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The Latest on Human Rights Across Latin America
Stay informed with the latest updates on WOLA’s advocacy efforts, including breaking news, key developments, and impactful initiatives across Latin America.
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Data from June, border wall, Fort Bliss detention
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. (This Border Update is a bit late and presented in a truncated form, as staff has been engaged with the release of big report…
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Nicaragua: The Ortega-Murillo regime’s latest announcement formalizes the elimination of elections
The Ortega-Murillo government has not held genuinely free or competitive elections in Nicaragua for years. It systematically dismantled the conditions for electoral competition ahead of the 2016 elections and completed that authoritarian trajectory with the sham presidential elections of 2021, in which opposition leaders were jailed, political parties were eliminated, and independent voices were silenced. The regime’s recent announcement that…
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Civil society organizations present recommendations to the United States Congress for a genuine democratic transition in Venezuela
This article was originally posted by CEPAZ in Spanish. You can read it here. In a public hearing before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a panel of experts and representatives of civil society organizations analyzed Venezuela’s institutional, humanitarian, and political situation, which was worsened by the recent earthquakes of June 24. Beyond the natural disaster, the testimonies agreed that the country faces a crisis originating from…
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An Open Letter to the Government of the United States on the Humanitarian Response to the June 24 Earthquakes in Venezuela
July 8, 2026 The Honorable Secretary of State Mr. Marco Rubio U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20451 We write as Venezuelan humanitarian organizations, Venezuelan and international civil society groups, and concerned citizens to express our gratitude for committing initially more than $300 million in humanitarian funding to support life-saving assistance efforts, as well as the U.S. deployment of search-and-rescue teams, medical resources, and other forms of humanitarian assistance. The hardest phase is only beginning.…
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Supreme Court, border wall, ICE warehouses, May migration
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for ICE and CBP, detention, border wall construction, impacts in the Americas
With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: THE FULL UPDATE:
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