On the left and on the right, from the Havana Accords to the Congress in Bogotá, openly or covertly, the actors in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict are working together to bestow pardons upon themselves in exchange for peace.

In the wake of decades of armed conflict, millions of Colombians are suffering from the lingering effects of the upheaval on their physical and mental health, a situation that poses a serious challenge for the country as the newly fashioned peace process unfolds.

–Researched and written by Kathleen Crotty As more scandals are uncovered and more politicians are accused of corruption, Brazilians are quickly losing faith in their governing institutions.

Ravaged by warring gangs and militarized police, El Salvador grapples with its identity as a democratic nation and a country facing down powerful criminals.

Attitudes toward marijuana use and legalization are changing in Mexico, but the country’s legislators are slow to change official policy.

Prison officials in the Northwestern Argentine province of Jujuy are under investigation for negligence after the death of a prisoner in the Penal de Gorriti.

“Everyone in the National Directorate of Intelligence knew who had killed the Jesuits,” argued Luis Parada, a lieutenant serving with the National Directorate of Intelligence of El Salvador on the day Jesuit priests were murdered at the Universidad Centroamericana.

The discovery was made in Zitala, Guerrero, and the security spokesperson of the state described it as “terrible.”

The process continued after “No.” 

Just five minutes away from the famous spa, Punta Hermosa, lies a district full of land traffickers and the absence of adequate police.