking, El Economista reports that the Congress of the state of Querétaro approved reforms to the Penal Code to enforce a sentence of seven to 38 years in prison for persons convicted of human trafficking or sexual misconduct. Children and women in the poorest conditions […]
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Seven bicyclists have been arrested for “moral offenses” as Chile saw its first edition of the World Naked Bike Ride, which was taking place in cities around the world.The cyclists began their route fully clothed in a residential neighborhood and stripped off much of their clothing during the ride to arrive at the Plaza Italia […]
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Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga is an HIV ambassador for Tearfund and campaigner for the rights of people living with HIV, particularly women. Ross Quiroga discovered she was living with HIV 10 years ago, when she was 22, and helped to set up the Bolivian network of people living with HIV. It successfully lobbied the government […]
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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo’s former legal adviser accused over misuse of funds as presidential ally fears election backlash. For more than 30 years the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo have been a symbol of courage against adversity and the enduring battle against injustice. Read Article
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ElComercio.pe reports that about 70% of school children are beginning to work from five years of age. According to the NGOs Human Capital and Social Alternative (CHS) and La Restinga, the 70% of schoolchildren poor and work to help provide for their family. Some have had to drop out of school. In the last five […]
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According to ElPeruano.pe funds accumulated by the program, Juntas, since June 2007 have totaled about 33 million soles. These funds are used for access to health services, nutrition, and education for households of poverty and extreme poverty. Junta is operated in the Amazon. The program is run in 419 households in eight districts in southern […]
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ElComercio.pe reports that the central market in Callao does not have a legal operating license or safety certificate. Therefore, 10,000 people are exposed daily to a serious risk in event of an earthquake, stated the council of Civil Defense. The market has a history in kidnappings, stabling and arrests. In 1940 there was an earthquake […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Ministry of Education has begun to provide textbooks that highlight the triumph of Rafael Correa’s rise to presidency and are written with a tone of the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels. Paragraphs are dedicated to describing a ‘citizen revolution’ and detailing the bad choices made by former presidents, reports El Comercio. […]
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Labor Minister Carlos Tomada presented today a National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor and Protection of Adolescent Labor that was constructed by the National Commission for the Eradication of Child Labor (CONAETI) and national Provincial Committees. These institutions introduced the first National Plan in 2006, but have decided it is time to review […]
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According to Ecuavisa a merchant, Christian Ruiz Martillo, was killed in cold blood by his brother in law, Duval Mora Valverde. The incident was caught on tape in the city of Duran in the province of Guayas. Mr. Valverde was married to Mr. Ruiz’s sister, who moved to Spain with their children. Reportedly, Duval Valverde […]
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From SDP Noticias: • Mexico City has the highest rate of alcoholism among minors in the country at 16.4% • Attorney General of Mexico City has passed the “National Agreement for Zero Tolerance of Sales and Provision of Alcohol to Minors” • Attorney General seeks to target bars, clubs and stores that sell illegally to […]
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In April 2011, nearly 13 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internet from a home or work location in Argentina spending an average of 26.9 hours online during the month. Microsoft Sites led as the most-visited online property reaching nearly 12.4 million unique visitors, representing 95.1 percent of the entire online population. Google […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Ecuadorians are marrying less and divorcing more often, the results of a study completed by the Ecuadorian Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). The study finds that the divorce rates have increased 68.8% in a decade. Furthermore, the study shows that marriages did not rise with the population growth from 2000 to […]
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Historically, Ecuador is a country with great social inequality, low human capital development, large gaps in institutional development, underdeveloped economy and a strong political instability. Proof of this is the low labor force, which by 2004 was 5,554 thousand inhabitants and a GDP annual rate of variation of 3.3%. It also has an urban unemployment […]
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected the extradition to Italy of a former far-left militant and ordered his immediate release in a case that has heightened tensions with Rome. Italy immediately denounced the ruling on Wednesday with Giorgia Meloni, the youth minister said that the latest move to free Cesare Battisti, who has been sentenced to […]
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El Comercio reports: ● Mexico City: Teenage girl drank too much at a party and passed out; seven young men (five under age 18) sexually abused her while she was unconscious ● One of the perpetrators filmed the act on his cell phone and sent it out (known as ‘sexting’) ● Video was sent to […]
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•Three young natives, two of them minors, turned themselves in to the Colombian military last week in Inzá, Cauca per servindi.org/actualidad/46107. •The three indigenous youths reported that within the last two months, FARC has recruited 15 minors between the ages of 12 and 15 with recruitment focusing on the areas of Toribío, Corinto, La Caldera, […]
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•Luz Agüelo, from San Francisco, Antioquia, Colombia was forced into the ELN and trained as a nurse among other occupational skills needed by the group. •They would take children to join their organization and escaped according to desentranando-colombia.periodismohumano.com. •San Francisco, Antioquia is one of the places most heavily afflicted by the armed conflict. •According to […]
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80 thousand Argentine citizens who know they are living with HIV have access to free medication and healthcare that helps maintain their disease, but it is estimated that another 50 thousand are unaware they have the disease. The main goal of the Department of Health and the country is to reach out to that portion […]
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•As rcnradio.com reports, the director of the Corporación Forjando Futuros, Gerardo Vega, points out a lack of safety in the process of restoring rights to lands in Colombia. •53 leaders of this process have died since the beginning and leaders being threatened are not receiving the necessary protection. •The Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación […]
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ElUniverso.com reports that President Rafael Correa is meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Salinas. This meeting is reportedly going to last two hours and behind closed doors. The two presidents will discuss the relationship between Ecuador and Venezuela as well as the position of the countries internationally. At the same time, a bi-national meeting […]
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Women in the Mexican state of Guanajuato are the top consumers of coke and crack cocaine in the country; Guanajuato is one of top 10 states for illegal drug consumption in Mexico In workshop held on policies for addiction prevention, Carlos Tena (Commissioner of National Council Against Addiction) argued against drug legalization, saying it would […]
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A women’s network in Nicaragua will bring the international SlutWalk protest march (“Marcha de las Putas”) to the city of Matagalpa on June 11. The SlutWalk movement initiated in Canada after a police officer recommended for women to avoid dressing like “sluts” in order to prevent being victims of sexual violence. Representatives of SlutWalk in […]
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The Department of Health signed an agreement last week with the Argentine Federation of the Industry of Bread and Baked Goods (FAIPA) and the Argentine Federation of Hotel and Food Service Professionals (FEHGRA) in the hope of reducing sodium intake in Buenos Aires. As part of the Program against Hypertension, FAIPA will reduce the amount […]
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In the past five years, disappearances attributed to government institutions and criminal groups have increased in Mexico. Since December 1996, Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission has classified 5,397 people as “lost” or “absent”, with 500 of these disappearances originating in the state of Michoacan. While reliable statistics are difficult to establish and confirm, it remains […]
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Acording to RPP.com.pe a large number of Peruvians decided not to travel to polling sights within the country due to high transportation costs. Many people have to travel to vote and with high transportation costs many were wondering whether it was worth it. RPP found that the price of tickets to Huancayp, Tarma and La […]
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ElComercio.com reports the discovery of new centers of human trafficking in Chile, which include mafia operations in Paraguay, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, occurred Friday April 27th. Chilean Labor Minister, Evelyn Matthei said that the government was looking into the issue and criticizing former Paraguayan senator Francisco Errazuriz for employing illegals on his farms and […]
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The fruits of drug trafficking are on open display in this western state capital: Cartel members honor their dead with gaudy mausoleums at the main cemetery, black-market moneychangers work in the open, and store shelves are stuffed with products from businesses identified by the U.S. Treasury Department as being fronts for organized crime. Read Article
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According to ElCiudadano.gob.ec Rafael Correa was visiting the High Performance Center in Rio Verde. According to LaHora.com, Mrs. Paola Amovi Ramona Rodriguez tried to speak with the president with no success. Rodriguez was in despair and seeking help for her injured husband and family, according to LaHora.com. ElCiudadano.gob.ec states that Mrs. Rodriguez disputed the story […]
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According to msemanal.com, last month’s massacre of 28 Guatemalan farm workers by the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas represents a first act of extreme violence aimed explicitly at civilians since the end of Guatemala’s Civil War. However, it is not the first instance of violence attributed to Los Zetas in El Petén, the department of […]
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Speaking to the General Council of the Spanish Bars in Madrid on Thursday, human rights activists from Mexico condemned the sexual violence committed against women, and in particular women from the most vulnerable groups of Mexican society according to elpais.com. One of the activists who testified was Valentina Rosendo, the indigenous woman who was tortured […]
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•According to Samuel Azout, the high Counselor for Social Prosperity, the high birth rate is one factor, especially of adolescent mothers, that prolongs the high rate of poverty in Colombia per rcnradio.com. •Azout states that early pregnancies prevent young mothers from being economically productive and attaining a formal education •He describes a plan by the […]
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Between 2009 and 2011 so far, in official schools in Bogotá, there have been 53 sexual abuse cases of teachers towards minors and 140 child abuse cases as reported by the Secretaría Distrital de Educación according to elespacio.com.co. A candidate to the Council of Bogotá, Miguel Uribe Turbay, who made the report, stated that of […]
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The first national survey of health in schools published this month in the magazine Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría shows that 23% of adolescents in the country have sex before they are 14. 1,980 children between the ages of 13 and 16 were questioned for the report about their sexual behavior, showing that 1 in 10 […]
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Ecuador has been described by several analysts as one of the most unequal societies in the world, ensuring that most people get at least the basic resources for survival is already a huge challenge. 6,800 children die each year, a figure comparable to the number of victims of hurricanes or earthquakes. Read Article
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Expreso.com reports that so far in 2011 that fifty percent of murders in Manta have been committed by assassins. There have been a total of 79 murders in the entire province of Manabi according to police. Many of the murders committed by assassins involve gangs of which one of the most notorious are “Los Choneros” […]
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A demonstration held last night in front of the National Congress demanded the legalization of abortion in Argentina. Demonstrators focussed on one idea; a “national campaign for the right to safe, legal and free abortion.” The event saw many speakers versed in political and social issues in the country along with entertainment by popular musicians. […]
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A raid ordered by Federal Court No. 3 and performed by the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) in Paso Viejo, Córdoba found 34 unregistered workers, including women and 2 children, working in subhuman conditions collecting and processing olives on a rural farm. They were forced to live in a camp on the job site with […]
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•So far in 2011, 113 cases of suicide have been reported, 25.6% more than the same period last year according to the report by the Policía Metropolitana de Bogotá per elespectador.com. •Homicide cases have experienced a reduction of 5%, and theft cases have experienced reductions in their different categories. Read Article
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Findings were published last week as the 0800 Sexual Health Hotline in Argentina hit its one year anniversary. Launched on May 27, 2010 under the Program for Sexual Health and Responsible Procreation by the Ministry of Health, the hotline serves as a portal for questions and concerns involving anything having to do with sex and […]
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Argentina is cracking down on slave labor according to Ricardo Echegaray of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP). In a threatening message to the country last week, Echegaray says the AFIP will intensify their operation activities and promises to dress all slave labor employers in striped prison jumpsuits, according to upi.com. A recent investigation […]
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So far this year, the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) – Supreme Electoral Tribunal – reports more than 4.000 divorces registered in the country. It is estimated that this figure could increase to more than double within 6 months. Read Article
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In a written interview of 16 questions, which the newspaper El Universo made last week to 160 drivers, only 30% knew of the legislation. This means that 7 out of 10 drivers, seven ignorance of the law and its reform, as well as previous standards. Read Article
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Including 500 civilian deaths, 20,000 people have fallen victim to FARC in the last 47 years as reported by rcnradio.com. According to the Fundación Victimas del Terrorismo en Colombia, the areas with the most registered kidnappings are Antioquia, Chocó, Meta and Santander. The foundation will ask the government to provide more resources to victims of […]
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The Civil Registry of Rosario has authorized that twins born through artificial insemination on May 5 to a lesbian couple will have the last name of both their mothers. The couple, after working alongside the Comunidad Homosexual Argentina (CHA) and in coordination with the Equal Marriage Act enacted on July 15, 2010, listed both of […]
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A study by the Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) – School of Statistics of the University of Costa Rica – reveals that there was an increase of four percentage points with respect to expectations in finding a job three months ago. But, that is of no comfort to many young […]
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With more that 2 million women subjected to sexual slavery, it has become the third most profitable illegal business behind drugs and arms trafficking. In Focus has created a documentary centered on the “Triple Frontier.” This tri-border between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil is one of the most prominent for the sex slave industry because of […]
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According to a report by the Instituto de Promoción Turística de Argentina, the country had 5 million tourists in 2010, 17.8% of which were members of the homosexual community, per finanzas.com. This data has triggered a signed agreement between the Instituto and the Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (Ccglar) to transform the country into a […]
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The Ministry of Education intends to use regulation to the educational units, to regulate the sale of junk food in and one block radius of tax and private schools. According to the Head of the Complementary Feeding of the ministry, Winston Canqui, this is a project that aims “to regulate the sale of unhealthy foods […]
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An agreement between drugstore employees and corporate ended a strike that would have jeopardized medication supplies in Buenos Aires. According to eldia.com.ar, workers agreed to a 33% wage increase from May 2011 to July 2012. The compromise also includes a slight pay increase for the Convenio Colectivo de Trabajo 120 that corresponds with drugstore employees. […]
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Navolato mayor in the Mexican state of Sonora, Evelyn Silver, proposes that it prohibits the use of this uniform “to save the teens.” Silver is warned that the proposal will be controversial. But sure as it was decreed that prohibit the dissemination of narcocorridos (songs that tell the life of drug) in bars, they should […]
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A recent study by the National Department of Health and the Clinic Hospital’s Global Survey on Smoking among Adolescents shows that underprivileged teenagers in their first 3 years of high school: -Smoke more and are more likely to start smoking -Are exposed to more secondhand smoke -Have an easier time obtaining cigarettes than adolescents from […]
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They begin arriving in early evening. These are children, adults and squalid women, some pregnant women, who form a battalion of crack addicts who walk toward the sidewalk stunned the parking lot of a supermarket in the center of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense. Under Secretaries of Social Promotion and community councils, the scene […]
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Thousands of people – more than 5000, according to organizers, and 2500, according to the Military Police – participated in this Wednesday, the Ministries, in Brasilia, the 2nd National March against Homophobia and the adoption of Bill 122, which criminalizes homophobia. Read Article
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A Mexican state congress said it will change the name of the city of Juarez, which has been plagued by drug cartel wars, to the Heroic City of Juarez.The permanent and official name change will take place Saturday during a ceremony in Juarez, the El Paso (Texas) Times reported. Read Article
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In a decade working as a nanny, Andreia Soares finally clambered up the ladder into Brazil’s middle class. Andreia Soares played with a child at her employer’s home. The training she has received has helped her command higher pay. With the money she saved, she bought a two-bedroom apartment with granite kitchen countertops and a […]
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Three men accused of robbing and killing a farmer in the district were captured by Zamugari VRAE commoners, who were nearly lynched. The rapid intervention of the staff of the Anti-Drug Directorate (DIRANDRO) of Palmapampa National Police of Peru (PNP) was able to save them. Read Article
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