Health care in Costa Rica: An up-close examination
Key points: Funded by a 9 percent employee income tax and a variable employer contribution, the health system provides care to all Costa...
Country Cooperation Strategy at a Glance - Guatemala
Key Notes: Despite significant progress in the health of its population, Guatemala is still experiencing numerous health-related problems...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Key Quotes: Adult women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and tend to worry and stress about...
Egypt's Women: Covered-up or Locked-up
The woman in the blue bra, being beaten by soldiers in Cairo in December 2011. Key Quotes: In today's Egypt, women, even when just...
Life is Worth Nothing in Guatemala
There's a common phrase that Guatemalans say about violence in their country: En Guatemala, la vida no vale nada. In Guatemala, life is...
Ecuador: ‘Gay cure clinics’ use rape and torture as corrective measures
Unregulated gay conversion therapy clinics found in Ecuador have been using both rape and torture as corrective measures against...
UCC activist works for LGBT rights in Ecuador
While LGBT communities gain acceptance in many parts of the world, some still struggle for equal rights, freedoms and protections....
Lima: 21% of women experience daily domestic violence
A study carried out by Peru’s National Mental Health Institute has revealed some disturbing statistics about domestic violence in the...
Brazil, facing health-care crisis, imports Cuban doctors
EMBU GUACU, Brazil — Since the 1960s, Cuba has deployed an army of doctors by the tens of thousands to the world’s most inhospitable...
Human Rights Abuses Uncovered in Ecuador
http://www.coha.org/human-rights-abuses-uncovered-in-ecuador/ A mother catches her 15-year-old girl engaging in homosexual acts. She...
