The Lethal Spread of Mexico’s Los Zetas
The reach of the Mexican drug-trafficking group is extending south. It will take more than an iron fist policy to stop it.
WikiLeaks Cables of Interest on Latin America
The latest Wikileaks cables on Latin America, 24 July - 21 August 2011
HONDURAS FEMICIDES
A group of human rights organisations in Honduras says the killings of women has increased in recent years.
Honduras: death threats
Local people are calling on the government to bring back military protection to the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, after illegal settlers have issued death threats to those protesting about the destruction they are causing.
Honduras: Purging Schools of Crime
The government in Honduras is trying to clean up the police from crime and corruption.
Feeding the Monster: Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America
The state is giving up its role to protect the population to give way to private armies in Central America.
Trials and Tenacity in Honduran Women’s Struggle for Land Rights
Despite being denied time and again title to the land they farm, a group of women from El Estribo is not giving up.
Graft, greed, mayhem turn Tegucigalpa into murder capital of world
An unholy alliance of cops, crooks, prisoners and politicians has turned the nation into a shooting gallery.
Honduras: deaths foretold
Back in 2006, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) had ordered the Honduran government to take urgent measures to improve prison conditions.
Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe
Since the June 2009 military coup in Honduras at least 34 opposition politicians and more than 300 others have been killed or disappeared, 13 journalists have been murdered and state-sponsored repression rules.