Missing in Brooks County: A tragic outcome of U.S. border and migration policy
Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss have produced a new documentary, "Missing in Brooks County," about thousands of migrants dying in ranchland surrounding a...
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News and analysis of politics, security, development and U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, from the Washington Office on Latin America.
A Conversation with WOLA's New President, Carolina Jiménez Sandoval
As of September 1, WOLA has new president. Carolina Jiménez has an impressive biography—and here, we talk about her work, how civil society has evolve...
For Disappearances to End, Justice Must Begin: Justice for Disappeared Mexicans
In this conversation, Adam and Stephanie discuss how Mexico's disappearance crisis grew to today's tragic scale, what has worked and has not worked fo...
A Goodbye to WOLA President Geoff Thale
Geoff Thale, WOLA’s president, has retired after 40 years as an advocate for human rights in Latin America. When Geoff’s career began, the idea of cit...
Addressing Cuba's Unseen Humanitarian Disaster
Last month's protests in Cuba captured international attention for the large groups that took to the street to express frustration with the island's c...
Colombia After the Paro Nacional: A Report Back From Cali
Lisa Haugaard, director of the Latin America Working Group, is just back from accompanying a human rights delegation to Cali, Colombia, an epicenter o...
It's Time to Listen to the People of Haiti
For those closely following Haiti, the recent assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and the chaos and political uncertainty following it have been ...
Aligning Policy with Reality at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Former WOLA Director Joy Olson just carried out dozens of interviews along the Texas-Mexico border. She came back saddened by expelled migrants' suffe...
Nicaragua's Exit from Democracy
The condition of Nicaragua's democracy has steadily deteriorated over the course of President Daniel Ortega's regime. Recently, in anticipation of the...
What's at Stake in Peru's Coming Elections
Peruvians vote on June 6 in a runoff between two presidential candidates who represent populist extremes, and who reflect growing divisions exacerbate...