Issue Apr 10-16 2024: April 1 marked Gisela Gaytán’s first day of campaigning to become Celaya’s new mayor; it was also the day she became the 27th political candidate killed in Mexico’s 2023–2024 election season.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Amid ongoing tensions between Colombia’s armed groups, President Gustavo Petro is pushing for a more inclusive approach at the negotiating table.

Issue Apr 03-09 2024: For years, the primary source of hired killers for Mexico’s criminal organizations has been attributed to the country’s “ninis,” a term used to describe young people who are neither employed nor pursuing an education.

Issue Apr 03-09 2024: At the end of March in 2022, Nayib Bukele broke a secret pact between the government and El Salvador’s gangs. In response, the gang MS-13 killed 87 people.

Issue Apr 03-09 2024: In 2023, human rights and civil society organizations in Chile responded to delays in the government’s official commemoration ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the military coup d’etat of 1973 by taking the initiative and establishing their own memory sites.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: On the 2nd of March, 2024, Brazil’s Amnesty Commission approved the first collective amnesty request submitted by two Indigenous peoples, the Krenak of Minas Gerais, and the Guarani-Kaiowá of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: As Mexico’s cartels continue to develop their military might and expand their influence across the country’s economy, tens of thousands of citizens are forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in the mountains, nearby forests, and urban areas, where their safety remains a concern.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: On January 8, 2024, President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declared a national state of emergency.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: According to a study by the Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios de Centroamérica (CETCAM), Nicaraguan women who work as academics, artists, journalists, and cyberactivists have been targeted and oppressed by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s government.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: Despite President Gustavo Petro’s efforts to put an end to six decades of conflict between the country’s security forces and its armed groups, the military and economic influence of guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and drug gangs continues to expand.