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There are over 100,000 missing people in Mexico, and police often lack the time, expertise, or interest to look for the clandestine grave sites where gangs frequently bury them. Faced with official inaction or incompetence, many mothers are forced to do their own investigations or join search teams...

City officials in Tulsa, Okla., announced on Monday that 17 adult-sized graves were uncovered at an excavation site in the Oaklawn Cemetery and another four were found on Tuesday, including two child-sized burials. The project is part of the city's years-long efforts to get an accurate count of how...

A group of four widows who had sought to hold Shell liable for damages in the Netherlands after their anti-oil activist husbands were executed by the Nigerian government in 1995 have cancelled further legal proceedings, their lawyer said on Monday. "Obviously this is not without disappointment and...

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela held their first bilateral meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, where they discussed topics including trade, human rights, and protecting the Amazon rainforest. Among other things, Colombia's leader also urged Venezuela to reintegrate...

Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil's Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region's "pink tide" of elected leftist leaders. His victory over far-right president Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil...

In a resolution passed after a meeting in Washington, DC, on Thursday afternoon, the Organization of American States (OAS) permanent council expressed “solidarity and support” for Peru’s government, “as well as for [the] preservation of the democratic political institutional process." The left-wing...

Canada announced in early January that it had reached a 40-billion Canadian dollar ($29bn) deal to reform the First Nations Child and Family Services program and compensate Indigenous children who were removed from their homes, or who did not receive or faced delays in accessing services. A final...

While rebuilding relations with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Colombia's leftist administration should also remain focused on helping to address the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Human Rights Watch said. "Colombia should prioritize obtaining concrete...

The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special meeting Thursday on the political crisis in Peru, where President Pedro Castillo faces several investigations he denounces as a "coup d'etat." Addressing the nation live on TV, the president said he had asked the 35-member OAS to invoke...

Thousands of protesters across Haiti have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The protest started hours before the United Nations Security Council held a split vote on Monday over sending an international force to Haiti to help with deteriorating security and a surge in cholera...