» Latin America-related events in Washington this week

This is an unusually heavy week. If you’re in town, take advantage of some of these.

12:30-2:00 at WOLA: “Venezuelan Democracy on Hold.” (RSVP required)
4:00-5:30 at the Woodrow Wilson Center: “Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War.” (RSVP required)

10:00-11:00 at the Woodrow Wilson Center: “Immigration, Refugees, and American Foreign Policy.” (RSVP required)

1:00 at the National Press Club: Press conference with likely Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
2:00 in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on “Venezuela’s Tragic Meltdown.”

8:30-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: “Central America’s Challenges: A Conversation with Luis Guillermo Solís.” (RSVP required)
9:30-11:00 at the Center for Global Development: “Facing Future Challenges on Uncertain Ground: A Conversation with UNDP Administrator Helen Clark.” (RSVP required)
12:30 at the Atlantic Council: “The Future of the US-Mexico Energy Relationship.” (RSVP required)
1:00-2:30 at the Brookings Institution: “Securing global cities: Best practices, innovation, and the path ahead.” (RSVP required)

8:30-10:45 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Two hearings about human rights in Honduras. (PDF)
8:30-1:15 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Four hearings about human rights in Mexico. (PDF)
9:00-10:30 at WOLA: “‘El río que se robaron:’ The Human Rights Crisis Faced by Colombia’s Wayúu Indigenous Community.” (RSVP required)
9:00-12:30 at the Woodrow Wilson Center: “Impunity: Countering Illicit Power in War and Transition.” (RSVP required)
11:00-12:00 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in Panama.” (PDF)
12:15-1:00 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Right to Territory of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples and Communities.” (PDF)

8:30-9:15 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Reports of Sexual Violence against Adolescents in Bolivia.” (PDF)
8:30-12:30 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Three hearings about human rights in Chile. (PDF)
9:30-10:15 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Right of Access to Relevant Information for the Enforceability of Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights.” (PDF)
10:30-11:15 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Right of Access to Information and Transparency in Environmental Management, Licensing, Monitoring, and Oversight of Extractive Activities in the Americas.” (PDF)
11:30-12:30 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Nicaragua.” (PDF)
12:45-1:30 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission: Hearing on “Human Rights Situation of Female Sex Workers in the Americas.” (PDF)

The week ahead

Adam Isacson