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Latin America's transport and trade infrastructure faces significant challenges due to underinvestment, with only 23% of roads paved and railways largely underdeveloped. This lack of infrastructure ...
Latin America is facing an escalating education crisis as school dropout rates continue to climb, affecting not only the region's poorest countries but also those with historically strong public ...
"What we do know," said Brazilian-born theologian Leonardo Boff, "is that he's a North American with a Latin American soul." ...
Trump and Rubio need to accept that Latin America will not put up with a new Monroe Doctrine. They must treat the region’s countries as equals, because they are sovereign nations, not banana ...
Jesuit Father-General Pedro Arrupe first used the phrase "preferential option for the poor" in a letter to the Jesuits of Latin America in 1968.
Latin America’s top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...
A report from the World Bank brings a renewed focus to the impact of organized crime on economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the cyclical relationship between poverty ...
The Latin America and the Caribbean Country Gender Scorecards is a comprehensive tool designed to provide country-specific insights for monitoring and benchmarking gender equality across 11 priority ...
The film "The Gospel of Revolution" traces liberation theology's history of inspiring social movements in Latin America to seek economic and social balance through policies that prioritized the poor.
A plurality of the Catholic Church is in Latin America, at roughly 40% of the global Catholic population. The election of the Argentinian Pope Francis in 2013 brought fresh hope for a new ...
As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner.