Issue Oct 26-Nov 01: On the eve of Brazil’s second round in the presidential election, Carla Zambelli, a white Bolsonaro supporter and federal deputy for São Paulo, was filmed, with gun in hand, pursuing a Black journalist into a bar and repeatedly telling him to “lie down on the floor.”

Issue Oct 26-Nov 01: Due to a contradiction between the Constitution and congressional law, the National Guard is on unsteady legal footing.

Under the administration of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, a decree that passed in May 2019 eased gun laws, allowing easier access to higher power weapons.

The leader of the Paraguayan guerrilla Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) Osvaldo Villalba has been killed in a confrontation with military members in Cerro Guasú, an area known for its clashes between the military, guerrillas, and drug trafficking groups.

Due to violence and poverty, more than 250,000 Hondurans have been forced to leave their homes.

Cases of religious violence are on the rise in Brazil, particularly religions of African origin such as Umbanda and candomblé.

El Salvador extended its emergency period of provisional law enforcement measures, such as arresting people without warrants.

Colombia’s unequal distribution of lands has been one of the causes of conflict in the country.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: A 23-year-old man became the fifth victim of violence targeting journalists in Honduras, a country categorized by specialized organizations as one of the most violent and dangerous for journalists.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: A new study carried out by the Brazilian human rights organizations Terra de Direitos and Justiça Global has found that since Brazil’s last presidential election in 2018, there has been an increase of more than 400% in political violence, reporting a total of 523 instances in the two-year period between September