AMERICAS

‘Violence did not disappear after the peace agreement: it mutated and became more localised’

Andrés Preciado | COLOMBIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘While the vote was peaceful and transparent, the campaign was tilted through misuse of state resources’

Thomas B Singh | GUYANA

‘No solution will work if the institutions responsible for abuses remain in charge of implementing it’

‘States must stop treating care as an expenditure and start treating it as an investment’

Jeffrey Vogt | UNITED STATES

‘The state cannot pardon itself for violating human rights’

Nadia Ramos Serrano | PERU

‘We fear the Transparency Law will be used to persecute organisations that challenge those in power’

Vivian Idrovo | ECUADOR

‘Whoever takes office will inherit a divided country and will have to break with an authoritarian legacy’

Gabriela Keseberg Dávalos | BOLIVIA

‘When we are told not to exist, simply coming together in joy becomes an act of defiance’

Ryan Bos | UNITED STATES

‘Pride’s message was clear: we are here, and we are not going anywhere’

Pedro Julio Serrano | PUERTO RICO

‘The advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court is a manual for climate litigation’

Manuel Páez Ramírez | COLOMBIA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT