Colombia’s military executed far more civilians than guerrillas when former President Álvaro Uribe led the country between 2002 and 2010, according to a new study.

Rosario prosecutor Gustavo Ponce Asad said that there are “15 people identified and located who are in a position to be detained” for making threats through WhatsApp against human, social and political rights leaders.

The road to justice is extremely intricate and filled with obstacles.

The level of peace in Mexico has dropped 11% causing some to speculate that it could affect voter participation in the upcoming presidential election.

—Written by Chris McCallum— Efraín Ríos Montt, who died on Easter Sunday at the age of 91, will be remembered as a leader of Guatemala and a Christian evangelist whose brief tenure in power coincided with numerous documented state-sponsored atrocities. His legacy of power, violence, and impunity exemplifies Latin America during the 1980s.

With recent world events including nuclear threats, daily terrorist attacks, and armed robbery, it would seem as if global security were at risk.

Three staff members of El Comercio newspaper have been kidnapped.

Mexico faces a new set of problems due to local governments’ connections with armed groups.

The Huelga de Dolores is an annual march that has taken place at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala since the mid-1800s, and its purpose is to express discontent or disagreement with current politics or the government public.

The relatives followed the religious celebration sitting in chairs arranged in front of the tombs of their loved ones.