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The conference on Venezuela’s political crisis, convened last week by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, had an ambitious goal: to relaunch stalled talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition ahead of presidential elections next year. But this week’s summit failed to outline a clear...

Peru’s police and military have violently suppressed recent anti-government protests, resulting in deaths that likely amount to “extrajudicial or arbitrary killings” under international law, according to a new 107-page report from the nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report, released on...

A team of United Nations experts has arrived in the United States on a tour that will focus on racial justice, law enforcement, and policing. On Monday, the Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement, an independent panel appointed by the UN human...

In Peru, a country of 33 million, 6 out of 10 women have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, and rates of femicide—broadly defined as the intentional, gender-motivated murder of women—are soaring. Since January, there have been 51 reported femicides in Peru, a figure likely to...

The human rights organization Amnesty International has warned that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is deepening repression in the Central American state. In a report released on Tuesday, the organization stated that the government has engaged...

An armed faction of Colombia’s disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels has said they are ready to engage in peace talks with the government next month in what could mark a turning point for leftist President Gustavo Petro’s quest for “total peace.” Petro, a former member of...

A spate of killings in Chile spurred lawmakers to swiftly pass new legislation giving police greater protections. The government said that $1.5bn in additional security spending, along with new laws to combat organized crime and drug trafficking, which were signed last Thursday, will aid the fight...

Honduras' government on Friday extended until late May emergency powers that suspend some constitutional rights, part of an anti-gang push implemented by leftist President Xiomara Castro in the Central American country's largest cities. This is the third extension—this time by another 45 days—of the...

Authorities in El Salvador have committed “systematic” human rights abuses since launching a nationwide state of emergency last year to tackle gang violence, including torture and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International said. The rights group said on Monday that the Salvadoran government’s...

United States legislators have warned of a “stark acceleration in Tunisia’s autocratic consolidation” under President Kais Saied, while decrying the Tunisian leader’s “repugnant, racist, and xenophobic remarks about migrants.” In a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week, members of...