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Children in Latin America

Guatemala shock as two murdered girls found on street

Guatemalan police are investigating the murder of two girls aged six and 12 whose bodies were found dumped on a street in the capital. The girls, who were…

Ecuador: Girl's death highlights school drugs problem

When 13-year-old Tamara Chevez came home from school last October, she said she was going to her bedroom for a rest. A few hours later her family found her…

New Mexican leader proposes sweeping education reform

President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to a public education system widely seen as moribund, taking on an iron-fisted union leader who is…

Rescuing the Restavek Child Slaves of Haiti

Mondesir, who founded the [refuge] centre in 1994, says poverty fuels the system of slavery. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere; nearly 80…

Haiti seeks to fix broken adoption system to stop child trafficking

Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children to be…

Award winning Mexican film highlights pain of teen-girl bullying

A 2012 film depiction of a teenage girl in Mexico City creates awareness about a very real problem in Mexico that comes with fatal consequences – youth…

Girls Become the Voice of Sex Education in Haiti

Carmensize Guerrier, a nurse in Petite Rivière, says that sex education and life skills clubs began forming more rapidly after the 2010 earthquake, when young…

UN: Guatemala children face sexual exploitation & forced labour

In spite of protection measures by the Guatemalan Government, many children are still victims of sexual exploitation and forced labor, a United Nations…

Colombia arts centre helps former child soldiers start new life

An arts center, run by a Colombian non-governmental organization, works with former child soldiers – leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries – to help…

Teen's brothel escape triggers Mexico clampdown

They were only 14 years old, cousins from a small town in central Mexico, when a fun trip to the local fair turned into a nightmare of drugs and forced…

Mexico authorities unravel child trafficking ring

Mexican Prosecutors say that an illegal adoption ring ensnared destitute young Mexican women trying to earn more for their children and childless Irish couples…

3 more women held in Mexico child-trafficking case

Mexican investigators detained three more women in the city of Guadalajara in connection with an apparent child-trafficking ring that aimed to supply babies to…