Latin America’s darkest times are being revisited here

We are experiencing the onset of the same state-sanctioned terror here and across the United States today. 
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor)
by Huascar Medina – The Kansas Reflector
Published: September 1, 2026
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We are experiencing the onset of the same state-sanctioned terror here and across the United States today. 

Día de Detenido-Desaparecido — Day of the Detained-Disappeared — occurs Aug. 30.

It was introduced in 1981 by the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detained Persons (FEDEFAM) and later adopted and formalized by the United Nations in 2010 to honor victims of enforced disappearance worldwide as the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. 

This day of commemoration and awareness was born from the struggles of families in Latin American countries tormented by dictators throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 

Huascar Medina – The Kansas Reflector

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