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.

Nothing better illustrates the level of society’s sickness than children hired to kill.

In Nicaragua, police officers and paramilitary groups have been accused of torturing young political dissidents at the direction of the Sandinista government.

Bolivian government minister Carlos Romero admitted on March 1st that the amount of coca leaves being consumed for traditional purposes is lower than the amount that the country is producing.

As the 55th anniversary of a dictator-led coup in Brazil approaches, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has controversially suggested celebrating the coup.

After the final product of the United Nations Truth Commission report on the war in El Salvador came out, a former Norwegian investigator named Stener Ekern has made his appearance once again in the country to reveal the truth and real trauma suffered from the war.

An allegation was made on the evening of March 21st by “the indigenous peoples, social organizations, and Procesos Populares del Suroccidente Colombiano” hours after an explosion in an indigenous shelter in Dagua (Valle del Cauca).

Since the beginning of Jimmy Morales’ presidential term, there has been an increase of violence committed against human rights activists.