The fifth Summit of the Americas has failed to recognize that human rights must be placed at the centre of efforts to confront the many fundamental challenges facing the region. Governments from every country in the Americas, except for Cuba, took part in the four-yearly meeting held in Port of...

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas. At the four-yearly meeting 34 heads of state and government will discuss some of the key challenges facing the Americas region. The summit – the fifth such regional encounter bringing...

Sixteen years after the end of El Salvador’s civil war, the whereabouts of hundreds of children who disappeared during the conflict remain unknown. 29 March has been designated as the “Day dedicated to the children who disappeared during the internal conflict” in El Salvador. Yet the country’s...