Cauca, one of the thirty-two Colombian departments, has been taken over by gangs after failed attempts by the Colombian government to regain control of the area.

Violence between the drug cartels La Unión and Anti-Unión Tepito has intensified, leaving 60 dead in the past six months.

On August 9, protests in Bretaña, Peru, led by the Kukama indigenous people against the oil company Petrotal ended in police brutality injuries and three deaths.

The UN’s Verification Mission in Colombia has documented 33 massacres in the country during the past year.

With a long history of disappeared people, some Latin Americans are still desperately trying to discover the true fates of their loved ones.

Guido Manini Ríos is accused of withholding information about Gilberto Vázquez’ involvement in the disappearance of Uruguayan citizens during the dictatorship.

The Colombian Supreme Court called former president Álvaro Uribe to testify as part of an investigation of three massacres, which could determine if he had ties to paramilitary groups.

A recent investigation has revealed the background of Jorge René García Noguera, a drug dealer who sold Christian books on Amazon.

The Human Rights Commission of Zulia (Codhez) reported that 377 individuals were killed due to police violence in Zulia, with national security forces being the main culprits.

The past year has kept Venezuela at the forefront of the news cycle with a failed coup, global attention as Juan Guaidó challenges Maduro’s legitimacy, and their handling of the coronavirus.