SANTIAGO- A plan to ease a ban on abortion in Chile has the backing of 70 percent of the country, a new poll released this week suggested, as a government push to do so navigated […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s senate early Wednesday took a major step towards lifting the country’s total ban on abortions by agreeing to decriminalize the procedure in certain cases. The measure, supported by President Michelle Bachelet, would […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – A former U.S. bail bondsman accused of traveling to Peru and having sex with underage girls has been sentenced to five years in prison. The Oklahoman reports 63-year-old Robert Earl Pierce was […]
LONDON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he will not “forgive or forget” being “slandered” and “detained” for seven years without charge. The 45-year-old WikiLeaks founder appeared on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy […]
BUENOS AIRES – A Roman Catholic nun from Japan has been arrested and charged on suspicion of helping priests sexually abuse children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina. Kosaka Kumiko was […]
MEXICO CITY – The Amnesty International has released a new report about human rights in Mexico, revealing that over 14,000 women in the Latin American country are raped every year. The human rights organization regrettably […]
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico – The Women on Waves ship, in collaboration with national and local Mexican organizations, arrived in Mexico on Friday. Marking the start of campaign, the boat has already sailed out with women to […]
SANTIAGO – A Chilean nun, who was raped by a man carrying out repairs at a Santiago convent, is suing the religious order she belonged to after its members pressured her to leave the Church […]
A teenage girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped for about 10 days by a 33-year-old man in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, India. The girl’s father had lodged a missing complaint on February 8 with Kaladora […]
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