Taxi drivers in the DR are fearful of the night. 

President Mujica has sponsored the bill as an alternative to drugs repression which has failed worldwide. 

In late March 2014 several “lynchings” were carried out or at least attempted in various cities of Argentina.  In one, 18-year-old David Moreira was killed by a group of citizens after he allegedly tried to steal a woman’s purse in Rosario. 

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Honduras leads the region (and Central America leads the world) in homicides for the fifth consecutive year. 

With the World Cup just a couple months away, expect a lot more troops in Brazilian streets this year, but it probably won’t mean more security. 

The latest cycle of talks between the government and the FARC ended without agreement, but the guerrillas pushed for the establishment of a truth commission. 

With the backing of former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, the Aché indigenous community of Paraguay filed a complaint for genocide committed during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. 

The governments of Panama and Peru signed two agreements to establish in Panamanian territory a subsidiary of state-owned Peruvian Services, Industriales de la Marina (SIMA), and promote bilateral maritime cooperation in the fight against organized crime. 

Brazil has sixteen of the 50 most violent cities in the world. 

The military has refused to answer dozens of letters from the Comissão Nacional da Verdade (the National Truth Commission) and federal prosecutors investigating crimes from the era of the dictatorship (1964-85).