Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that an alleged military human rights abuse should be tried in civilian courts. Alejandro Anaya of CIDE talks about the challenges ahead, and how international actors help advance Mexican human rights defenders' work.

August 7 was the midpoint in the four-year term of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, whose poll numbers are dropping amid perceptions of backsliding on security. Adam discusses this with Claudia López of Bogotá's Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris.

Adam looks at Brazil's "Operation Agata" border-security exercise, the capture and release of trafficker "Chepe Luna" in Honduras, and the capture of "Sebastián," the most prominent trafficker in Medellín, Colombia.

25 years ago August 7, Central America's presidents signed an agreement that brought an eventual end to the country's civil wars. Adam talks to William Goodfellow, director of the Center for International Policy, who accompanied the Esquipulas process.

Adam looks at cocaine in the Andes (again), Venezuela and Mercosur, the State Department's latest terrorism report, and a new House resolution on Ecuador.

Adam talks to Joe Bateman, WOLA's program officer for Brazil, about what he's learned on 3 recent visits. Topics include citizen security and policing, human rights and the new Truth Commission, and Brazil's foreign policy and relations with Washington.

Adam talks to Catalina Cock, executive director executive director of the Fundación Mi Sangre in Medellín Colombia. Started in 2006 by the musician Juanes, the foundation works with victims of Colombia's violence in Medellín and elsewhere.

Adam looks at a troubling human rights decision in Peru, the pacification program in Rio de janeiro, coca cultivation numbers in Colombia, and the death of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá.

Adam covers indigenous groups' confrontations with authorities and guerrillas in southwest Colombia, El Salvador's constitutional crisis, and the nomination of the next Southcom commander.

Adam talks to Professor Mark Ungar of Brooklyn College's Ph.D. Program in Criminal Justice about crime, narcotrafficking, U.S. policy and the challenges of police and judicial reform in Honduras.