In northern Cauca, conflicts regarding drugs and violence are ubiquitous and unresolved, but the Colombian State is determined to solve these conflicts with military force.

Armed Forces in Mexico are a response to fight organized crime.

Nicaragua is currently facing an economic crisis under a dictatorship that allocates funds to sustain the police state in the capital and in other cities.

México has turned into one of the most dangerous countries in the world for children, ever more than countries at war like Syria and Iran.

In the current political discourse surrounding climate change and environmental protection, the recent murder of activist Carlos Aldario Arenas raises questions about the safety of environmental activists in the broader context of Latin America.

The last statement from Cristina Bautista, indigenous leader, was “I am convinced that there are more of us who want peace, than those who want war.”

It has been five years since the disappearance of 43 students from the Rural Normal School Raúl Isidro Burgos, a case that has become an icon of violence in Mexico.

Drug-trafficking cartels and armed indigenous groups clashed in Cauca, fighting for autonomy and long-term safety.

Reports of homicide may be on the decline in Guatemala compared to 2018, but some note a worrying and aggressive upward spike in incidents of extortion.

Despite rumors of division within the Sinaloa Cartel and its competition with other cartels, the forced release of “El Chapo’s” son, Ovidio Guzmán, is evidence that the Sinaloa Cartel is solid in its footing, though Guzmán’s liberation might have come at the cost of public opinion of the cartel.