Pope Francis was quiet on Argentine sex abuse cases as archbishop
Father Julio Cesar Grassi was a celebrity in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The young, dynamic, media-savvy priest networked with wealthy Argentines to fund an array of schools, orphanages and job training programs for poor and abandoned youths, winning praise from Argentine politicians and his superior, Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
20-3-2013
Restarting Colombia's stagnated tourism growth
The Colombian government is set to announce international tourism grew in 2012. Before you start celebrating, the real growth is way lower than Latin America as a whole, meaning Colombia is losing ground to its competitors. 14-2-2013
Feminists demand rape probe in Bolivia sex video scandal
This week women's groups demanded a criminal sexual assault investigation for a provincial lawmaker who was caught by security video having what appears to be forced sex with a female legislative employee so drunk she may have been unconscious. 30-1-2013
The war on female sexuality: Is globalization to blame?
Women’s bodies have become a global battlefield. The brutal New Delhi gang rape case, and the fierce protests it sparked, is just one example. From education of Afghan schoolgirls to veiling in France, female sexuality and freedom has come to symbolize a global conflict “over the nature of the self.” 23-1-2013
Peru:
Internet pornography
The
mayors of Lima districts Pueblo Libre and Villa El
Salvador are taking more action so minors are not
exposed or permitted access to pornography over the
Internet. 1-7-2007
Brazilian police stop trafficking ring
Authorities have arrested 10 Brazilians
accused of luring South American women to Spain and
forcing them into prostitution, a federal police
spokesman said this week. 1-7-2007
Peru: Prostitutes reject bill which outlaws sex ads in newspapers
Workers from
Peru's Miluska, Vida and Dignidad Civil Association of
Sexual Workers (Asociación Civil de Trabajadoras
Sexuales Miluska Vida y Dignidad) have publicly
condemned a bill which will prohibit Peru's newspapers
and print media to publish ads which blatantly or
discreetly advertise sexual services.
21-5-2007
Sex workers urge Peru to regulate prostitution
Peruvian sex workers urged the government
on Friday to regulate their profession, saying it would
protect them from violence and help stop the spread of
sexually transmitted diseases.
21-5-2007
Sex slave importer faces prison
A jury of nine women and three men
unanimously decided that Colombian national Jorge
Melchor was guilty as charged of facilitating
prostitution, conspiracy and human trafficking in
Florida. 21-5-2007
Peru: 61 educators reprimanded for rape and sexual abuse charges
Peru's Ministry of
Education reprimanded 61 educators in the Lima-Callao
metropolitan area for rape and sexual abuse charges
involving students. 12-5-2007