News/Blogging Round-Up

Colombia

World Leader in Forced Displacement (IPS)

After dramatic spike in attacks on media, Colombia strengthens crimes against journalists unit (Journalism in the Americas)

Guatemala

Threats to the Media (Central American Politics)

Guatemala, 1954 (Iconic Photos)

Martial Law, Represion, and Remilitarization in Guatemala (NACLA)

Peru

At Last, Reparations for Civil War Victims (IPS)

Uruguay

Uruguayan journalist harassed online for investigating dictatorship-era crimes (Journalism in the Americas)