
Themes and Debates in Public Security Reform: A Manual for Civil Society
This series examines selected key aspects of police reform, drawing on lessons from Central America, the United States, and the world.
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This series examines selected key aspects of police reform, drawing on lessons from Central America, the United States, and the world.
A report examining the role of civil society in the reconstruction process following Hurricane Mitch.
The November 2005 issue of CrossCurrents, covering the roles of Central American militaries, the state of democracy in Nicaragua, and organization changes at WOLA.
WOLA’s plan for an overhaul of U.S.-Latin America relations gives the next administration important recommendations on how the United States can rebuild its standing in Latin America by putting relations on a new footing based on engagement, respect, and collective action on common challenges.
Waiting for Change documents the complexities and disappointments of the Obama Administration’s relations with Latin America in its first year. The report identifies an underlying trend toward greater militarization of U.S. foreign policy which spans Democratic and Republican administrations alike.
There are serious concerns about the development of the electoral process, the potential for electoral fraud, and post-election conflict.
The Mapping of Internationally-Funded Citizen Security Projects in Central America is a joint initiative of WOLA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to monitor international assistance from multilateral institutions, donor governments, and private foundations to support anti-crime and violence reduction programs in Central America.
A new WOLA publication reviews the resurgence of family agriculture in political discourse, focusing on Mexico and Central America, where persistent poverty and underdevelopment in the rural sector has helped drive immigration to the United States in recent decades.
The message could not be any clearer: in Mexico’s Tlatlaya case, soldiers were instructed to take out, or kill, suspected criminals, in complete disregard for their human rights and due process.
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