As the Nicaraguan political crisis develops, President Daniel Ortega faces increasing pressure for his role in the deaths, torture, and other repressive and violent actions against the protesters.

President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the armed forces will continue to participate in public security work.

Rodrigo Londoño, the head of the FARC, recently embarked on a tour of four of his rebel party’s southern training zones in order to choose “new leaders.”

In Nicaragua, protesters of the government of Daniel Ortega have continued to remain active months after demonstrations began.

The Chapultec Peace Accords of 1992 may have brought an end to civil war, but forced disappearances still plague El Salvador.

In San Andrés de Sotavento, a municipality one and a half hours away from Córdoba, the indigenous zenú are struggling to afford basic needs due to one man’s greed and abuse of power.

On June 27, 2017, after seven years, Colombia’s peace process with the FARC concluded with the final surrender of weapons. Despite this, peace has not been reached. 

On August 9, 2018, Alejandro Pupo Echemendía, age 46, was killed by guards at a police station in the city of Placetas (Villa Clara) according to the Miami-based non-governmental organization Archivo Cuba.

While travelling to a national anti-government march, a caravan of activists traveling to Managua were allegedly attacked by Nicaraguan forces.

Since 2003, Salvadoran gangs MS13 and Barrio 18 have been entrenched in the national political discourse.