Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

🎥 Join us in celebrating 50 years of impactful work @WOLA_org Watch our special anniversary video to honor the incredible journey & the remarkable individuals who've shaped WOLA's legacy in advancing human rights in the Americas. #WOLA50

🎉🎉 WOLA cumple 50 años trabajando por los derechos humanos. Esta es nuestra historia. Este es nuestro futuro. 💙 https://lnkd.in/eDYFyiRR

“We are at war” said President Daniel Noboa of #Ecuador. The security crisis is real and yet the old and failed strategies of militarizing citizen security will likely make the problem worse in the long term despite short-term gains. My interview with PBS about the current situation in #Ecuador: https://lnkd.in/eM9q46pB

En el 67° período de sesiones de la #CND de las Naciones Unidas en Viena, la prohibición de la hoja de coca en tratados de estupefacientes y su posible reforma fueron temas centrales. Las Crónicas de la Coca abordan esta cuestión, resaltando el apoyo de la ONU a su examen, el llamado de #Bolivia a protegerla como recurso genético y los preparativos de la OMS para su revisión. ✍️Lea el Artículo: https://lnkd.in/em772nHa

In this week's Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)'s Border Update: 🔹 #Mexico forces’ migration controls intensify 🔹 Ukraine aid passes Congress without border provisions 🔹 Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico report migrant removals 🔹 DHS shares more detail about migrants’ nationalities https://lnkd.in/eeupKz8J

🇺🇸 San Diego hasn’t been the top region for migrant arrests since at least October 1999, according to monthly agency figures. The last full year San Diego was the top region was 1997. The shift is significant, said Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). It reflects changes in smuggling routes, which were consistent for many years but have begun to shift every few months since 2021, in part because of the post-pandemic increase in global migration to the U.S. 📰 Read the article #LATIMES https://lnkd.in/ehC4Es3N

🍃 Clasificar a la hoja de coca como estupefaciente estigmatiza a sus consumidores, incluidos los pueblos indígenas, para quienes es una planta sagrada. Un 'examen crítico' por la Organización Mundial de La Salud, impulsado por Bolivia, podría acabar con su criminalización. Aquí los últimos avances en #CrónicasdelaCoca🔻 #HojadeCoca #Bolivia #PlantaSagrada #OMS #WHO https://lnkd.in/em772nHa

🍃 Decades ago, the United Nations classified the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, stigmatizing millions of coca users, including Indigenous peoples who consider coca to be a sacred plant. A World Health Organization 'critical review' initiated by #Bolivia 🇧🇴 is now underway and could end the criminalization of the coca leaf. Read about the latest developments in #CocaChronicles 🔻 https://lnkd.in/gSZSPKRy

🍃 Decades ago, the UN classified the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, stigmatizing millions of coca users, including Indigenous peoples who consider coca to be a sacred plant. A WHO 'critical review' initiated by Bolivia is now underway and could end the criminalization of the coca leaf. Read about the latest developments. #CocaLeaf #SacredPlant #Bolivia #WHO #UNCND #CocaChronicles https://lnkd.in/gSZSPKRy

Despite Mexico's cracking down on migrants, people are still making their way up north, even if they need to pause for months at different points during their journey said WOLA's Adam Isacson to #NPR "In most countries (outward) migration has increased ... particularly in Venezuela, and that's not really reflected yet in the U.S. numbers," he added. 📰 Read the article 🔻🔻🔻 https://lnkd.in/exmDqxpm