
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.
The report provides background on the distinction between police and military functions, and calls on the Obama Administration to stop encouraging other countries’ militaries to take on roles that would be illegal for the U.S. Armed Forces to carry out at home.
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.
This report finds that while the funds directed towards implementing the White Paper recommendations support commendable projects, the money is insufficient to resolve the long-standing labor problems plaguing the region.
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.
This report is the outcome of a conference that brought together a dozen distinguished speakers from North America, Britain and Venezuela to analyze the political dynamics and policy challenges in that country.
The June 2004 issue of CrossCurrents includes an analysis of the use of the word ¨terrorism¨in US foreing policy and updates on the state of human rights in Venezuela and Haiti.
The December 2002 issue of CrossCurrents.
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