The Buenos Aires Herald noted that political violence escalated in Argentina as campaigning neared an end. 

Fernando Camacho and Georgina Saldierna reported in La Jornada of Mexico City that the U.N Human Rights Council recently recommended that the Mexican state reform its code of military justice,

Sagrario Ortega argued in El Espectador of Bogotá that the “business” of “virtual kidnapping” is spreading from Mexico to other Latin American countries. 

Juan Camilo Maldonado noted in El Espectador of Bogotá that so far this year 98 uniformed police have been dismissed, while public confidence in the Bogotá’s police force is at its lowest point in ten years. 

In Colombia Reports of Medellín Charlie de Rivaz reports that, according to the FARC’s chief negotiator, the peace talks between the rebels and the government have yielded only “modest achievements” so far. 

Natalia Gómez Quintero wrote in El Universal of Mexico City that Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, advisor to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, says that attacks on journalists in Mexico can be considered as crimes against humanity and warns that there must be a focus on these attacks. 

La República of Lima reported that five Judicial District prosecutors have received “serious threats,” and need protection from the Ministry of Interior. 

La Prensa of Lima noted the capture of retired General Flavio Buitrago, President Uribe’s ex-security

El Faro Magazine of El Salvador editorialized that yes, “El Salvador is a violent country. It is a country

Buenos Aires Herald reprinted Chilean Heraldo Muñoz’s argument in the Washington Post that Pinochet should