Despite strict regulations on in-person gatherings in Brazil, the Christian Family March for Freedom took to the streets in Curitiba to demonstrate against the Supreme Court ruling that in-person religious gatherings could temporarily be suspended.

Countries seeking solutions to the problem of drug production and consumption have relied on the decades-old stance of the International System for the Control of Drugs (SICD), which completely opposes the consumption and use of psychoactives without regard to scientific evidence or human rights.

The transfer of troops from the Special Actions Forces (FAES), a body attached to the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) to the conflict zone in La Victoria, Apure, puts the focus on the border policy of President Nicolás Maduro.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, extralegal executions in El Salvador continue to be reported.

According to the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (Semar), a judge issued 30 arrest warrants for the marines who were allegedly linked to the disappearances of 25 people in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, which took place in 2014.

The Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (Abert) released their annual report regarding freedom of expression, which found a 168% increase in non-lethal violence against journalists in 2020.

In the past several years, there has been an alarming number of reports of torture and violence in the Mexico City prisons.

New waves of violence have caused massive displacements all throughout Colombia in the first quarter of 2021.

The conflict between the Venezuelan army and the Tenth Front of the FARC has left more than four thousand people displaced.

Brazil’s war on drugs has seen billions “thrown away” on enforcement and incarceration costs.