Issue Jan 17-23 2024: “The erosion of democratic culture” is nothing new or abrupt in Latin America; military presence has been on the rise for a long time.

Issue Jan 17-23 2024: While Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his regime hold more than 100 prisoners of conscience, fear and silence prevail among the public.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: On January 9, 2023, eighteen people were killed and five hundred were wounded in Juliaca, Peru, due to police repression.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: The first seven days of 2024 saw a wave of violence sweep Mexico, with armed attacks in Guerrero, Guanajuato, and Sinaloa, continuing the trend of the previous year.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: To remember the 60th anniversary of the coup which led to Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, the Lula administration is pursuing initiatives to remember the details of the atrocities committed during that 21-year period.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Following a series of nationwide incidents reported on Tuesday, January 9, including the seizure of an Ecuadorian television station, President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of “internal armed conflict.”

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: In the final days of 2023, Mexico experienced a wave of kidnappings, armed confrontations, and killings.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: The criminal organization Los Lobos is diversifying their illicit activities and now operates twenty gold mines in Ecuador.

Issue Dec 01-31 2023: Despite being the most militarized state in the country, Chiapas, Mexico, is grappling with escalating organized crime and a significant influence of drug cartels.

Issue Dec 01-31 2023: Starting on the 20th of December 2023, the Ortega dictatorship conducted a sweep of arbitrary detentions against dozens of Nicaraguan Catholic religious leaders in an act of retaliation against priests who prayed for the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been imprisoned by the regime for over 515 days.