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Carolina Jiménez Sandoval - WOLA
WEBCarolina Jiménez Sandoval is the President of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She brings to WOLA over 20 years of experience in research and advocacy for human rights in the Americas and throughout the world. As a leader in the field who has worked extensively throughout the region and in Washington, she …
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.
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 ...
Key points on access to asylum in Mexico, protections for migrant ...
WEBMar 23, 2021 · More than 125,000 people have requested protection in Mexico since President Lopez Obrador took office in December 2018, including over 13,500 requests in January and February 2021. Unlike the United States, Mexico’s refugee agency COMAR continued to accept asylum requests during the pandemic, receiving a total of 41,329 requests for 2020.
Afro-Colombians in the United States and Colombia International …
WEBAccording to some figures, Afro-Colombians account for 30% of IDPs in the country, of the 6 million the armed conflict left. According to the 2005 Census, the Afro-Colombian population reaches only 4.3 million of the total population. Displaced Afro-Colombians were landowners, who lived as a community, exchanged work, goods and food.
25 Years After the Peace Accords, Ending Impunity and Advancing …
WEB17 Dec 2021 | WOLA Statement. December 29, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords in Guatemala. The Peace Accords brought an end to one of the most brutal and prolonged internal armed conflicts in contemporary Latin American history (1960-1996), with 200,000 dead, including 45,000 forcibly disappeared.
Colombia’s politics are changing dramatically. U.S. policy ... - WOLA
WEB16 Jun 2022 | Commentary. Colombia’s politics are changing dramatically. U.S. policy must change too. If the Summit of the Americas was anything to go by, U.S.-Colombia bilateral relations are at an all time high. President Iván Duque was celebrated, again, for his decision to grant legal status to 1.8 million venezuelan refugees in the country.
Coletta Youngers, WOLA Senior Fellow
WEBJul 28, 2016 · Coletta Youngers is a Senior Fellow and leads WOLA’s women and incarceration project, which seeks to dramatically reduce the number of women in prison in Latin America and promote gender-sensitive drug policy reforms. She served for many years as a consultant with WOLA’s drug policy reform project and also participates on behalf of WOLA in the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (CEDD).
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