In 2016, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced a final agreement to end the conflict and build a lasting peace. However, as dissidents of FARC join with other rebel forces, the development of peace in Colombia is being jeopardized.
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The Defend Life campaign (#DefendamosLaVida) was launched this past Tuesday, June 11th in Bogotá.
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Nicaragua’s former political prisoners reveal the unsanitary, rodent-infested conditions of the Orteguista prisons, which do not provide for needs as basic as water or mattresses.
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It appears that violence in Mexico is growing as more than eighty murders were reported in just one weekend.
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After peace talks between the FARC rebels and the Colombian government ended with the Havana agreement in 2012, it seemed as though peace would put an end to conflict in Colombia.
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Corruption and drug trafficking within the Bolivian Police force have led President Evo Morales to consider requiring members to make their bank records public, a mandate which could be backdated to the start of their careers.
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Colombia is under the spotlight once again as it faces an ongoing series of violence that has yet to end.
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For several months Catatumbo has been in a social crisis—plagued by massacres, mass displacements, and confinements—due to the war between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Popular Liberation Army (EPL).
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While soccer games are a famous and favorite pastime in Latin America, in Honduras they double as the setting of constant and recurring violence.
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The nine soldiers were accused of manslaughter and of failing to provide assistance to victims, but were released.
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