FOR years considered a haven of safety and natural beauty, Ecuador is now gripped by brutal cartel warfare – giving the ...

Colombia’s fragile peace process, in which the government has sought to bring the country’s multiple armed groups to the negotiating table, looks to be in danger. Some leftist insurgent groups remain ...

Jaime didn’t say which “them” it was, the AGC or their rivals, the guerrillas of the ELN; or the FARC dissidents. But from the criminal map, there could be little doubt. Vegachi is AGC territory.

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed land and sea border demarcation and ...

Colombian armed groups are recruiting more and more minors in order to control new territories. Three-quarters of the cases are concentrated in Cauca, located in the southwest of the country.

Hundreds of thousands of guns are being used by gangs to exert control and spread terror in Haiti, according to the UN's ...

Violence strangles Colombia intellectuals' voice. BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Eleven months after he was shot on a Bogota street near his university office, political scientist ...

Human Rights Watch says more than 56,000 people have been displaced since January, and accuses rebel fighters of executions, forced labour and child recruitment.