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President Boric Recognizes WOLA on 50th Anniversary of Coup in Chile

Washington D.C, September 25, 2023-President Gabriel Boric awarded the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) a medal in recognition of international solidarity at a special ceremony last Saturday to commemorate fifty years since the coup in Chile, which toppled democratically elected president Salvador Allende. “This recognition of international solidarity with Chile seeks to highlight and […]

Venezuelans Eligible for TPS are Fleeing Authoritarian Regime and Humanitarian Crisis

WOLA applauds the Biden administration’s September 20 decision to re-designate and extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan citizens for 18 months, making it available to those in the United States before July 31, 2023. TPS provides temporary legal status, including immediate access to work authorization, for individuals whose country is experiencing conditions that temporarily […]

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President Boric Recognizes WOLA on 50th Anniversary of Coup in Chile

Venezuelans Eligible for TPS are Fleeing Authoritarian Regime and Humanitarian Crisis

The International Community Must Act on UN Human Rights Chief’s Ground-Breaking Call for Systemic Drug Policy Reform

Guatemala: Freedom for Claudia González

Call for Elections in El Salvador: Authorities Must Comply with International Standards

Militarization Without Civilian Controls Puts Human Rights at Risk in Mexico – WOLA Launches New Report

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EXPLAINER: What Happened With the Key Electoral Body in Venezuela and Why Does it Matter?

Crisis and Opportunity: Unraveling Colombia’s Collapsing Coca Markets

Three Ways to Reduce the Number of Women in Prison in the Americas

Five Things to Know About the Guatemalan Elections

The International Community Must Overcome Venezuela Fatigue

WOLA Meets with USAID and Other Civil Society Actors

Regressive Wave for Women in Central America

International Ruling Finds Mexico’s Legal Framework on Detentions Violates Human Rights

States of Exception: The New Security Model in Central America?

Q&A: Promises and Prospects for Human Rights in Colombia under Petro as ELN negotiations restart

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

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Mexico Should Address Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders

President Boric Recognizes WOLA on 50th Anniversary of Coup in Chile

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration Rises, Darién Gap Data, House Republicans’ Budget

Venezuelans Eligible for TPS are Fleeing Authoritarian Regime and Humanitarian Crisis

The International Community Must Act on UN Human Rights Chief’s Ground-Breaking Call for Systemic Drug Policy Reform

Colombian Activists, Journalists and Communities Face Security Vacuum

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migrant Deaths, In-Transit Migration, San Diego Encampment, Texas Updates

Guatemala: Freedom for Claudia González

Call for Elections in El Salvador: Authorities Must Comply with International Standards

Militarization Without Civilian Controls Puts Human Rights at Risk in Mexico – WOLA Launches New Report

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