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Urgent Call to End Violence and Address Humanitarian Crisis in Catatumbo, Colombia

WOLA joins the United Nations, Human Rights Ombudsman, Defendemos la Paz, and others calling for an immediate end to the violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups in the Catatumbo region in Colombia, located near the Colombian-Venezuelan border. The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) must cease human rights violations and adopt a truce […]

Colombia: Urgent Updates January 2025

Governor of Chocó’s Caravan Attacked On January 12, 2025, armed men intimidated, attacked, and shot at a caravan that included the Governor of the Chocó, Nubia Carolina Córdoba. The incident occurred in La Troje, a town in the rural part of Quibdó. Governor Córdoba has openly advocated for peace and human rights in her embattled […]

WOLA Mourns the Passing of President Jimmy Carter

Ahead Of January 10, International Organizations Call For Respect For Human Rights In Venezuela

Urgent call to protect political asylees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas

Colombia: Urgent Updates December 2024

Featured Commentary

Trump’s Executive Orders and Latin America: Key Things to Know

Venezuela: Authoritarianism and Resistance

What Trump’s Second Term Might Mean for Latin America

Q&A: A Year in Review for Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo

Trump’s Threats of Tariffs as a Response to Migration and the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis

State of Exception in El Salvador: From a Security Measure to a Government Policy

Racial and Ethnic Justice: Essential to Upholding Human Rights in the Americas

Venezuela Beyond Elections – Cracking Authoritarianism Through Human Rights

Drug Policy: Ending the Failed U.S. “War on Drugs”

UN Human Rights Council Must Renew Mandate for the Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela

Migration: Five Policies that Protect Human Rights and Human Dignity

On the 10th anniversary of the Ayotzinapa case, three key tasks for Mexico’s new government

Soldiers Confronting Migrants: Texas’s Dangerous Precedent

Explainer: Venezuela’s Unfair Election

Political Scenarios in Venezuela: Transition on the Horizon?

Four Takeaways on Electoral Conditions Ahead of Venezuela’s 2024 Presidential Election

Coca Chronicles Issue #3: A Conversation on Coca with Wade Davis

The Future of Venezuela: How to Address Impunity

Attention Needs to Be Paid to the Situation in Argentina

Bukele’s Second Term: From The War Against Gangs to the War Against Corruption?

The Futility of “Shutting Down Asylum” by Executive Action at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Five Priorities for Mexico’s Next President

Coca Chronicles Issue #2: Coca Leaf Progress at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

What’s Next for Honduras after Juan Orlando Hernández’ Conviction?

Kidnapping of Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Reaches Intolerable Levels

What is happening in Venezuela? 10 things you need to know

Constitutional Reform Proposals in Mexico: Risks to Human Rights

Elections and Human Rights in Mexico: 3 Key Issues

Five Key Trends in Cuban Migration in 2023

The U.S. Needs Better, Not Less, Access To Asylum

Central America

Honduras Needs an International Mechanism to Address Corruption

Argentina: Jumping Into Unchartered Territory

Coca Chronicles: Bolivia Challenges UN Coca Leaf Ban

Sexual Violence Against Detained Women in Venezuela: A Government Strategy

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

Central America

Five Things to Know About the Guatemalan Elections

The International Community Must Overcome Venezuela Fatigue

WOLA Meets with USAID and Other Civil Society Actors

Central America

Regressive Wave for Women in Central America

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

Central America

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

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WOLA Encouraged by New Colombian Hostage Release

104 Members of Congress Call for Review of U.S.-Cuba Policy

Castro Resigns as Cuban Head of State

The Vote on Constitutional Reform in Venezuela: What happened on December 2, 2007?

Board Member Michael Maggio Remembered

WOLA Remembers Rep. Tom Lantos

Harvard Law School Report on El Salvador’s Youth Gang Situation

WOLA in the News: Maureen Meyer Quoted in USA Today

Military and Police Aid Take Lopsided Share of Colombian Assistance Request

Criminalization of Social Protest: A Memo to Congress

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