Brazil: deepening crisis and frantic manoeuvres
The spreading corruption scandal, massive street demonstrations, renewed calls for the impeachment of the President and no end in sight.
Brazil: Preventive policing unleashed
The first anniversary of the São Paulo protests is marked by an illegal inquiry, persecution and more brutality.
Mexican Drug Violence Sparks Exodus
About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.
Notes from Colombia
Colombia’s security forces are in retreat. Human rights defenders are in bad shape. These are desperate times in the country. WOLA's Adam Isacson returns from his first visit to Colombia in nearly two years. Here are his reactions.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
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.
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Guatemala: officers must face trial
Amnesty International has called for Guatemalan officers, accused of extrajudicial executions, to be brought to trial. This follows the arrest this week of a former official in Switzerland.
Colombia: FARC Calls for Prisoner Swap
Hopes for a prisoner-for-hostage swap follow release of Sergeant Moncayo, reports IPS.
BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS DEATH SPARKS REVOLT
Some 5,000 Guarani-Kaiowáare are protesting over the failure of the authorities to arrest the self-confessed killer of an indigenous boy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. According to a report sent to LAB by the Indians, the situation is tense.