Issue Apr 02-May 31 2025: The Colombian government’s ambitious Total Peace initiative, aimed at negotiating simultaneously with various armed groups, is facing serious challenges.

Issue Apr 02-May 31 2025: Political borders do not exist for criminal groups, and drug trafficking dominates 72% of localities along the shared borders of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.

Issue Apr 02-May 31 2025: The Colombian government meets with Commandos to strike a new deal to bring an end to the cultivation of illegal crops in the region of Putumayo.

Issue Mar 26-Apr 01 2025: A new report by Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights sheds light on the profile of victims killed or disappeared under the country’s military regimes between 1964 and 1988, with a focus on the most violent years following the coup.

Issue Mar 26-Apr 01 2025: Young people, the members of the National Dialogue for Peace, demand an end to violence and disappearances.

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: The Colombian government has revealed a new plan to prevent the cultivation of coca leaves in Catatumbo, but some say the plan is too similar to past failed attempts to do the same.

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: Widespread harassment, often involving violence, by police and other state entities against members of collectives united in the search for disappeared loved ones is becoming a serious problem in Veracruz, Mexico.

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: Brazil’s Supreme Court is assessing whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven others will stand trial for their alleged roles in a coup attempt.

Issue Mar 12-18 2025: As part of a new initiative launched by her administration, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made assurances that she would strengthen her country’s National Search Commission, tasked with analyzing and resolving the many cases of disappeared people throughout Mexico in recent years.

Issue Mar 12-18 2025: The top leadership of Brazil’s Armed Forces is discreetly discussing possible disciplinary actions against military personnel accused of participating in a coup plot aimed at preventing the inauguration of President Lula and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.