In the three largest department capitals of Bolivia – La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz –  thousands took to the streets to protest the presidential elections of October 20th.

Culiacán has been occupied by drug traffickers since the afternoon of October 17th, 2019.

The leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, José Daniel Ferrer, has been detained for three weeks and his location is currently unknown.

In Guatemala, an international anti-corruption and impunity commission was formed with the United Nations called the International Commission against Impunity (CICIG).

On October 1, 2019, the Electoral Observation Committee published results on their evaluations for elections of this year.

Former Human Rights prosecutor, David Morales, stated that it is necessary for El Salvador’s government to pay more attention to the Registered Victims of Armed Conflict, which has been ignored for the past four months.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro voted against Project PL 2538/2019 which would obligate medical professionals to inform the police when they had a woman in their care whom they suspected had suffered domestic violence or sexual abuse.

President Jimmy Morales declared a state of emergency over 22 municipalities near Lake Izabal following the murder of three soldiers and rumors of drug trafficking.

A DNA report on human remains found in Uruguay’s 13th army battalion have been confirmed to be those of Eduardo Bleier, a member of the Communist Party who disappeared in 1975.

Although in exile, Madelaine Caracas is one of the key figures in fighting President Daniel Ortega’s regime. Madelaine believes, however, that only mobilization from “inside” will manage to remove Ortega.