Children
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Education
Ecuador’s Yachay Wasi Teaches Climate Lessons Through Indigenous Language and a Garden
In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous…
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AMERICAS
Latin America’s Child Safety Crisis Meets Data, Politics, and Choices
A new regional report from UNICEF and PAHO maps how violence against children overlaps across homes, schools, streets, and screens.…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Fighters Tied To Sudan Genocide Spark Sweeping U.S. Crackdown
A new U.S. Treasury press release exposes a Colombia-led mercenary pipeline sending ex-soldiers to Sudan, recruiting even children for the…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Airstrikes, Child Soldiers, And A Fractured Peace Process Today
Colombia's latest airstrikes against FARC dissidents have killed recruited children, igniting a storm over humanitarian law, presidential responsibility, and the…
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ANALYSIS
Venezuelan Children Deserve Classrooms, Not Sidewalks, in Trinidad and Tobago
On Trinidad's blistering sidewalks, Venezuelan children crouch beside traffic lights, their small hands open while adults plead for coins. Behind…
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ANALYSIS
Guatemala Waits, Planes Idle, and Children Linger in a Legal and Political Crossfire
A judge's last-minute order grounded U.S. deportation flights and forced a pause in an urgent, disputed campaign to send unaccompanied…
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AMERICAS
Latin America’s Children Face a Climate-Driven Poverty Surge Without Urgent Action
A new United Nations report warns that climate change could push between 5.9 million and 27 million more children and…
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AMERICAS
Colombia’s Indigenous Guard Risks Everything to Bring Recruited Children Home
In the mountains of Cauca, unarmed Indigenous Guards walk straight into guerrilla camps to bring back children. They carry no…
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ANALYSIS
Ecuador Must Deny Soldiers’ Impunity for Killing Guayaquil Children
When 11-year-old Steven Medina and three teenage friends vanished after a December military roundup in Guayaquil, Ecuador's army claimed it…
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LIFE
Mexican Shadows Loom Over Child Recruits in Brutal Cartel Wars
In the hidden corners of Mexico, children as young as six emerge as unlikely foot soldiers for ruthless cartels. Their…
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