In the Seventh Forum for Latin American Democracy, the general secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, stated that the solution to crime lies in hard work and better education.

An Argentinian man is confirmed to be the missing son of a couple who was kidnapped by Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1976.

A closed case involving the murder of over 800 civilians by military personnel was ordered reopened in El Salvador.

After two years, no progress has been made in a case involving the disappearance of forty-three students in Mexico, and President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration is suspected of human rights violations.

The latest report from Mexico’s National Public Security System shows that in the month of August, crime rates were the highest they’ve been in four years.

A group of “ex-paras,” former leaders of paramilitary groups in Colombia, has written an open letter to their country, stating their support for the peace movement and urging the people to vote “yes” to the Havana Accords.

The son of an assassinated Chilean exile unveils a mural giving homage to his father, and remarks on the importance of remembering the atrocities of the Pinochet regime.

The Colombian people are set to take part in a historic vote that could mark the end of fifty-two years of hostility between their government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

On September 15th, Aureliano Campos, head of a weekly Mexican newspaper, died after being shot while driving near Huachinango.

Agustín Pavia, a Mexican lawyer and political figure, was shot and killed upon returning to his home on September 13th.