Recent investigation on the disappearance and torture of many individuals in Mexico from the late 1960s to the beginning of the 1980s have unraveled the events through a study of records and other documentation from this period.
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After the FARC demobilization in 2016, the ELN became the oldest guerrilla group in Latin America. But, despite this, why has it never been able to overcome its military weakness?
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Venezuela presents an insightful example of what steps to follow for a criminal crisis to emerge.
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On August 30th, Chile celebrated the International Day of the Disappeared, which has been an official holiday there since 2006.
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The Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense has discovered nine new graves which may belong to unidentified victims of “death flights,” a method of corpse disposal favored by Argentina’s military dictatorship.
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Thousands of those affected by kidnappings across Mexico await a strong governmental response to identify victims.
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Guillermo Fernández-Maldonado, the representative of Mexico’s United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (ONU) pushed the authorities for the prosecution and administration of justice to explain the murder of Francisco Javier Barajas Piña, an official for the Search Commission of Guanajuato.
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Never before in Brazil—even during the most recent dictatorship from 1964-1985—have this many military soldiers occupied government positions.
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Accounts of the Colombian armed conflict by those in positions of authority in the state and opposing groups leave out the perspectives of victims.
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Misconceptions surround the election of new seats to Colombia’s government, which will take place in 2022 and will seek to aid those most affected by the violence of the internal conflict.
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