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

[Geneva and Washington D.C. 26 January, 2023]. The undersigned organizations express our deep concern over the approval in the first round of a bill that seeks to criminalize and further hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela: Law of Supervision, Regularization, Performance and Financing of Non-Governmental and Related Organizations (Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, […]

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

A little more than a year after the regional and municipal elections of November 2021, and in the framework of the commemoration of January 23 as the date that marks the birth of democracy in Venezuela, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the reconstruction of the electoral route, an unavoidable path for the peaceful transformation […]

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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

Genocide Trial Against High Level Military Officials to Begin in Guatemala

Regional and Venezuelan Human Rights Organizations: Negotiations in Venezuela Must Incorporate a Human Rights Agenda

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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

Victim Seats in Congress Could Help Advance Peace in Colombia

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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Supreme Court prolongs Title 42 and Biden expands it, Arizona “container wall” goes down

WOLA Supports U.S. Congress’s 2023 Priorities for Colombia

Regional and Venezuelan Human Rights Organizations: Negotiations in Venezuela Must Incorporate a Human Rights Agenda

Peru: Organizations Call for IACHR and OHCHR Visit

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Future of Asylum, Migration to El Paso, Arizona “Container Wall”

Human Rights Crisis in Nicaragua: UN Human Rights Council Must Strengthen and Renew Resolution on Nicaragua

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Title 42’s final days?, Darién Gap migration slows, Mexico asylum

Human Rights Organizations Call for Strengthening Democracy in Peru

Honduras: State of Emergency Puts Human Rights at Risk

Colombia: WOLA Meets Defense Minister Iván Velazquez, Raises Human Rights Concerns

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