The highest authority of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) made an emphatic and controversial plea for legalization.

Horrifically, twelve politicians were assassinated during the first weekend of the state’s eighty-one municipal elections.

Radio journalist Juan Carlos Huerta was killed in Tabasco on May 15, coinciding with the anniversary of fellow journalist, Javier Valdez’s death. Huerta is the fourth journalist killed in Mexico this year.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released its findings and recommendations following an investigation into the violence that erupted at the protests throughout Nicaragua in April.

This Mother’s Day, many moms had little to celebrate due to the disappearance of their children. On May 10, those mothers united in Mexico City and marched to demand the search for their disappeared sons and daughters.

Another candidate for office has been assassinated leading up to the 2018 election phase. Current Guanajuato governor Miguel Márquez (PAN) has blamed the Federal Government for the insecurity, but Morena/PT/PES coalition member and gubernatorial candidate, Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, tells a different story.

The peace process initiated between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas has not been without complications.

As a reaction to demonstrations, a national dialogue began on Wednesday, May 16. While protest groups agreed to send representatives, police and paramilitary repression against demonstrators continued.

On March 19, three film students were kidnapped by a group of six men in Tonalá, a city in the Guadalajara Metropolitan area in Mexico.

One in three missing person reports consists of someone between the ages of 15 and 24 in Mexico.