Tag: violence

Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Random executions reported in Brazilian State of São Paulo

Brazilian Military Police (PM) forces have allegedly committed extra-judiciary executions during Operation Shield in the past few days in the city of Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported Wednesday. The officers randomly killed people identified as former prison inmates or with a police record, according to residents of the neighborhoods where the deaths occurred.
Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:06 UTC
Brazilian black women march through Copacabana against racism and violence

Representatives from various parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro took part Sunday along the Copacabana in the 9th Black Women's March under the motto Black Women United against Racism, All Forms of Oppression, Violence and for the Good Life, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 11:19 UTC
State of emergency and curfew decreed in Ecuador

Ecuadorian authorities Monday declared a new state of emergency and curfew in two provinces and one city following an escalation in acts of violence, including the murder of the mayor of Manta, the country's third-largest city.
Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC
Colombia and Venezuela ranked as “least peaceful” countries in Latin America; Uruguay sets standard

According to a study published on Wednesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Colombia and Venezuela have been considered the “least peaceful” countries in Latin America due to socio-political conflicts and internal violence.
Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 11:42 UTC
Ecuador prison violence: 12 inmates killed in gunfight

A new episode of violence has left at least another 12 inmates dead after gunfights at the Guayaquil El Litoral jailhouse, it was reported Saturday. It was the second massacre within the same week at that infamous prison involving rival gangs clashing over drug trafficking territorial control.
Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 13:03 UTC
US: Three police officers suspended after being recorded beating up a man on the ground

Three police officers in Arkansas, United States, were suspended on Sunday after a video was made public in which they are seen beating a man they had arrested, local media reported.
Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
Uruguay faces a wave of violence that could mean a homicide record – government blames drug trafficking

Uruguay has been experiencing dark hours in terms of homicides in recent days. In the first quarter of this year, there were 96 homicides in a country of some 3.5 million inhabitants, 33% more than in the same period of 2021 and a figure that marks a trend that, if maintained, would mean an annual homicide record in the southern country.
Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC
Reporter among those wounded during demonstrations in Chile

A TV reporter was among the three people wounded in Santiago during incidents involving law enforcement officers (Carabineros), armed street merchants, and hooded looters during a Labor Day demonstration by unionist groups.
Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:14 UTC
Killings, bombings and threats mark the coming legislative elections in Colombia

In less than a month, on 13th March, Colombians will be going to the polls to renew the Legislative, and according to the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation, there have been 163 victims of political violence, including 19 candidates and politicians who have been murdered in the last twelve months.
Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:26 UTC
Violence on the rise on Mexico's Caribbean beaches

Two Canadian tourists and one Argentine hotel manager have been found murdered in less than a week, in Mexico's Riviera Maya area. These events have once again put the spotlight on violence in this region full of beach resorts.