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.

The Ortega regime continues to employ excessive police force to repress its citizens.

In Honduras, little government oversight and control has led the country to become, and sustain, its place as a popular global destination for money laundering.

Following riots at the Universidad del Valle, tensions between the autonomy of universities and security, in relation to police intervention on campuses, has been brought to the forefront of debate.

On April 18, 2018, civil protests in Nicaragua erupted into a full-scale uprising against Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega.

Every year on May 20, Uruguayans hold a March of Silence in commemoration of the assassinated and disappeared victims of the country’s civil-military dictatorship.

Howard Cotto, director general of the National Civil Police, is expected to step down in June after three and a half years of service, although he hopes to remain within the security apparatus in some capacity.

Baja California has become the least peaceful and most violent state in Mexico.