Insecurity imposed by gangs and repressive state plans mean that young people from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are living a more reclusive life-style that is lacking in diversions and in opportunities, in order to circumvent the unrelenting violence.

In 2014 an estimated 288,900 Salvadorans were displaced by violence.

In Mexico, arrests for drug related crimes increased 1,200 percent between 2006 and 2014, but 73 percent of those incarcerated were for detained possession and consumption.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that as soon as a bilateral and definitive ceasefire agreement is in place, the blood shed will end.

Could we be seeing the end of the guerrilla cycle in Latin America and the Caribbean? 

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) renewed the mandate to expand the research for the 43 “normalistas” for six months, from October 31, 2015 until April 30, 2016.

The search for thousands of missing persons in Colombia will require years of work to come.  A government registry lists more than 106,000 victims.  The search is the result of an agreement between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC guerrillas.

The state and the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts investigating the case of Ayotzinapa formalized their agreement to continue the mission of the Commission in the country.  Mexico’s government agreed to relaunch the search for the 43 Ayotzinapa normalistas missing in Iguala, Guerrero, since September 26, 2014.

Illegal fishing and Ecuadorian pirate ships are threatening the development of artisanal fisheries along the coast of Peru in Piura and Tumbes. Increasingly, fishermen that operate in the Northern Peruvian waters are being victimized by pirates hiding along the coast.

Polls conclude that many people are in favor of the Havana Agreement with hopes of peace.