Argentina: police caught bang to rights
Government reacts promptly, after social media foiled an attempt by police to frame participant in labour protest.
Haiti: Arresting Aristide
Attempts to arrest former President Aristide are a ticking time bomb for Haiti’s government.
Brazil — upsurge in rural violence
Rural leaders are being targeted as a result of the government's failure to clamp down on impunity in the countryside.
Paraguay – storms ahead
President Cartes has called for Brazilian investors to "use and abuse" the country so it is scarcely surprising that Paraguayan peasants, driven off their land by Brazilian farmers, are feeling angry.
El Salvador — violence fuels child migration
Threatened by local gangs, children in El Salvador are fleeing to the United States
Brazil: Police beat, threaten and rape sex workers
When a prostitute in Brazil denounces police violence she is beaten up and threatened --by the police.
Brazil: Preventive policing unleashed
The first anniversary of the São Paulo protests is marked by an illegal inquiry, persecution and more brutality.
Guatemala: An end to the drugs war?
President Pérez Molina is a leading opponent of the indiscriminate use of force to thwart the illegal drugs trade. Now he is pressing for the UN to adopt a complete change of strategy.
MEXICO: GOODBYE SUBCO MARCOS, HELLO SUBCO GALEANO
The killing of a Zapatista schoolteacher leads subcomandante Marcos to adopt a new identity in honour of his fallen comrade
Brazil: Why Is Blackwater helping to train the World Cup security...
An American private company accused of committing human rights violations in Iraq is helping Brazil with its security for the World Cup.