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The social history of Latin America
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- The history of poverty and inequality in Latin America
- The history of children and youth in Latin America
- The history of women and gender in Latin America
- Health and nutrition in Latin America
- UNFPA Highlights New Trends
- By Daniel Gatti, IPS, 2 September 1998. A rise in the number of informal partnerships and in teenage pregnancy is one of the main trends documented in Latin America and the Caribbean by the latest UN report on the state of the world population.
- Unrest in Latin America; Students resist move to privatize higher education
- By Antonio Prieto, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday 15 June 1999. Many student strikes and demonstrations taking place throughout Latin America. University students in Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador have been engaged in the largest mobilizations of this kind since 1968.
- Poor, Sick And Ageing Fast
- By Gumisai Mutume, IPS, 2 June 2000. The IDB seminar on ageing in Latin America points to a population ageing faster than governments are investing in programs to cope with the impending demand for social services. By 2030 nearly three-quarters of people aged 60 and above will be living in less-developed countries. An erosion of family structures which in the past provided a support system for the elderly.
- Mixed Social Progress
- By Gustavo Gonzalez, IPS, 23 June 2000. Latin America will present mixed social development results at next week's Special Session of the UN General Assembly. While poverty was reduced, the gap in job quality and income distribution grew.