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We Condemn Efforts to Censor and Intimidate La Nueva Prensa: Action is Needed to Stop Attacks and Guarantee Safety

Our organizations Colombia Peace Accord and Washington Office on Latin American (WOLA) who, with La Nueva Prensa, Contagio Radio, and others present a weekly program titled Colombia Acuerdo de Paz vehemently condemn efforts at censorship and legal intimidation and attacks currently facing Gonzalo Guillen Jimenez, Diana Lopez Zuleta, Mauricio Roberto Rodríguez, Miguel Angel del Rio […]

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: “Fast-tracking” asylum, Title 42 reduces migration, Humanitarian parole, CBP One issues

With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here. This week: The Biden administration is “poised” to roll out an “expedited removal” effort that could require many asylum seekers to defend their cases within days of apprehension, while in CBP custody. […]

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Featured News Releases

We Condemn Efforts to Censor and Intimidate La Nueva Prensa: Action is Needed to Stop Attacks and Guarantee Safety

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: “Fast-tracking” asylum, Title 42 reduces migration, Humanitarian parole, CBP One issues

International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela

Venezuelan Civil Society Groups and Social Actors: It is imperative to continue promoting the construction of authentic elections in Venezuela

Guatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections – International Scrutiny Needed to Protect Voters’ Rights

The Biden Administration Must Denounce Violent Repression In Peru

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Tijuana’s migrant shelters under increased attack, as the U.S. sends hundreds of migrants per day

Biden Administration Takes Fresh Steps to Limit Access to Protection in the United States

Title 42 Must End. Here are Five Reasons Why

Xiomara Castro: A Year of Expectations, Challenges, and Pending Debts

U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next

Biden’s Venezuela policy needs a better comms strategy

An Independent Supreme Court in Honduras: The Key to Justice and the Fight Against Corruption

Electronic Monitoring: A New Form of Punishment for Many Women

2022, A Year of Human Rights: ‘Despite the long list of challenges, there are opportunities’

How the Biden administration can encourage Venezuela negotiations

The Distortion of Justice in Guatemala

Title 42 is (Probably) Over. The U.S. Still Needs a Responsible Approach to Migration

U.S. Midterm Elections: What Might they Mean for Latin America?

Clandestine Structures in Guatemala Consummate Witch Hunt against Judge of ‘Death Squad Dossier’ Case

Current migration dynamics call for new regional approaches

Migration in the Americas: ‘A root causes strategy only for Central America falls far short of addressing the type of migration we are seeing’

The U.S. Announced a New Military Aid Donation to Guatemala. Here’s Why it is a Mistake

Migration in the Americas: ‘There is a double standard at the U.S. border’

Guatemala’s Downward Spiral

Under Assault in Guatemala: Journalists and Indigenous and Human Rights Activists

When the Dominoes Fall: Co-optation of the Justice System in Guatemala

Interference from Above Closes Doors to Justice in Ayotzinapa Case

WOLA Human Rights Awards Honor Maya Achi and Q’eqchi’ Women, David Morales and Rep. Joaquin Castro

The Search for Justice in Venezuela

Colombia to Implement Law on Alternatives to Incarceration for Women Heads of Household

WOLA Human Rights Award 2022: Meet the Honorees

How the Petro Government and Minister Iván Velásquez can Make Colombians Safer

U.S. Drug Policy Disconnect: Starting Harm Reduction at Home, Deep Into ‘Drug War’ Abroad

The Invisible Resistance to Latin America’s Prison Systems

Central America: ‘The regression of democracy has been immense’

5 Concerns About Cuba’s New Penal Code

The Tragedy in Texas Was Avoidable, Just Like Hundreds of Other Migrant Deaths on U.S. Soil This Year

Remittance Caps and Restrictions Have Been Lifted: What Does this Mean for Cuba?

Pride Month: Kenya Cuevas and Latin America’s “Historic Debt” with Trans Women

Colombia Made History. The U.S. Should Join it.

Colombia’s politics are changing dramatically. U.S. policy must change too

Carolina Jiménez Sandoval: “One of the Main Victims of the ‘Authoritarian Virus’ is Judicial Independence”

The Ninth Summit of the Americas: Five Things You Need to Know

Beyond the U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration Trends in the Americas, Explained

Analysis of the trend to legalize the non-medical use of drugs with an emphasis on cannabis

Guatemalan Judge under Threat after Ordering Trial in 1980s “Death Squad Dossier” Case

Three Consequences of Keeping Title 42 in Place at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The Biden Administration Takes Constructive First Steps on Cuba Relations

Trial for “Death Squad Dossier” Ties Guatemalan Wartime Atrocities to Current Criminal Networks

Border Oversight: Monitoring Conduct and Accountability in U.S. Border Law Enforcement

Guatemala’s Attorney General Elections: Judicial Independence and Democracy at a Crossroads

WaPo Op-Ed: El Salvador’s President Overreaches in the Fight Against Gangs

Lies, Cover-Up, and Military Involvement: Third Expert Report Reveals Fresh Facts About Ayotzinapa Disappearances

Cuban Migration is Changing, the U.S. Must Take Note

The Venezuela Briefing: Venezuela’s Oil Sector and a Potential Shift in U.S. Policy

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We Condemn Efforts to Censor and Intimidate La Nueva Prensa: Action is Needed to Stop Attacks and Guarantee Safety

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: “Fast-tracking” asylum, Title 42 reduces migration, Humanitarian parole, CBP One issues

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: States sue to block humanitarian parole, December migration data, House GOP bill hits snag

International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela

Venezuelan Civil Society Groups and Social Actors: It is imperative to continue promoting the construction of authentic elections in Venezuela

Guatemala: Threats to Free, Fair Elections – International Scrutiny Needed to Protect Voters’ Rights

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration declines in El Paso, rises in Mexico; CBP One; NYC mayor visit; vehicle pursuits

The Biden Administration Must Denounce Violent Repression In Peru

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Biden visits border and Mexico, Title 42 expansion, senators visit

International Mission of Human Rights Specialists Calls for Swift Action to Prevent Further Unrest that Undermines Democracy in Brazil

Migration in the Americas: ‘A root causes strategy only for Central America falls far short of addressing the type of migration we are seeing’ 