Latin America's porn industry In Latin America, the pornography industry production is somewhat limited. Yet pornography is abundant, especially pirate DVDs from the USA and Europe, which are present in the streets of most capitals in Latin America. Brazil is perhaps the only country that openly produces porn movies, but with mandatory use of condoms. 18-3-2007

Latin America: How to stop violence against women?
Rallies, demonstrations in the streets, conferences, cultural events - yesterday's International Women's Day commemorations around the world took many different forms. In Latin America, women's-rights activists and their supporters called special attention to various forms of violence against women that continue to prevail in many countries in the region. 18-3-2007

American guilty in Nicaragua
Police fired rubber bullets near an angry mob protesting outside a tin-roofed courthouse here Friday, but the crowd got what it wanted hours later when a US citizen was convicted of murder. An adventurer turned businessman, Eric Volz, 27, and a Nicaraguan co-defendant were found guilty of strangling and raping Volz's ex-girlfriend Doris Ivania Jiménez, 25. 18-3-2007

Honduras: Lawlessness in US against human trafficking creates victims
Several years ago, a young woman showed up at the offices of a social-services agency in Albuquerque with a horrifying story. Her parents in her native Honduras had sold her to an American man from New Mexico. 18-3-2007

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