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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.
This special report examines the nature and the impact of illegal armed groups in post-conflict Guatemala, as well as the forces behind them. It describes how these “clandestine groups” are an unresolved legacy of Guatemala’s 36-year internal armed conflict and act at the behest of members of an interconnected set of powerful Guatemalans.
Report by WOLA, LAWG, and CIP, exploring the “war on terror” as the new guiding mission for assistance programs in Latin America.
A WOLA report addressing Central American youth gangs and related issues in human rights, effective policing, and prevention.
A joint publication from the Center for International Policy, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, and the Washington Office on Latin America analyzing trends in U.S. military programs in Latin America.
A new report by WOLA, CIP, and LAWG analyzing the last ten years of U.S. military programs with Latin America.
A guide created by the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) and WOLA as a comprehensive source of information about the legal rights of and resources available for urban internally displaced peoples of Colombia.
Throughout Latin America, organized crime is a serious and growing problem. Clandestine power groups are in part responsible for the surge in crime rates and, in some countries, have accumulated vast influence over government institutions.
In a little-noticed but disturbing transformation, U.S. foreign policy decision-making is moving from the Department of State to the Department of Defense.
This resource guide offers attorneys, immigrant activists, policymakers and human rights workers the facts they need to understand the complicated and nuanced phenomenon of gangs in Central America and gang-related asylum cases.
This report draws on interviews conducted by in-country experts with government officials, current and former police, representatives of international aid agencies, and civil society leaders in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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.
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