Human Rights
Nicaraguan regime convicts two political prisoners of "conspiracy”
Yader Parajón and Yaser Mahumar Vado were tried and convicted after a single hearing that lasted 10 hours
Crime
El Salvador: One year after gang-crackdown measures
With a population of 6.3 million, the mass arrests have turned El Salvador into a country with one of the highest prison population rates in the world
Immigration
Mexico: More than 70,000 migrants were kidnapped or trafficked between 2011 and 2020
The states with the most cases of kidnapping are Chiapas, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas, the CNDH reported.
Sports
Vaccine holdout Kyrie Irving blasts NYC for latest mandate development
“If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same.”
Human Rights
Guatemalan president vows to oppose abortion even if critics call him 'a dictator'
Giammattei's remarks were made during his address at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington on Wednesday.
Crime
Latino community outraged after prosecutor in Rogel Aguilera-Mederos case mocks results on social media
Latino civil rights organizations have called for "immediate disciplinary action and a formal apology" for the wildly inappropriate post.
Human Rights
Forced internal displacement in Mexico tripled due to violence in 2021
In 27 municipalities of Michoacán, there were 9,059 cases of people displaced due to organized crime
Politics
Republicans raise concerns over new State Department 'woke czar' Desirée Cormier
Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into a new State Department equity position they are calling a “woke czar”
Drug trafficking
The life of child-recruits in Mexican cartels
Presently, it is estimated that approximately 21,000 minors were killed between 2000 and 2019, and another 7,000 are missing, according to the Network for Infant Rights in Mexico (Redim)
Politics
Sec. State: U.S. undeterred by China sanctions against religious freedom officials
The Chinese government blacklisted four commissioners of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Dec. 23