A dozen indigenous inhabitants of Alcozación were assassinated on January 17 in the municipality of Chilapa, Guerrero in Mexico.

Authorities claim that the threats are nonexistent, but threatening brochures and flyers suggest otherwise.

In the past four years, over 500 social leaders have been killed in Colombia.

–Written by Noelia Veras— The former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, recently threatened to organize armed militias like the ones in Venezuela.

The FARC faces challenges as the organization tries to integrate into a democratic system.

Among the nine political parties running for a seat in Congress in 2020, there are few human rights issues addressed in their agendas and proposals.

Protests have been taking place in the streets of Cuernavaca, Morelos, due to high levels of insecurity and violence that are perpetuated by the actions of Governor Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo.

According to the Corruption Perception Index of 2018, Colombia is 99th of 180 countries with 36 points of 100 in transparency.

On July 17, 1980, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz was assassinated. Quiroga Santa Cruz had been a vocal political leader of the Bolivian socialist party.

The Lempa River, one of the largest rivers in El Salvador, became the last place that many ran to die while trying to escape the military during the civil war.