Never before in Brazil—even during the most recent dictatorship from 1964-1985—have this many military soldiers occupied government positions.

Accounts of the Colombian armed conflict by those in positions of authority in the state and opposing groups leave out the perspectives of victims.

Misconceptions surround the election of new seats to Colombia’s government, which will take place in 2022 and will seek to aid those most affected by the violence of the internal conflict.

The small town of Pantelhó is an example of what is happening throughout the entire Chiapas indigenous region, where organized crime groups and political power have merged for years and citizens are organizing to protect themselves.

In Honduras, the pervasive power of gangs has been exposed yet again.

Some sectors of society are concerned about the increasingly frequent military presence in Mexico and are pointing out that multiple spheres of society are being militarized.

During the first two months of the action plan conceived in the Comprehensive Strategy for Citizen Security “My Safe Country,” implemented in the Cristo Rey sector since June, at least 300 illegal firearms have already been handed over voluntarily, while 1,451 have come through other national and decentralized agencies.

Violence by armed groups has led the Colombian government to aim to take out the leaders of such groups in the country, though the efficacy of this strategy has been questionable.

The release of protesters, taken prisoner during the October 2019 Chilean political crisis, would restore faith in the political establishment and pave the way for a successful Constitutional Convention – failure to free these prisoners could very well spark a new wave of social unrest, further imperiling the legitimacy of the current political order.

—Researched and Written by Daniel Burgess— As a part of the peace treaty between the Colombian government and FARC in 2016 that ended the internal conflict in the country, a new postwar court, called the Jurisdicción Especial de Paz (JEP), was established and since 2018 has been investigating the events of the conflict in order