Despite the ongoing negotiations in Havana between the FARC rebel group and the government, Colombia’s transition into a post-conflict state is certain to be a long and difficult process. Even with a peace agreement, there is no instant solution to Colombia’s insurgency struggles.

In Bolivia, the creation of a new truth commission is seeking to investigate cases of forced disappearances through the unique powers it has been granted.

Nearly a year after the disappearance of 43 students from the Mexican state of Guerrero, a group of experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released their findings, tearing down the official report released by the government.

NGO’s warn that cases of forced disappearance “are no longer limited to the political,” while critics say President Peña Nieto, like President Calderón before him, is combating narcos with an ineffective strategy.

Will the guerrilla group turn in their weapons, or just stop using them?  And what has been their policy on sex as a weapon?

High-ranking officials of the Argentine Catholic Church were implicated in the appropriation of babies from detainees who were held in Córdoba province’s La Perla clandestine concentration camp, said Horacio Verbitsky, the head of the CELS human rights group. 

The mayor of Santa Tecla and party leader Roberto d’Aubuisson Munguía took advantage of a tribute to his father, the founder of the ARENA party, to propose some changes.

President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia gave an interview about peace talks with the FARC as the Supreme Court praised his efforts, calling them an important mission for Colombia. 

In Medellín, work began on Project Escombrera, an exhumation of a city dump in which the remains of victims of armed conflict are believed to be.

Venezuelan police were caught on video shooting a prisoner in an illegal execution, but only reported the incident as a “confrontation.”