Central American migrants and asylum seekers already suffer from mental health issues stemming from the violence they are fleeing, but US immigration policies are making matters much worse, according to a new report.

The Migrant Protection Protocols were a milestone in the Trump administration’s assault on asylum, but that assault has spread much further south.

Guatemala's new government will continue to receive Honduran and Salvador asylum seekers from the United States under a controversial asylum deal.

Guatemala City's main shelter for migrants and asylum seekers and the priest who runs it have been the targets of threatening phone calls.

Guatemala’s new government could bring stability but analysts see little hope for substantive change in the return of military and private sector elites to power.

Guatemalan authorities have started to arrested officials who lost their immunity from prosecution this week when a new administration took office.

Guatemala's new president was sworn in amid protests against the outgoing leader and uncertainty over the future of an asylum deal with the United States.

Guatemalan civil society groups are calling on authorities to arrest president Jimmy Morales for corruption as soon as his successor takes office.

In damning report, Chile's National Human Rights Institute says crackdown 'produced most serious abuses since 1989'.

Thousands of women have performed a feminist chant to protest against sexual assault, victim blaming and state violence.

Chile erupted in protest for systemic change two months ago, and protests and crackdowns continue every day around the country.

UN investigators accuse Chile's police of responding to recent protests 'in a fundamentally repressive manner.'

Demonstrations against structural inequality are in their eighth week in Chile, and crackdowns by security forces continue to draw criticism.

Thousands of Chileans with diverse disabilities united to protest for constitutional recognition, amid an ongoing broader movement for systemic change.

A UN climate conference was moved to Spain amid continuing unrest in Chile, but that did not stop local environmental justice activists from moving forward with their parallel event.

Secondary student protests in Chile sparked an ongoing nationwide protest movement for systemic change.

Chilean protesters and bystanders who suffered eye injuries from police crackdowns on mass demonstrations have joined forces to organize themselves and demand justice.

Dockworkers are on strike in Chile as nationwide mass protests against inequality and social conditions enter their sixth week.

Police in Chile continue to crack down on protests with contentious projectiles, despite the official suspension of their use this week in all but the most extreme situations.

Chilean security forces have engaged in widespread and indiscriminate attacks against protesters over the last month, says Amnesty International.