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- Corruption gone wild? Peru's political indictments reach from top office down
From three former presidents under investigation for charges for money laundering to selling pardons, and over 90 percent of Peru's mayors accused of corruption, Peru is facing systemic corruption.
Chile invokes controversial antiterror law after Santiago bomb blastA bomb exploded in downtown Santiago Monday, the largest of 30 bombings so far this year. Prosecutors are uncertain about who is carrying out the attacks.
As Colombia pursues peace, paramilitary killers walk free from jailA 2006 demobilization of Colombia's feared right-wing militias hinged on limited jail times for those who confessed their crimes. The government and FARC rebels are holding peace talks to end five decades of civil war.
Guatemala 'bishop killer' accused of running organized crime from prisonA former army captain convicted of killing Bishop Juan Gerardi ran a massive bribery ring from prison, according to Guatemala's anti-impunity commission.
As Brazil presidential candidate surges, focus turns to evangelicalism's cloutWithin 24 hours of launching her presidential campaign, Marina Silva withdrew her support for bills recognizing gay marriage after public pressure from a leader of her evangelical Christian church.
- Have you seen Venezuela's latest economic indicators?
Nobody else has either. The Central Bank has failed to release certain economic indicators, like Venezuela's inflation rate, for months.
Ready for landing: Mexico City airport expansion could make it one of largest in worldWhen engineers finished work on the existing airport in 1952, the capital had only 3 million residents. Since then, the metropolis has swollen to more than 20 million inhabitants.
Why are Nicaraguan youths staying put while neighbors migrate north?Of the 62,998 unaccompanied children who've been detained at the US border between Oct. 1 and the end of July, only 194 have been Nicaraguan.
A failed journey: Central American migrants turned back before US borderMore than 60,000 child migrants have arrived on the US-Mexican border since October. But tens of thousands more never make it that far. They are often returned home to existing violence and poverty - compounded by debt and despair.
- Costa Rica: A new model for prison standards in Latin America?
Prison overcrowding is widespread in Latin America, but Costa Rica has slowly started to implement politically sensitive, but needed, reforms. This includes vocational training programs and resisting tougher drug-sentencing laws.
Minimum-wage debate roils Mexico, where rock-bottom pay rulesMexico is both home to one of the richest men in the world and one of the lowest minimum wages in Latin America. Mexico City's mayor is pushing for an increase, but some worry it will have detrimental effects on the national economy.
Social workers channel Indiana Jones to deliver welfare checks to Brazil's AmazonMany Brazilians are still in dire need of state assistance, and teams of social workers – equipped with chainsaws, but no maps – are traveling to remote corners to find the poorest of the poor.
FocusKeeping count of Mexico's missingEstimates of the number of disappeared people in Mexico during a decade of drug and gang violence rival numbers from Argentina's Dirty War and Colombia's armed conflict. New laws protecting victim's rights require the government to establish a national registry of those who have disappeared.
FocusSearching for Mexico's disappeared: One mother's journeyAt least 60,000 people were killed in Mexico between 2006 and 2012 and tens of thousands more disappeared. But the burden of proof is on the family of the missing, who are stuck battling an unprepared and often intransigent bureaucracy as they try to find answers.
FARC peace talks: Colombia struggles to pinpoint 'who is a victim'The FARC and the Colombian government have reached peace talk deals on half of their six-point agenda. No issue has sparked such heated debate as the compensation and recognition of victims.
Candidate Campos' death dims Rousseff's reelection hopesFormer governor and presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in an airplane crash in Santos, Brazil today. His death makes a runoff more likely for incumbent Dilma Rousseff.
Has prison sentence given Venezuela opposition leader López a leg up?The trial of Leopoldo López is set to kick off again today after multiple delays. The government jailed him nearly six months ago, which had some unexpected benefits.
- Has Rio's 'pacification' simply pushed violence to city limits?
Yes, homicides are increasing in the municipalities that surround Rio de Janeiro, but these areas have traditionally witnessed higher rates of violence than the city itself.
Passport, job, marriage still out of reach for many Dominicans, despite new lawA law paving a path to citizenship for Dominican-born individuals of foreign descent has been praised internationally. But difficulty of getting crucial national ID documents is likely to leave many vulnerable.
- US export? Central America's gang problem began in Los Angeles
By 2011, El Salvador had an estimated 28,000 gang members, almost half of whom were in prison. Many were deported from the US in the late 1990s, bringing US-based gang activity back home with them.
