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Journalist deaths jumped 50 percent in 2022, CPJ says
Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50 percent in 2022…
Colombia shifts strategy in drug war away from coca eradication
Bogotá, Colombia — After promising to radically change Colombian drug policy, the…
Police fire tear gas as protests continue in Peru
Several hundred protesters marched late on Monday in Lima demanding the removal…
Brazilian police identify alleged mastermind in Amazon murders
A gang leader is accused of organising the 2022 murders of Indigenous…
Colombian activist killings hit record high in 2022: Ombudsman
Human rights ombudsman says 215 activists and social leaders were killed across…
Brazil-Argentina summit to focus on trade, economic integration
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has arrived in Argentina for…
Photos: Peruvian police raid major university as protests grow
Police have raided Peru’s most important public university in Lima to evict…
Brazil’s Lula fires army chief in wake of pro-Bolsonaro riots
The dismissal of Julio Cesar de Arruda comes shortly after Lula removed…
Peru closes Machu Picchu site as anti-govt protests continue
European Union decries ‘disproportionate’ police response to the deadly unrest as protester…