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Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, United StatesMigration

Border Update 21 Feb 2025

Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: January drop, Darién Gap, Panama and Costa Rica, Guantanamo, Budget

With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past…

by Adam Isacson

Colombia, Ecuador, PanamaMigration

Research 20 Jun 2024

Migrants in Colombia: Between government absence and criminal control

Download PDF Descargue resumen en español ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is a leading research and…

by Adam Isacson

Statements 17 Jun 2023

Joint request to the UN to centre World Drug Day on Human Rights

Monday 12th June 2023 Dear Secretary General Guterres, We are writing to urge you to mark this year’s International Day…

by Team WOLA

Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, UruguayDrug Policy

Research 11 Feb 2020

Cannabis in Latin America: The Green Wave and Challenges for Regulation

A new study by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) analyzes…

by Team WOLA

Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, VenezuelaPeace & Security

Features 10 Dec 2019

What is Latin America’s Political Turmoil Doing to Civilian Control of the Military?

The past year’s photographic record offers a repeated image in Latin America. A president—usually one with low approval ratings—announces a…

by Adam Isacson

Electoral Rules and Democracy in Latin America with Cynthia McClintock

Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Latin America, MexicoDemocracy, Rule of Law

Podcast 5 Nov 2018

Electoral Rules and Democracy in Latin America with Cynthia McClintock

by Dr. Cynthia McClintock and Adam Isacson

The Impact of Drug Policy on Human Rights

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, VenezuelaDrug Policy

Research 19 Aug 2015

The Impact of Drug Policy on Human Rights

This joint report analyzes the effects of drug policy in the Americas, including the militarization of law enforcement, the criminalization of consumption, the weakening of due process guarantees, mass incarceration, disproportionate penalties, and restrictions on access to health care.

by Team WOLA

Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua, VenezuelaDemocracy

Podcast 13 Sep 2013

The Week Ahead: September 13, 2013

by Adam Isacson

Remembering the Sept 11, 1973 Military Coup in Chile

ChileDemocracy, Peace & Security

Podcast 10 Sep 2013

Remembering the Sept 11, 1973 Military Coup in Chile

by Adam Isacson

Government Investment in Family Agriculture

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaClimate

Research 22 May 2013

Government Investment in Family Agriculture

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.

by Team WOLA

Tracking International Anti-Crime and Violence Prevention Efforts in Central America

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaPeace & Security, Rule of Law

Research 31 Jan 2013

Tracking International Anti-Crime and Violence Prevention Efforts in Central America

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.

by Team WOLA