All Content: Argentina

WOLA: Promoting Human Rights, Democracy, and Social Justice

22 Dec 2011
Video
As the year winds to a close, we hope you will enjoy this video about how WOLA works with partners in the region to advance human rights in Latin America. If you have not done so, we hope you will consider making a donation to WOLA to support our continued efforts. Your support makes a difference.

"The Justice Cascade" Wins WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award

23 Sep 2011
Publication
WOLA and Duke University are proud to announce Kathryn Sikkink’s new book The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics as the winner of the 2011 WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award.

The Human Face

Drugs and Prisons in Latin America
6 Jun 2011
Publication
The people in the videos are featured because they represent the rarely revealed human side of the war on drugs.

OAS General Assembly to Emphasize Citizen Security Amidst Mounting Crime and Violence

WOLA will be in attendance in San Salvador
3 Jun 2011
News
The upcoming OAS General Assembly, has as its theme “Citizen Security in the Americas,” a key issue given the alarming levels of violence in the region.

Citizen Security and Human Rights in Argentina

A Conversation with Gastón Chillier of CELS
25 Mar 2011
Publication
Adam talks to Gastón Chillier, director of Argentina's Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), about the group's recent work on citizen security and the ongoing effort to hold human rights violators accountable in Argentina.

Argentina's Madres de la Plaza de Mayo

25 Mar 2011
Video
WOLA Fellow Lucila Santos talks to Carmen Lapacó and María Adela Antokoletz, founding members of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora in Argentina. Their group was formed during Argentina's dictatorship and continues to seek justice today for relatives of people detained and disappeared by the government.

A First Look at the 2012 U.S. Foreign Aid Request

The foreign aid budget—which accounts for most aid to the region—is being cut deeply.
16 Feb 2011
Analysis & Commentary
As the Obama administration seeks to close the huge U.S. deficit without raising taxes, cutting defense or reducing entitlements, programs like foreign assistance are likely to suffer.

Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America

TNI/WOLA Drug Law Reform Project
9 Dec 2010
Publication
Study reveals alarming pattern in imprisonment for drug crimes in Latin America

New Study Reveals Alarming Pattern in Imprisonment for Drug Crimes in Latin America

The weight of the law falls on the most vulnerable individuals, overcrowding the prisons, but allowing drug trafficking to flourish
8 Dec 2010
News
A comparative study on the impact of drug policies on the prison systems of eight Latin American countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay - reveals that drug laws have contributed to the prison crises these countries are experiencing.

Major Study on Drugs Laws and Prisons in Latin America to be Released Thursday

Conference to be held in Buenos Aires
3 Dec 2010
News

Drugs and Prisons in Argentina

9 Jul 2010
Video
This video tells the story of Martha Ines Miravete and her commitment to change prison policies and help prisoners reintegrate into society.

Argentina: Reform on the way?

Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies No. 6
2 Jul 2010
Publication
Graciela Touzé on why the time has come to transform discourse into legislation and bring the intervention practices of public institutions in line with the new laws as a way of guaranteeing better results and reducing harm related to the problem of drug consumption.

Waiting for Change

28 May 2010
Publication
Waiting for Change documents the complexities and disappointments of the Obama Administration’s relations with Latin America in its first year. The report identifies an underlying trend toward greater militarization of U.S. foreign policy which spans Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

Failed "War on Drugs" Prompts Policy Innovations in Latin America to Safeguard Public Health and Safety

Officials and experts see advances in regional trend
6 May 2010
News

UN's International Narcotics Control Board's Annual Report Oversteps Mandate in Criticizing Decriminalization

INCB Interferes with Countries' Sovereignty
24 Feb 2010
News

Latin America Drug Policy Dialogue 2009 Buenos Aires

The sixth meeting was held near Buenos Aires and was organized by WOLA and TNI
25 Oct 2009
Publication
Debates centered on three key areas: (1) Reforms in policies regarding the prevention and treatment of problematic use of substances; the future of Harm Reduction programs in Latin America; (2) Decriminalization of possession; limits to and extent of current penal reforms; and (3) Legal reforms in the international arena: the case of the coca leaf.

Argentina's Supreme Court Rules Sanctions for the Possession of Marijuana Unconstitutional; One More Step Toward a New Paradigm

26 Aug 2009
News

Forging New Ties

A Fresh Approach to U.S. Policy in Latin America
25 Nov 2008
Publication
WOLA's plan for an overhaul of U.S.-Latin America relations gives the next administration important recommendations on how the United States can rebuild its standing in Latin America by putting relations on a new footing based on engagement, respect, and collective action on common challenges.