Issue Mar 06-12 2024: The first 100 days of Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, came to an end in the middle of a serious security crisis that couldn’t be stopped with the declaration of a state of emergency and internal armed conflict at the national level.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: As Mexico’s cartels continue to widen their violent and economic reach, many wonder what will become of the country’s security policy when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador leaves office in late September.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: Honduras continues to experience grave human rights challenges, including gender based violence, land disputes, and impunity, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: Within President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term, 89 Indigenous activists and environmentalists have been killed.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: After recording nearly 260 homicides last year, as criminal gangs continue to war over drug territory, Rosario stands alone as Argentina’s bloodiest city.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: Amid Mexico’s ongoing drug war and its devastating consequences, which include frequent kidnappings, disappearances, and other criminal violence that claims tens of thousands of lives each year, a new force has emerged.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: “Even though we’re peasants, we love our children. We aren’t going to accept what the government says.”

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: On the sixth day of the trial against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, bombshell testimony by a key witness was given naming high level political figures involved in cases of corruption.

—Researched and Written by Natalie Gales— Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Since the beginning of 2024, Colombian prison guards have repeatedly been targeted by gang members’ attacks. This came to a head following the death of Jesús Cárdenas, a guard who worked at a prison in San Sebastián de Ternera, Cartagena. In response, the Instituto Nacional

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: When Pablo Neruda passed, on the evening of September 23, 1973, official reports concluded that he had died of complications from prostate cancer.