Ross D. Franklin/Pool/File Photo from Reuters. Caption: “Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Arizona June 18, 2014.”

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October 18, 2017

Argentina

“In some ways this has become a competition between Vidal and Cristina”

Brazil

Lack of trust is feeding support for an authoritarian solution to the crisis – which could have serious consequences in next year’s presidential elections

Young reporters want to write about their reality and the positive news in their marginalized neighborhoods, not just about violence, drug trafficking and the bizarre

Colombia

El crimen ocurrió a pesar de que contaba con esquema de seguridad de la Unidad Nacional de Protección (UNP) y de que los líderes de ese territorio colectivo habían denunciado la situación extrema

Los muertos de Tumaco son solo uno de los muchos conflictos que está produciendo esta estrategia, que es además ineficiente y no se está aplicando en las regiones donde se debería

La presencia de diferentes expresiones armadas no necesariamente es el factor más preocupante

Indepaz las ha denominado narcoparamilitares, reconociendo su origen en el paramilitarismo de las AUC y otros grupos similares; prácticas y objetivos que aún conservan de éstas; y destacando las economías ilícitas

The Colombian government’s estimates of FARC dissidence fall well below those observed on the ground by InSight Crime, and these numbers will likely increase

Una de las razones por las cuales la disidencia podría estar creciendo es el incumplimiento de los acuerdos por parte del gobierno nacional y la lentitud para atender las necesidades

Antes estaba la idea de que las víctimas eran el centro del proceso, pero todos perdieron el norte relacionado con esa idea, lo cual es muy frustrante

Cortés era uno de los miembros del Consejo Comunitario del territorio de Alto Mira y Frontera, en el departamento de Nariño, fronterizo con Ecuador

El Salvador

In March 2017, a study by Florida International University (FIU) examined the dynamics behind the dangerous choice to abandon gang life and the challenges faced by ex-members seeking to reintegrate into society

Guatemala

The Guatemalan government has renewed the visa of the U.N. anti-corruption commissioner but instructed him to “refrain from interfering in the internal affairs” of the country

Called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to put in place visa bans for those individuals in Guatemala who are committing or facilitating acts of corruption

El hijo del expresidente “tiene que ver con la muerte” del coordinador del Remhi, según una de las últimas conversaciones que el Capitán tuvo con su pareja, Reyes

Mexico

Even these big warning slabs of concrete, the teeming construction site, and police and helicopters patrolling both sides of the border weren’t enough to stop a half-dozen would-be migrants from hopping the existing fence this month and landing smack in the middle of the project

Mr. Cervantes was viewed by anti-corruption activists as Mr. Peña Nieto’s attempt to shield the party’s power brokers from investigations into graft

Venezuela

“They are divided, confused and some of them are unwilling to tell their voters they failed twice”

Exhaustion has set in. Millions of people who had turned out to vote for the opposition in the past just didn’t turn out. The government cheated, but it also won. Both things are true

Western Hemisphere Regional

The difference between residency and deportation depends largely on who hears the case, and where