A Guatemalan court convened for a fourth attempt to try former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the nation’s long and bloody civil war. 

A sociologist took a deep dive into the “the last dictatorship’s secret politics.” 

Unidentified gunmen shot dead an indigenous environmental activist in Honduras just two weeks after the murder of his colleague, Berta Cáceres.

Relations between international investigators continue to fragment, as yet another investigation into the presumed Ayotzinapa killings is set to report its findings soon. 

With early polls on a referendum for peace not looking good, and paramilitaries on the right and guerrilla groups on the left showing no signs of laying down arms in solidarity with the FARC, it seems that there are more questions than answers for Colombia at the moment. 

With a looming sense that this was a preventable homicide in both domestic and international circles, calls for the State Department to step in and conduct its own investigation are growing increasingly louder. 

A new initiative in Honduras is leading to unprecedented success in combating gang activity among MS-13’s elite. 

Following massive layoffs just a few weeks ago, as new President Mauricio Macri downsizes human rights divisions of the Government, Argentine citizens continue to protest the new President’s policies. 

The beach resort town of Mar del Plata has become the scene of neo-Nazi attacks targeting minorities with hate crimes and violence. 

With the paramilitary struggle coming to an end, at least as far as the FARC is concerned, leftists in Colombia will have to enter the political discussion in order to further their agenda.