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.”

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Human rights organizations in Ecuador oppose the construction of a new high-security prison modeled after those in El Salvador, claiming the site in Santa Elena province belongs to indigenous communities and lacks an environmental impact assessment.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: A recent publication by the paramilitary group Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada has sparked a significant controversy in the Magdalena department, revealing alleged ties between local politicians and illegal armed groups.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: The clashes between the Colombian armed groups Comandos de Frontera and the Carolina Ramírez Front over the control of coca plantations and drug trafficking routes pose a severe threat to the Siona Indigenous people inhabiting the Amazonian border regions of Colombia (Putumayo) and Ecuador (Sucumbíos).