Issue Jan 29-Feb 04 2025: President Santiago Peña claims that democracy “guarantees stability, justice, and progress” as he commemorates the 36th anniversary of the end of General Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship.

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: Colombia’s Catatumbo region has descended into turmoil once more, with thousands of people fleeing violence and leaving behind everything they built.

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: During the night of the 20th of January, explosives blew up the Public Prosecutor’s office in the city of Trujillo, in the northeast of Peru. Many houses around the office and even a hospital nearby were damaged.

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: In his Sunday sermon, the Bishop of Tabasco, Gerardo de Jesús Rojas, decried the murder of journalist and law professor Alejandro Gallegos León, who was executed by gunshots last Saturday.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: The fight against criminal organizations has long been at the top of Mexico’s to-do list.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: During a speech given last December by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, no mention was made of the many social leaders who were assassinated throughout 2024, no doubt because it is such a sensitive topic, given the government’s inability to quell the violence.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: Across numerous sectors, there is growing condemnation of mass layoffs and reduced funding at Argentina’s memory sites, considered vital for preserving the nation’s past and upholding its democratic future.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: After the state coup attempt in January 2022 in Brazil, the country mobilized itself in a notable manner to hold accountable those responsible and restore the democratic stability.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: In Michoacán, the number of incidents involving anti-personnel landmines mines has been growing steadily, even though their use has been designated a crime against humanity and they have been outlawed throughout the world.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: Through Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defense of the State (Andje), the government under Gustavo Petro has reached a historic agreement with the Peace Community San José de Apartadó.