How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers
A new program launched by the mayor of Bogotá aims to better support the city's unpaid family caregivers, the vast majority of whom are women.
Latin America
Venezuelans become the largest nationality for illegal U.S. border crossings
Venezuelans replaced Mexicans for the first time on record, according to new figures that show September was the second-highest month for arrests of all nationalities.
A family in Venezuela prepares to leave for the U.S.
Millions of Venezuelans have left their country to escape authoritarian rule and economic collapse. We tell the story of one family headed to the U.S.
Brazil's president faces increasing pressure to nominate a Black female justice
Brazil has a substantial Black population and is a country where over half of the population is also female, but it has never had a Black female supreme court judge. Could all that be about to change?
Lawmakers in Brazil say Bolsonaro should be charged with attempting to stage a coup
Former president Bolosnaro rejected the report's findings, issued by lawmakers mostly allied with the current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as biased. "It's completely biased," Bolsonaro said.
A name that pops up in October is Santa Muerte. Who is the death saint?
Believers in the figure known as "Saint Death" are paying homage, even as the Catholic church in Mexico rejects her.
The Maduro regime is disrupting the opposition's efforts before Venezuela's election
Venezuela's opposition are holding a primary to elect the candidate who will take on President Nicolas Maduro in next year's elections. The Maduro government is not making campaigning or voting easy.
How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers: From dance classes to job training
More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called "Care Blocks" to ease their burden.
Heir to banana fortune, Daniel Noboa, wins Ecuador's presidential runoff election
Ecuadorians have elected a new president amid unprecedented violence in the country, and the assassination of one of the candidates.
These Indigenous Mexican women are reclaiming their power through ancestral practices
Photographer Tania Barrientos shares the stories of midwives and leaders at Indigenous women's centers called CAMIs in Costa Chica de Guerrero, a coastal region in southwest México.