The organization Global Witness has recently published a report that documented the highest number of crimes against environmental activists since they started documenting them in 2012.
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Pablo Morrugares, the director of P.M Noticias of Iguala was assassinated early morning on Sunday, August 2.
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For decades, indigenous communities in southern Chile have dealt with agricultural companies exploiting the lands that the communities consider ancestral.
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–Researched and Written by Stav Salpeter— The case of the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old indigenous girl by Colombian military personnel on June 21, 2020, in Risaralda has sparked a nation-wide conversation. A recent report has shown that 118 military officials have been investigated for involvement in sexual crimes over the past four years, leading
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–Researched and Written by Mackenzie Krol— On April 30, 2020, 22-year-old Facundo Astudillo Castro left his home in Pedro Luro in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina heading to Bahía Blanca; however, he never arrived at his destination. Facundo was trying to visit his ex-girlfriend, but on the way, he was stopped by the Buenos
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–Researched and Written by Jeffrey López— While the 2016 Colombian Peace Deal has been both criticized and praised internationally, its shortcomings have been emphasized during the coronavirus epidemic. The peace deal resulted in then-president Juan Manual Santos being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but four years later, the result is a far cry from
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From obtaining raw materials to distribution routes, the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the drug trafficking industry.
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The Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), or Special Jurisdiction for Peace, will select new cases on forced displacement to investigate by the end of this year.
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The reach of a Mexican cartel, the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), extends to Colombia, where it has been linked to the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Colombian left-wing guerrilla movement.
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Almost 40 years after the El Mozote massacre, the El Salvadoran courts are finally able to investigate governmental documents surrounding the atrocity.
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