More than six months into 2017, many countries use the halfway mark to compare statistics to last year, including those relating to human rights.

In light of the findings made by the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), the opportunity is ripe to reform the procedures of Guatemala’s justice system.

The United Nations has established August 9 as the day of Indigenous awareness.

El Salvador is one of the countries with the most crowded prisons in the world, and neither the state nor society wants to invest in rehabilitation for gang members.

A festival that is held every year in Medellín called the Fair of Flowers has a parade of silleteros, local flower growers who create floral displays that explode in color.