5 Latin American Photo Projects Inspired by Humans of New York

2. Humans of Rio de Janeiro

Filho de peixe, peixinho é ! A chip off the old block,like father,like son. Feliz dia dos Pais ! Happy Father's Day ! photo – @minduim

A photo posted by Humans of Rio de Janeiro (@humansofriodejaneiro) on Aug 10, 2014 at 12:38pm PDT

Also started in 2012, the photos are taken by Fabio Minduim, Dominique Valansi and Eiran Kreimer.

3. Humans of Honduras

A veces es el sujeto que escoge la foto y no el camarógrafo. Llevándome de la mano hasta su amigo, se abrazaron y dijo con esa enorme sonrisa: "me podes tomar una foto con mi amigo por favor?" – Sometimes it's not the photographer that chooses the picture but the subject themselves. Led by my hand to where his friend was, he proceeded to hug him and with a huge smile on his face asked: "will you please take a picture of me and my friend?"

A photo posted by Humans of Honduras (@humansofhonduras) on Dec 13, 2013 at 5:03pm PST

Managed by two women, Claudia and Daniela, this page helps fight the negative imagery usually associated with this Central American country.

4. Humans of El Salvador

"Bueno la última buena noticia q he recibido es que pues ella … aceptó casarse conmigo." "Se van a casar?!" "Nono ya nos casamos el 12 de abril!" #humansofelsalvador #elsalvador #sivar #humans #elsalvadorimpresionante #paroalaindiferencia #sivaresuno #conociendo #amomipais #no filter #pupusas #NOindiferencia

A photo posted by Humans Of El Salvador (@humansofelsalvador) on May 21, 2015 at 4:53pm PDT

This page is managed by Kim Cheoljoong, who moved to El Salvador three years ago and writes the captions to her photos in English, Spanish and Korean.

5. Humans of Medellin

Ay niña, imagínese que las cosas van bastante mal. Mi esposa está muy enferma, y mi hija ni el esposo tienen plata para comer. Él era albañil, pero le dieron unos tiros en la mano y ya casi que no le dan trabajo. A dos de sus hijos se los llevó Bienestar Familiar y los adoptaron pa’lla muy lejos, y queda uno que está hospitalizado por desnutrición. Pero bueno, ¿sabe qué? Por aquí acabaron de robarle a un señor, con pistola y todo. Y yo lo que estaba pensando es que no importa cómo esté la situación; yo prefiero sentarme a pedir primero, pero NUNCA robar. Uno no debe quitarle al otro lo que le pertenece, y mucho menos lo que seguramente logró con mucho trabajo. ——- Things are going quite badly. My wife is very sick, and and my daughter and her husband have no money to eat. He used to be a construction worker, but they gave him a few shots on his hand and he barely gets any jobs. Two of their children were taken by Bienestar Familiar and they were adopted in places far from here, and then there is a baby left that is in the hospital due to malnutrition. But well, you know what? Right around here they just mugged a man using a gun and everything. And I was just thinking that it doesn’t matter what situation you’re in; I’d rather beg for money first, but NEVER steal anything from anyone. One should not take from someone else what belongs to them, and a lot less if it’s something they surely gained with hard work.

A photo posted by Humans Of Medellín (@humansmedellin) on May 24, 2016 at 12:45pm PDT