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Featured Publications July 13, 2010Ten years ago this week, President Bill Clinton signed into law a $1.3 billion package of mostly military aid, known as “Plan Colombia.” Today, Colombia often gets described as a “success” in Washington. Looked at more closely, though, Colombia’s security gains are partial, possibly reversible, and weighed down by “collateral damage.” What Colombia has done is worth learning from. But ...  May 13, 2010WOLA and TNI would like to share our latest memo entitled "Drug Law Reform in Ecuador: Building Momentum for a More Effective, Balanced and Realistic Approach."  February 2, 2010"Just the Facts" examines the Obama administration's 2011 foreign aid budget request, released to the public on February 1.  January 6, 2010Ecuador's El Comercio newspaper recently published an op-ed by Coletta Youngers, WOLA's Senior Fellow, on the need to reform Ecuador's current drug law.  December 8, 2009Development First demonstrates why it is no coincidence that policies that worsen poverty and undermine governance cannot achieve their drug control aims.  October 16, 2009WOLA's Coletta Youngers and John Walsh wrote an article published in America's Quarterly today, Drug Decriminalization: A Trend Takes Shape. They explain how harsh anti-drug laws have failed to stem apparently rising drug use, and incarceration rates are climbing-up 40 percent on average in Mexico and South America over the last decade-with more drug users and low-level dealers behind bars. ...  August 11, 2009President Obama’s June decision to maintain Bolivia’s suspension from ATPDEA trade benefits repeated distortions from the Bush administration. The September 15th drug control certification decision provides the Obama administration a chance to get it right. The attached memo reviews the June decision and provides accurate information about Bolivian drug control efforts. Download  June 25, 2009This report paints a portrait of the police in Central America today. It draws on interviews conducted by in-country experts with government officials, current and former police, representatives of international aid agencies, and civil society leaders in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Download  March 16, 2009Sister Janete Ferreira, an expert on internal displacement, migration, refugee, and trafficking issues, presents on the increasing number of Colombians fleeing into Ecuador to escape the armed conflict.  February 11, 2009This "Blue Ribbon" commission presented its findings on February 11, 2009 in its statement, Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift.  February 10, 2009Executive Director, Joy Olson recently participated in a panel discussion on U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America under the Obama Administration at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.  January 23, 2009The waning days of the Bush administration saw the breakdown of U.S.-Bolivian relations. The Obama administration and Bolivia’s President Evo Morales should now seize the moment to repair the bilateral relationship, to the benefit of both countries.
Click below to read a memo written by John Walsh (WOLA) and Kathryn Ledebur (AIN) on the latest in U.S.-Bolivia relations. Download  January 15, 2009Concerned for the critical situation of Afro-Colombian communities, Senator Oscar Suárez Mira and the Colombian Senate Commission on Human Rights and Hearings summoned a public hearing on November 13, 2008 to evaluate the last 15 years of Law 70 of the black communities and its level of implementation.  December 12, 2008The Compass for Colombia Policy, written by some of Washington's top Colombia experts, offers a better way forward for one of the main foreign policy challenges that the next administration will face. This report makes a detailed, persuasive case for a new U.S. strategy that would achieve our current policy goals while ending impunity and strengthening respect for human ... Download  December 2, 2008The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is a global network of NGOs and professional networks that specialize in issues related to illegal drug production and use. Download  December 2, 2008In 2007, and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) the Transnational Institute (TNI) initiated a series of Informal Drug Policy Dialogues in Latin America. Download | |
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