Justice and truth are wanted. There have been many reported incidents and most involve cases of young people who have been detained without a credible accusation, according to family members. Many El Salvadorean families deplore the arrest of their loved ones by the authorities for allegedly belonging to or collaborating […]
Latin America
In three decades Latin America will be a place of elderly people
In the last 50 years this region has aged at a similar pace to Europe over two centuries. There are two crucial factors in its age-related transformation: the fall in the birth rate and increased life expectancy at birth. Covid-19 has also had an effect on life expectancy.
Argentina: They want democracy prisoner or dead
Recently, representatives of over 40 organisations defending human rights claimed that Argentinian democracy, re-established 39 years ago, is once again at risk. Glenda Arcia During 2022 the Argentinian vice-president, Cristina Fernández, suffered threats, abuse, an attempted assassination and a court conviction, events which moved citizens, organisations and leaders […]
Pregnancy due to sexual abuse, a product of machismo
In Guatemala, as in most Latin American countries, for a variety of reasons, many young women from all social strata become pregnant as a result of rape. Marcelo Colussi These rapes occur in a high proportion of cases (around 80 per cent) within the family, with a close […]
Away with them all! But leave us hope
The heartrending cry reverberated on the streets of Lima on the night of the Peruvian elites’ ‘pre-paid’ coup carried out in Lima, capital of the most unstable of the Andean countries, subjected as never before to the shock of the tectonic plates of fascist polarisation. Miguel Ángel Ferris […]
















