Latin America holds the unfortunate record of being the murder capital of the world, home to the five countries with the highest youth homicide rates in the world.
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Volkswagen to Pay for Participating in Human Rights Violation During Brazilian Military Dictatorship
The Federal Prosecution Service’s final judicial decision did not satisfy all the parties involved in the process.
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After acting as an intermediary in the private sale of a car, entrepreneur José Osorio del Campo became a target of police abuse.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele decreed an end to commemorations of the successful UN-led peace accords that ended the bloody 12-year Civil War on January 16, 1992, and instead instituted a day for victims.
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The pandemic encourages Colombia to promote the Peace Agreement, which will enable the transformation of territories, the promotion of development, and the prevention of new conflicts.
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The police of Nicaragua violated the individual, social, and political rights of their citizens.
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The Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel’s (CJNG) main stronghold lies in the municipality of Aguililla, Michoacán. This hold has now been weakened after self-defense groups were able to recover several communities.
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Though machismo is a crucial factor that propels gender violence and femicide in Mexico, there are other factors that contribute to widespread violence against women as well.
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The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG) reported that 149 attacks and restrictions of the press occurred in 2020 alone during the first year of Alejandro Giammattei’s presidency.
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The priest Pablo Cáceres, also known by his community as Pa’i Pablito, who made himself available to mediate for the release of those kidnapped by the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP), has said his work has been made very difficult to achieve due the criminal group having no intention of collaborating.
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