Political tension in Colombia is rising due to the rearmament of dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Two years ago, on August 1st, 2016, Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira became Colombia’s Attorney General, and since then he has worked closely on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) policy, which is part of the government’s peace process with the guerilla group, FARC.

Brazil’s presidential election is less than two weeks away, with ultra-right, ex-Captain Jair Bolsonaro leading the polls.

Last year in Acapulco, a city of only 800,000 inhabitants, 953 people were assassinated – more than in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, and Holland combined.

The murder of indigenous leader and human rights defender Margarito Díaz González is the 10th homicide of human rights defenders in Mexico this year. Six of those were indigenous people.

In 2016, a peace agreement was signed between the Colombian government and the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). While this agreement officially ended the civil war in Colombia, violence has since continued.

A recent rise in the price of cocaine in the United States means good business for drug traffickers in Honduras.

As the Nicaraguan political crisis develops, President Daniel Ortega faces increasing pressure for his role in the deaths, torture, and other repressive and violent actions against the protesters.

President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the armed forces will continue to participate in public security work.

Rodrigo Londoño, the head of the FARC, recently embarked on a tour of four of his rebel party’s southern training zones in order to choose “new leaders.”