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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…

Progress comes slowly in Haiti - Interview with Patricia Wolff

Two years ago, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 200,000, according to press reports, and leaving millions homeless. A few days later,…

Brazil: 3 priests sentenced for sex abuse with minors

A juvenile court judge in Brazil's northeastern state of Alagoas has sentenced three priests for sexually abusing minors for years.

Mexico ignores warnings about hazardous chemical in baby bottles

Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in strong plastics, is banned in baby bottles in Canada and the European Union. But Mexico has made no move to outlaw it…

Guatemalan court sentences 2 women for trafficking baby adopted by US family

A Guatemalan court has sentenced two women to 16 and 21 years in prison for trafficking a stolen baby who was given for adoption to a U.S. family.

Daughter of Argentina ‘Dirty War,’ Raised by Man Who Killed Her Parents

Victoria Montenegro remembers her 'father', Lt. Col. Hernán Tetzlaff,  recounting military operations in which “subversives” had been…

CNN Hero rescues children from Argentine trash dumps

During a visit to Argentina 11 years ago, Elena Durón Miranda was horrified to see children as young as 3 years old rummaging through a trash dump for…

Haiti: U.N. Troops Accused of Exploiting Local Girls

Seventeen-year-old Rose Mina Joseph says she is nine months pregnant. Her belly is swollen and she moves slowly, placing each step, as she walks around her…

Argentina: Child Allowance Restores Families' Ties with Schools

Payments made to poor families to keep their children at school have had a positive impact This has led to a drastic – between 55 and 70 percent –…

Gautemala: Growing your own school dinner

The signs of hunger are evident in Guatemalan classrooms. Lack of concentration, poor performance and malnutrition. But in over 700 schools the children are…

Rainbow of Colours and Equality at Innovative School

At an innovative eductational facility in Brazil, teenagers learn about pregnancy through wearing a plastic belly for a few months. After their baby is born…

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