The Centro Penitenciario de San Francisco Gotera in El Salvador has transformed the prison environment from one that was murderous and hostile, to one that is full of worship and harmony.

The Colombian government cracked down on el Clan del Golfo harder than any other armed militant group last year, but the Clan survived and is now a reemerging threat.

Colombia’s internal struggle with violence between rivalling factions has been well-documented internationally.

In November 2017, Fernando Linares Beltranena from the National Advancement Party (PAN) proposed a law that would provide amnesty to those who committed human rights violations during the Guatemalan Civil War.

Many young people lost their lives during protests against Ortega’s regime in 2018. 

Voting booths and ballot papers were set on fire in two municipalities of Morelos, demonstrating opposition to the government’s public vote on thermoelectric power in Huexca.

A law drafted by Deputy Rodolfo Parker proposes eliminating jail time and civil liability for both guerrilla and army war crime perpetrators.

In Brazil, election season brings violence and insecurity to journalists’ lives.

Corruption and drug violence have plagued much of Latin America for the past few decades.

Marvin Giovanni Peña, aspiring mayor of Tiquisate in Escuintla, was assassinated. As a representative of the FUERZA Party, his was the second assassination in less than a month against a member of this political organization.