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160 Nicaraguan victims, along with 29 national, regional, and international human rights organizations, including the Washington Office on Latin America…
Monday 12th June 2023 Dear Secretary General Guterres, We are writing to urge you to mark this year’s International Day…
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) condemns the intensifying attacks and repression by the Regime of Daniel Ortega and…
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.
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.
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.
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.
The November 2005 issue of CrossCurrents, covering the roles of Central American militaries, the state of democracy in Nicaragua, and organization changes at WOLA.
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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Carolina Jiménez Sandoval
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