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Island fishermen in Columbia dive into action to save the coral

Fishermen in Columbia are working to help protect and preserve dwindling coral populations in the Caribbean sea.

These Colombian fishermen are being paid to farm coral in an underwater garden

In Colombia's archipelago of San Andres and Providencia, in the western Caribbean, fishermen are being paid $125 a month by the government to farm coral in an undersea gardening project.

Half of Colombia's new cabinet will be women

Half of the country's ministers will be women for the first time in its history.

Four land activists were killed every week during 2017

They were murdered for opposing large-scale agriculture and mining projects in the deadliest year on record.

The Colombian Amazon now has the same legal rights as you

The country's highest court has told the government it needs to protect the forest.

Closing the gender pay gap in Latin America – why is progress so slow?

The UN's Latin American arm says the narrowing of the gender pay gap in Latin America is too slow and hampering development in the region.

12 facts about the Zika virus

As the Zika virus spreads in the Americas, this is what you need to know.

What you need to know about the Zika virus

An outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus Zika is affecting large parts of Latin America and the Caribbean and spreading quickly. Here are some facts about the disease.

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5 overlooked humanitarian crises in 2015

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