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Bernardo Arevalo was sworn in minutes after midnight on Monday — despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

In many parts of the world, the rate of HIV infection is declining. But not among the indigenous peoples of this Central American country.

Mexican authorities apologized to three indigenous women who were unlawfully jailed for three years on trumped-up charges. The women say there are thousands of innocent people in Mexico's jails.

The latest installment in "Worlds of Difference," a documentary series exploring the impact of global change on local cultures, comes from a small village in southern Mexico. The story looks at the issues surrounding the translation of the Bible into the pueblo's indigenous language.

Statewide elections in Wisconsin are regularly close. With it being a presidential election year, the battle over who gets to vote takes center stage.

A study by Canada's police found that nearly 1,200 Aboriginal women were murdered or went missing between 1980 and 2012. But two Canadian government ministers say that number could be far higher.

"Non!" to the further imposition of French in Quebec — how the fight over French has incensed many of the English-speaking minority in this Canadian province.

With tensions running high following Morales' resignation last Sunday, demonstrators have taken to the streets to decry the nation's interim president, Jeanine Añez.

Three ministers in Peru have resigned over pressure to continue natural gas exploration in the Camisea area of Peru. In the 1980s uncontacted tribes were partially wiped out by diseases brought in by workers. Now there are plans to expand the project into areas where other uncontacted tribes are living. Among the oil companies involved is American hunt oil.