Issue Jan 07-13 2026: The Mexican government has announced that the county experienced a 40% drop in the homicide rate in 2025 relative to previous years under other administrations, falling from 86.9 cases in September of 2025 to 54.5 cases in October of 2025. Nonetheless, other official indicators, such as an increase in the number

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Last year was not good for peace in Colombia. While the Petro administration plans to hold new negotiations, including round table talks with ex-commanders of the AUC, the public remains skeptical. According to a recent poll, 65% of those surveyed said that they believed the total peace plan was going poorly

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Hugo Motta’s aggression against reporters was not isolated incidents. Brutality and limitations on the work of the press have been occurring for months.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: At least two videos showing individuals dressed as police committing robbery and murder in Guayaquil went viral during the last week of December 2025 and the first days of 2026.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: In an official statement, Guatemala’s Minister of the Interior, Marco Antonio Villeda, alluded to the claim made by officials in Washington that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro used Guatemala, among other countries, as a key hub to transport drugs to the United States.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: A violent mass shooting in the Ecuadorian port city of Manta left at least six people dead and a dozen wounded on New Year’s Eve, as President Daniel Noboa declared a fresh 60-day State of Emergency across nine provinces.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Raquel Caballero, El Salvador’s Human Rights Ombudsman, has taken sides with the country’s ruling party at the most critical moment for civil freedom since the post-war era.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace initiative continues to unroll amid diagnostic errors, strategic improvisations, and the weakening of a state faced with armed militias which have updated themselves to confront modern challenges.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: The killing of criminal attorney Arturo Pérez Anguiano Scully in Tijuana has reignited concern over growing violence against members of the legal profession in Mexico.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Argentina’s court system declared that the government’s anti-protest protocol was null and void. Hours later, the government responded by saying it would appeal the decision.