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.

This past week violence in Michoacán, Mexico, escalated after a high–ranking member of a prominent cartel was detained, literally “lighting the city on fire.”

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos reported that 160 social leaders were assassinated in Colombia during 2016, 2017, and the first two months of 2018, according to the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office.

Mexico continues to struggle in its efforts to curb drug trafficking groups and increasing levels of violence.