Violence
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AMERICAS
Colombia Faces ELN’s Kidnapping Courts as Rebel “Justice” Turns Rotten
The ELN's self-styled sentences against kidnapped Colombian officials turn captivity into a grotesque courtroom drama, exposing Arauca's narco-war landscape, the…
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LIFE
Ecuador Midwives Turn Birth into a Quiet Fight for Sovereignty
In Cotacachi, ancestral midwives are defending home birth as Indigenous knowledge, bodily autonomy, and political resistance, challenging Ecuador's medical system…
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ANALYSIS
Mexico Captures Cartel Heir, but Violence Waits Around the Corner
The arrest of El Jardinero gives Mexico a rare security victory, but the burned vehicles in Nayarit point to a…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Votes While Bombs Ask Who Really Rules the Nation
An attack that killed civilians in Colombia's southwest has crashed into the presidential campaign, exposing how armed violence still bends…
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ANALYSIS
Colombia Lets Its Peacemakers Bleed While Democracy Calls It Progress
Violence against Colombia's social leaders kept rising in 2025, exposing a democracy that still struggles to protect its bravest citizens.…
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Colombia Exports War for Hire into Sudan’s Darkest Siege Machine
The UN’s reporting on Colombian mercenaries in Sudan reveals a grim new map of violence, where Latin American fighters, Emirati…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Watches Families Dig for Truth Where the State Falters
In Mexico, families searching for the disappeared have become investigators, excavators, and witnesses, filling a vacuum left by impunity, fear,…
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ANALYSIS
El Salvador Trades Childhood for Ironclad Justice in Bukele’s Gamble
El Salvador's new life sentences for children expose the brutal moral bargain inside Nayib Bukele's anti-gang revolution, where security, fear,…
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AMERICAS
Haiti Faces Gangs as Childhood Becomes the Front Line Again
As a new multinational force arrives in Haiti, thousands of armed children stand between a security crackdown and any hope…
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AMERICAS
Recent Rural Violence in Haiti Highlights the Vulnerability of Fragile States in Latin America
Recent killings in Haiti's Artibonite region illustrate the consequences of gang dominance, inadequate policing, and shifting armed allegiances, highlighting the…
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