Brazil: violence against rural workers increases
The Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) says rural organisations are under siege.
Queremos ver os jovens vivos! (Infográficos)
Dramatic, animated infographics showing the number of young people being assassinated in Brazil, and making comparisons with countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Part...
Wave of violence against media in Honduras
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Honduran authorities to investigate wave of violence against journalists.
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.
Insecurity Overwhelms Guatemalans
Violence affects those who take the bus, walk down the street talking on a cellphone and those taking the car in the best areas. No one is immune. (In Spanish / en espanol)
Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Neoliberalism and a Militarized State
In an interview with La Jornada Michoacán, Daniela Morales talks to British academic, Peter Watt, who argues that neoliberal policies and the war on Mexican drug cartels are part of the same project; to maintain a weak democracy and a militarized state
Venezuela: Crime in the Context of a Democratizing Process
Samuel Grove discusses the western media's demonization of Chavez in the context of violent crime in Venezuela.
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.
Hitmen kill fifteen in massacre at Mexican carwash
Third massacre in just a few days renews pressure on President Felipe Calderón to stop violence.
Mexico’s drug cartels unleash a weekend of bloody violence
Gang kills 13 at drug rehab clinic in border town of Tijuana. High school students in Ciudad Juárez gunned down at birthday party.