Civil Society
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 06:29
Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli has reinforced his 2015 electoral platform promoting law-and-order and tackling crime after inspecting the 10,000 police cadets that graduated from the Juan Vucetich academy. The police officers will be joining the Buenos Aires provincial police and will be soon patrolling Greater Buenos Aires, rural areas and will be part of communal police forces.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 06:53
Kidnapping appears to be increasing in Argentina amidst a crime wave that could be a side effect of the country's growing domestic drug market and role as a drug transit nation.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 06:32
Election Day came and went and nobody voted. Instead, thousands of protesters marched from cluttered and crumbling downtown Port-au-Prince up to the tony suburbs and back.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:44
What began with a few families demanding to know the whereabouts of their missing children has morphed into a national movement that threatens to bring down the president of Mexico.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:04
Vice President Biden told a November 14 Washington conference that the administration is committed to working with Central American countries to create the economic, social, governance and citizen security conditions to address increases in migration.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:45
The police said they arrested two suspects Tuesday in the disappearance last Thursday of Miss Honduras, María José Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofía, 23.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 06:37
Gunmen killed a retired Army sergeant and three members of his family, Puerto Rico police said Tuesday. A 13-year-old son survived despite being stabbed and thrown off a bridge.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 06:41
In 2012 and 2013, the Panamá de Arauca region faced kidnappings, extortion, and attacks on vehicles and employees in the public and private sectors. The criminal alliances worked to turn this area into a strategic corridor in their plan to weaken the Colombian government.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 07:13
Violence continues in Tamaulipas with the murder of the chief of police in the northern region of the state.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 07:03
After five and a half months in office, Salvadoran President Sánchez Cerén is still groping for ways to address the country’s pressing security concerns.