During the first two months of the action plan conceived in the Comprehensive Strategy for Citizen Security “My Safe Country,” implemented in the Cristo Rey sector since June, at least 300 illegal firearms have already been handed over voluntarily, while 1,451 have come through other national and decentralized agencies.

Violence by armed groups has led the Colombian government to aim to take out the leaders of such groups in the country, though the efficacy of this strategy has been questionable.

The release of protesters, taken prisoner during the October 2019 Chilean political crisis, would restore faith in the political establishment and pave the way for a successful Constitutional Convention – failure to free these prisoners could very well spark a new wave of social unrest, further imperiling the legitimacy of the current political order.

—Researched and Written by Daniel Burgess— As a part of the peace treaty between the Colombian government and FARC in 2016 that ended the internal conflict in the country, a new postwar court, called the Jurisdicción Especial de Paz (JEP), was established and since 2018 has been investigating the events of the conflict in order

–Researched and Written by Margaret Saine— Simón Pedro Pérez López, a human rights activist and member of Las Abejas de Acteal, was on his way to the store with his son when he was fatally shot by a man riding a motorcycle. The Las Abejas organization works to defend the rights of indigenous people and

Diverging reports from the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) regarding the number of coca plants produced in Colombia in 2020 raise questions about the collection data concerning the production of the drug.

The merging of organized crime groups and paramilitaries with the local government in Chiapas works to protect and expand their leaders’ power, at the expense of the people living in the state.

Forty-five years ago, Argentina lived through terrorism that could not be stopped even in a democracy. This unleashed state repression that is still present today.

Lázaro Barbosa, a criminal who the police were intensely looking for, reached the hospital on June 28, already dead.

June 27 was the Day of the Journalist in Venezuela, yet the dangers for journalists are increasing, as they face violence, censorship, and criminalization.