Tag: violence

• 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.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Honduras to choose new president amid increasing violence

  

  Honduras goes to the polls Sunday amid growing concern over increasing violence, according to the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights (former Chilean two-time President Michelle Bachelet), the Croatian MEP Željana Zovko, head of the European Union's (EU) Observation Mission.