Human Rights

In Peru, crimes committed by the state go unpunished. Families seek justice and, in many cases, the remains of a body that will allow them to find closure. This happened during the internal armed conflict and continues to happen today. The names of those responsible change, but the positions remain the same: president, minister, congressman,…

Between 1976 and 1983, Argentina’s military dictatorship carried out a systematic campaign of state terrorism that left an estimated 30,000 people missing. One of the regime’s most notorious practices was the death flights, in which prisoners were drugged and thrown alive into the sea or rivers. These flights became a symbol of the dictatorship’s brutality…

El Salvador has more than 80,000 people under a state of emergency that has been in effect since March 2022. President Bukele has been heavily criticized for his focus on the war against gangs and the measures in his Territorial Control Plan, but the country is experiencing one of the safest periods in decades. Communities…

Migrantes venezolanos cruzan el alambrado colocado por la patrulla fronteriza de El Paso, Texas, desde Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua con la finalidad de pedir asilo en Estados Unidos, el 20 de octubre de 2023. Miles de migrantes han optado por llegar a la frontera de México con Estados Unidos transportándose en tren debido a los constantes…

In 2023, former President Jair Bolsonaro attempted a military coup in Brazil. He is now on trial for this crime, which consists of the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.On January 8, 2023, the Planalto Palace was invaded by hundreds of far-right supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro in a coordinated action demanding…