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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.
Waiting for Change: Trends in U.S. Security Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean
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.
Protect and Serve? The Status of Police Reform in Central America
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.
Forging New Ties: A Fresh Approach to U.S. Policy in Latin America
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.
Central American Gang-Related Asylum Guide
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.
Ready, Aim, Foreign Policy: How the Pentagon Takes Over More and More Areas of Foreign Policy
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.
The Captive State: Organized Crime and Human Rights in Latin America
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.
Youth Gangs in Central America: Issues in Human Rights, Effective Policing, and Prevention
A WOLA report addressing Central American youth gangs and related issues in human rights, effective policing, and prevention.