Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Jaime Ernesto Gómez Muñoz, the former bodyguard of political leader Carlos Pizarro Leóngomez, was convicted in the first degree for the murder of Pizarro Leóngomez on April 26, 1990, during a flight from Bogotá to Barranquilla.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: In the heart of Colombia’s Cauca region, a tapestry of issues continues to unfold: a struggle for peace amidst persistent cycles of violence, the promise of a better future clashing with entrenched inequality, historical and contemporary complexities of a land with multiple communities and identities, the consequences of failed peace agreements,

Issue Sep 13-19 2023: Reporters are being threatened in Mexico, where an attack against the press occurs every sixteen hours.

Issue Sep 13-19 2023: A recent Global Witness report reveals a dire situation in Latin America from 2012 to 2022. During this decade, a shocking 1,335 environmental and land defenders were killed, constituting a staggering 70% of global defender deaths.

Issue Sep 13-19 2023: Brazil’s legal apparatus is clamping down on the January 8th insurrectionists, the rioters who stormed Brasilia in an attempt to overthrow Brazilian democracy, and the coup plotters themselves.

Issue Sep 06-12 2023: Diego Felipe Becerra was murdered on August 19, 2011, on 116th Street and Boyacá Avenue in Bogotá, Colombia.

Issue Sep 06-12 2023: Delegate to the Mexican Attorney General (FGR), Fernando García Fernández was killed in Guerrero by armed gunmen, the latest act of violence in a state rocked by organized crime.

Issue Aug 30-Sep 05 2023: Salvadoran authorities arrived in Peru to participate in the 10th Misión Internacional de Ciudades Seguras, at a time when 80% of Peruvian citizens express concerns over insecurity, and right-wing politicians discuss the merits of the so-called Bukele Plan.

Issue Aug 30-Sep 05 2023: In the early 1990s, Jesús Santiago Patiño began his lifelong career as a recycler after finding a dead horse and selling its bones for income.

Issue Aug 30-Sep 05 2023: While experiencing a harrowing humanitarian and human rights crisis, Mexico’s International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances has shone a spotlight on a grave issue plaguing the nation and wider Latin America.