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Restore protections for religious leaders in Colombia

When President Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego came to power in August 2022, he promised Paz Total (Total Peace), a safer future for communities across Colombia – but just one year later, religious leaders...
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News

Latin America Nicaragua
Protestant pastor denied urgent medical attention in prison
CSW is calling on the Nicaraguan government to ensure that the serious medical needs of imprisoned Protestant pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López are met...
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Latin America Cuba
Pastor Alexis Padrón Lorenzo with his wife Roselin Benítez Cruz following his release.
Pastor released after three months of incommunicado detention
A Protestant pastor was released under precautionary measures after spending over three months in detention in Havana, Cuba on 11 September....
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Latin America Nicaragua
Bishop Carlos Javier Goff Amador
Moravian bishop detained incommunicado
A bishop associated with the Renewed Moravian Evangelical Church (IEMR) has been detained incommunicado in Managua, Nicaragua for almost two weeks....
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Reports

Latin America Colombia
General Briefing: Colombia
Violations of FoRB in Colombia take two main forms: violations perpetrated by illegal armed and criminal groups, and violations against religious minorities belonging to
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Latin America Cuba
General Briefing: Cuba
Cuba's 2019 constitution sets out specific and basic guarantees regarding freedom of religion or belief, but these freedoms are limited by provisions in the
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Latin America Mexico
General Briefing: Mexico
Reports of serious FoRB violations affecting religious minorities at the local level, and in several states, have continued.
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Blog

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Latin America Nicaragua
‘I knew I had no choice’: An interview with Nicaraguan exile Santos Julio Sevilla Rivera
‘The guards told us not to pray. We did it in silence because God heard us.’
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Latin America Venezuela
‘God will not get you out of here’: A pastor’s experience of detention in Venezuela
‘When they discovered I was a Christian, everything changed.’
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Black Line
Latin America Colombia
Sacred Sites, Silenced Voices: Indigenous Pluralism is Under Threat in Colombia’s Black Line
The Black Line (Línea Negra), known by the indigenous people who live there as Sé shizha, is the system of sacred spaces that delineates
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Features & Magazine Issues

Latin America Cuba
In Focus: Cuba
A generation determined: How Cubas Christian influencers have caught the regime off-guard...
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Latin America Venezuela
Venezuelans in Buenos Aires January 2026
Who could be listening? Surveillance and self-censorship in Venezuela
Who could be listening? Surveillance and self-censorship in Venezuela...
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Latin America Colombia
Pastor Karen, whose husband Ivan was murdered in January 2025. Photo: Juan Pablo Daza
Total Peace?
Protect Colombia's Religious Leaders...
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