Issue Oct 09-15 2024: “In the first two weeks of Claudia Sheinbaum’s six-year term, the Armed Forces have been involved in the alleged extrajudicial execution of at least fifteen civilians and the illegal deprivation of liberty of ten people in different events in states such as Tamaulipas, Chiapas, Colima, and Guerrero.”
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Issue Oct 09-15 2024: The mothers of the 158 adolescents detained and tortured in the wake of the Venezuelan presidential election have decided to speak out, telling the world about the atrocities to which their children have been subjected.
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Issue Oct 09-15 2024: Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared that Honduras “should not continue being used as a bridge for drug trafficking to developed countries,” stressing the need for political alternation and transparent elections in 2025.
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Issue Oct 02-08 2024: On Thursday, October 3, Ecuador’s President, Daniel Noboa, declared a 60-day state of emergency in the capital, six provinces, and one municipality.
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Issue Oct 02-08 2024: Peru is facing a surge in crime and insecurity, marked by an increase in extortion and homicides, while the police force struggles with inadequate resources.
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Issue Oct 02-08 2024: The Mexican political climate is encountering growing concerns about violence and anti-democratic actions from right-wing groups in Mexico.
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Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: More than 72,100 bodies remain unidentified in Mexican morgues, a tragic reflection of the country’s ongoing crisis in forensic identification that has exacerbated during the past six years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s government.
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Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: On the night of July 28, the representative of the majority opposition before the electoral body and legal advisor to opposition leader María Corina Machado, Perkins Rocha, made a statement just hours before the National Electoral Council announced its first results bulletin without any backing.
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Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: On September 26, most transport workers in Lima and Callao went on strike due to the increase in extortion cases that have already left at least three victims dead.
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Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: In a public press release on September 19, 2024, Colombia’s Unidad de Implementación del Acuerdo de Paz called on peace dialogues with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) to continue.
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