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War-torn Colombia represents the perfect opportunity to integrate a gender-based perspective on peacebuilding, and the effort has succeeded so far in transformative ways.
Despite being the collective owners of more than 5.5 million hectares of land, collectively titled and with some of the best natural resources in Colombia and in the world, Afro-Colombians face serious consequences that affect their development and survival.
The successes and failures of Rio de Janeiro’s Police Pacification Units offers important lessons learned for other countries in the region looking to move away from “mano dura” security policies.
On April 24, 2016, the Group of Experts appointed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to provide technical assistance in the investigation of the case of the 43 disappeared students in Mexico presented its final report.
Throughout the nearly four years of Colombia’s negotiations with the FARC guerrillas, President Juan Manuel Santos has promised to submit a final peace accord…
Documents Show Special Ops Training in the Region Tripled From 2007 to 2014 The U.S. military’s most elite forces have…
In a major shift promoted by the Obama administration, the United States federal government is poised to end its use…
The prison population throughout Latin America has been growing steadily for the past few decades. Harsh drug laws and anti-gang…
Although the United States and Cuba have already turned a page on an era defined by the Cold War, the…
On November 15, 2016, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras launched a new, joint task force. The Tri-National Anti-Gang Task Force…
The Trump administration’s likely secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has declared an intention “to review the details of Colombia’s recent…
The Department of Homeland Security has started to put the wheels in motion on President Trump’s executive orders on immigration—and…
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