
Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America
According to a new study, throughout Latin America non-violent drug offenders are being imprisoned, violating human rights and overloading the region’s prison system.
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According to a new study, throughout Latin America non-violent drug offenders are being imprisoned, violating human rights and overloading the region’s prison system.
This report is in response to a request by TNI and WOLA to Mr. José Henrique Rodrigues, Judge of the Sixth Appellate Court of the High Court of Justice in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to put in writing the reasons for making a decision to overturn Brazilian case law in a case on possession of controlled substances
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.
Intensive aerial herbicide spraying of coca crops in Colombia has backfired badly, contributing to the spread of coca cultivation and cocaine production to new areas of the country and threatening human health and the environment.
“At a Crossroads” analyzes trends in the increased reliance on the Mexican armed forces in counter-drug activities and the role that the U.S. government has played in shaping Mexico’s counter-drug efforts.
A guide to U.S.-Latin America policy issues for first-term Members of Congress
A new report by WOLA, CIP, and LAWG analyzing the last ten years of U.S. military programs with Latin America.
An analysis of drug-related violence in Mexico as it relates to U.S. drug policy.
This major work is the first systematic, region-wide documentation and analysis of the collateral damage caused by the U.S. war on drugs.
The February 2005 issue of CrossCurrents, which covers the Bush administration’s trade and development agenda, challenges in Colombia, the Pentagon’s drug war authority, and recent WOLA activities and publications.
The December 2003 issue of CrossCurrents, which covers the state of democracy in Colombia, Argentina, and Guatemala, the fall of the Bolivian government, and a WOLA congressional delegation to Ciudad Juarez.
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