Nicaragua: authorities fail to tackle high levels of rape and sexual...
As levels of rape and sexual violence rise the government has failed to tackle the problem sufficiently, taboos remain in place and victims are left to suffer. Amnesty International has published a report which looks at the problem in detail.
Dominican Republic: shocking level of domestic violence
Civil society organisations are mobilising to get the government to take more effective action to curb domestic violence. In a special article for LAB, Daniel Jackman reports.
Honduras: ‘We are burying kids all the time’
Three young people are murdered every day in Honduras. Rory Carroll reports on the rise of the 'maras' youth gangs that form a chain of drugs, extortion and violence stretching from Los Angeles to the country's capital Tegucigalpa.
Mexican Drug Violence Sparks Exodus
About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
Peru: green light for extradition
A US appeals court okays the extradition to Peru of the 'Butcher of the Andes'. Ángel Páez reports.
MEXICO: Top Mexican drugs lord killed in fierce gunbattle with military
'Storm Tony', high-profile leader of the Gulf cartel, and four of his gunmen die in attacks by navy special forces and helicopters as the fight against Mexico's drug cartels continues.
The Drug War: Towards a ‘Plan Central America’
The increasing intervention of the US in the region in the name of the war on drugs is raising questions over their longer term motives.
Guatemala and the Face of the New Sustainable Narco-State
As Guatemala fails to control the violence within it's borders Edward Fischer discusses the structure of the modern Narco-State.
Guatemalan Ex- Minister Vielman Must Face Trial for Extrajudicial Executions
Amnesty International reports on the importance of prosecution of officials charged with extra-judicial killings, to bring an end to impunity in Guatemala.