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WEBJoin us as we celebrate WOLA’s 50th anniversary, a half-century of tireless advocacy for human rights in the Americas. In this video, we reflect on the remarkable progress achieved while... WOLA is a 501 (c) (3) organization, gifts are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Our federal tax identification number is 52-1249353.
Understanding the Failure of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba - WOLA
WEBFeb 4, 2022 — On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The 60th anniversary of the embargo is a stark reminder of the United States’ policy failures of the longest lasting series of sanctions in its foreign policy history. Today, more than half a century since the embargo was put in place, the Biden administration ...
About Us - The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
WEBWOLA is a leading research and advocacy organization advancing human rights in the Americas. We envision a future where public policies protect human rights and recognize human dignity, and where justice overcomes violence. WOLA tackles problems that transcend borders and demand cross-border solutions. …
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next
WEBDec 16, 2022 — In 2022, the Biden administration finally took steps that can lay the groundwork for future movement on U.S.-Cuba relations. Since May, the Biden administration has some Trump-era policies on Cuba –including resuming flights as well as facilitating family reunification and remittances– and restored engagement on …
Mexico's Crackdown on Migration at its Southern Border - WOLA
WEBDec 17, 2019 — Mexico dramatically intensified its migration enforcement after the Trump administration threatened to impose tariffs on Mexican goods in June 2019. As a result of this crackdown, Mexican authorities’ apprehensions of migrants shot upward in June and July, more than tripling over the same period in 2018. Mexico apprehended 31,416 migrants in ...
The U.S. Government’s 2018 Border Data Clearly Shows Why the
WEBThe president’s midterm-campaign rhetoric of “invasions” and “national emergencies” is distracting us from a vastly different reality at the border. This reality bears no resemblance to what the president describes in his rallies. But we do face a historic humanitarian crisis, and the U.S. government urgently needs to change what it’s doing in order to […]
The Bicentennial Framework: opportunities and challenges as U.S …
WEBDec 3, 2021 — On October 8, 2021, the governments of Mexico and the United States announced a new security cooperation plan: the Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities.The new agreement replaces the Merida Initiative, the bilateral security framework in place since 2008 that was pronounced “dead” by Mexican authorities last July.
Colombia - WOLA
WEBWOLA advocates for policies that defend these communities and their social leaders, for an integral implementation of Colombia’s FARC peace accord, negotiated solutions to security challenges, the dismantlement of illegal armed groups, human rights and justice for victims. On November 24, 2016, the government of Colombia signed a historic ...
Cuba - WOLA
WEBCuba today is grappling with an unprecedented political, social, and economic crisis, fueling record levels of emigration. U.S. policy toward Cuba, however, remains entrenched in an outdated paradigm centered on maintaining an economic embargo. Fundamental human rights are routinely restricted in Cuba, including the right to peaceful protest, freedom of expression and association, and due […]
Eight Reasonable Border Security Proposals (That Are Not a Wall)
WEBThe vast majority of heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border does so at “ports of entry,” the 48 official land crossings through which millions of people, vehicles, and cargo pass every day. “The most common method employed by Mexican TCOs [Transnational Criminal Organizations] involves ...