Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Amidst political and administrative strife, Colombia has struggled to maintain stability in three key areas: conventional defense, internal security, and citizen security.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: It has long been known that under the prior Bolsonaro administration, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) spied on the then president’s political rivals and adversaries.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: On August 5, Indigenous Tzotzil members of the Civil Society Organization Las Abejas de Acteal gathered in the community of Nuevo Yibeljoj, in Chiapas, Mexico, to demand peace and justice as organized crime continues to wreak havoc in their communities.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: The department of Arauca in Colombia is facing a severe public order crisis.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: President of the Federación de Cámaras de Comercio (FECANANCO) in Tamaulipas and national vice secretary of the business-led public interests group CONCANACO-SERVYTUR, Julio César Almanza Armas was assassinated on the 30th of July in Matamoros, where he was shot to death after having days before spoken out against the criminal extortion

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Ten thousand people gathered in São Paulo to protest a package of bills that seek to criminalize movements fighting for housing and land, which has returned to the National Congress’ agenda.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: A total of 21 people both military and civilians have been arrested so far in connection with the failed coup d’état on June 26, 2024, against the administration of President Luis Arce Catacora, Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo confirmed in La Paz.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Nicaraguans living in exile continue to suffer persecution at the hands of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo dictatorship, which employs various tactics designed to silence these dissidents.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Since 2018, the arrival of the Fourth Transformation (4T) in several state governments in Mexico has led to the invisibility and normalization of violence against individuals and defenders of territory and life.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: In 2019, after a “social outbreak,” Sergio Micco, the director of the Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH), stated that it was unclear whether or not the violations of human rights were systematic, but they were “serious.”