Bolivia has cut poverty by a quarter in the last decade, but still remains one of the poorest countries in South America. There are more than 800,000 underage workers in Bolivia. Many of them are homeless and have to fend for themselves.
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This week’s “Game Changer” is Fernando “Ponce” Laspina who is using boxing as a way to help troubled youths.
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This week’s “Game Changer” is Rodrigo Baggio, a man who discovered his first two passions early in life at twelve years old: “Technology and my work with street kids.”
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With a rise in drug trade and a spike in violence, Rosario, Argentina has the highest murder rate in the country. In 2013, the number of murders rose by 76%. This year, the figures are expected to be even higher. And despite the construction boom, […]
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This week’s “Game Changer” on Americas Now is Enrique Lomnitz, a man helping Mexico City find a solution for its water shortage.
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Almost 40-percent of the households in Mexico City have no access to clean water at home. To quench the thirst of the city’s 20 million residents, the government plans to invest billions to solve the problem. One man has started a project he believes will […]
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For Ruth Buendía, her biggest fight against indifference and exclusion is still in progress, she is this week’s “Game Changer”.
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This week’s “Game Changer” on Americas Now is an artist of all trades. Daniel “El Topo” Rivero is helping bring beauty to a structure that hasn’t had the best reputation.
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This week’s “Game Changer” on Americas Now is someone who has made it his mission to fight crime and violence with sports. His name is Luke Dowdney.
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He took on the brave fight against school dropout rates in an impoverished public school in Mexico. Then, he revolutionized teaching methods, and led an entire class to success. He is Game Changer Sergio Juarez Correa.
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This week in our Game Changer segment we introduce you to someone who made it her mission to make one favela LESS dangerous. She’s actually a policewoman. And by working with state and local institutions she helped improve conditions in the community and gave residents a better model […]
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Several years ago, Rey Ramirez had a highly-respected career as education director of a professional symphony. But in 2009, he happily traded in his top-tier profession to start Soundscapes, a musically centered youth outreach program in Newport News, Virginia.
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It’s no secret that poverty is a problem in many countries throughout Latin America. But all too often, some cities considered affluent are actually quite poor. Take Cartegena, Colombia for example. Travel books rank it as a top vacation destination and praise it as being […]
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