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Ecuador to cut fuel prices that sparked protests
Ecuador to cut fuel prices that sparked protests
by  AFP

Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced Sunday that the country will cut fuel prices, which had sparked weeks of demonstrations, though not by as much as protesters have demanded.

Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead
Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead
by  AFP

Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice. Bonifacio said the policemen who shot her husband and son should have followed "the proper process" in what the authorities described as a drug sting operation.

As US undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them
As US undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them
by  AFP

As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile -- long one of Latin America's most conservative countries -- is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution. Chile is not the only country in Latin America that is moving in the opposite direction as the United States on abortion rights.

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