During the 1960’s, 70’s, and 80’s, several hundred Uruguayan citizens disappeared due to state sponsored acts of terrorism.

As of May 20, at least 99 political prisoners had been released after the opposition in Nicaragua refused to negotiate until they were all released.

After signing the Havana Peace Accord, FARC-EP is discovering that political reintegration in Colombia is being carried out in an uncommon context, with different protagonists to those of the Civil War.

Sergio Ramírez Mercada, writer and ex vice-president of Nicaragua, outlines his thoughts concerning the Ortega regime and its next viable steps within the country.

The Law has wrestled with how to classify missing victims for a long time.

Although overall numbers of violent crimes have decreased and allowed greater security within Colombia after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian State and the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), there has been a spike in the number of selective assassinations of ex-members and social movement leaders. 

Domestic military interventions in Latin America are well-recorded in history for the civilian deaths which they have caused.

In Uruguay, State and civil organizations have worked to build an open-air museum in memory of the victims of the dictatorship that ruled the country in the 1970s.

Families in Veracruz, Mexico, are coming together to celebrate the lives of the 14 victims of a shooting at a birthday party. Among the 14 victims was a baby.

Indigenous people are still the most marginalized and vulnerable social group in Central America.