With the right-wing opposition holding a razor-thin "supermajority" in Venezuela's new congress, three independent indigenous lawmakers will be in a decisive position.
Colombia is seeking extradition of an alleged former FARC medic arrested in Spain on charges of having carried out hundreds of forced abortions on female guerilla fighters.
Colombia's House of Representatives agreed to hold a plebiscite to approve a peace deal with the FARC—in spite of vociferous opposition by conservatives.
Amid protests from the opposition, Ecuador's National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, beginning in 2021.
The Transnational Drug Trafficking Act, now before the US Congress, could derail Colombia's peace process by bringing criminal charges against thousands of peasants.
Two nephews of the wife of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro were arrested by DEA agents in Haiti and flown to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called for the protection of the political opposition in Venezuela after the assassination of politician Luis Diaz.
Colombia's Fiscal General Eduardo Montealegre announced an investigation into possible war crimes by surviving commanders of the demobilized M-19 guerillas.
Colombia's President Santos announced a March 2016 deadline for a peace accord with the FARC, as guerilla leaders called upon him to return their unilateral ceasefire.
Peru's government issued a decree calling for an investigation into the forced sterilization of peasant women under now-imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori.
Ecuador's National Court of Justice is set to open the country's first trial for crimes against humanity, concerning the disappearance and torture of guerilla suspects.
President Juan Manuel Santos apologized for the 1985 army raid on the guerilla-occupied Supreme Court building in which nearly 100 people were killed.
