My colleagues at WOLA and I put out a lot of really good content this month. Check these out, share them, and if you want to make sure this work continues, please leave us a tip.
- 4/3: Geoff Ramsey, Latin America Responds to Venezuela’s Deepening Political Crisis.
- 4/3: Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada, Ríos Montt to Face Second Genocide Trial for the Dos Erres Massacre OSF International Justice Monitor.
- 4/4: Sebastian Bernal, Who Has Answers for Victims of Paramilitarism in Colombia?.
- 4/5: Geoff Ramsey, Could Venezuela Accept International Humanitarian Aid to Address its Crisis?.
- 4/5: No author listed, WOLA’s Statement on Violence against Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Mexico (Spanish.
- 4/6: Several organizations, Organizaciones internacionales expresan su preocupación por condena judicial contra defensor de derechos humanos peruano Ronald Gamarra.
- 4/11: David Smilde, Under Pressure, Venezuela Further Restricts Freedom of Expression.
- 4/12: Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, April Update: Colombian Human Rights Defenders Under Attack.
- 4/12: Several organizations, Joint Statement on the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in the Territories with Coca, Poppy and Marijuana Crops in Colombia.
- 4/12: Ximena Suarez-Enriquez and Maureen Meyer, Reporting Crimes Committed against Migrants in Mexico from Abroad (Spanish).
- 4/13: Adam Isacson, Confronting Colombia’s Coca Boom Requires Patience and a Commitment to the Peace Accords (Spanish).
- 4/17: Adam Isacson, What is the “Trump Effect” on Migration? It’s Too Early to Draw Conclusions.
- 4/18: David Smilde and Geoff Ramsey, Venezuela and the Evolution of American Leadership.
- 4/18: Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, La segunda misión política de la ONU en Colombia: fundamental para la protección y seguridad de defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos.
- 4/18: Jo-Marie Burt, Podcast: Human Rights Trials in Guatemala: “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back” with Jo-Marie Burt.
- 4/18: No author listed, Video: A Conversation on Race, African Culture, and the Rights of Afrodescendants in the Americas.
- 4/19: William M. Leogrande and Marguerite Rose Jiménez, Cuba and the Art of the Deal The American Conservative.
- 4/19: Adam Isacson and Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, Álvaro Uribe’s Questionable ‘Message to U.S. Authorities’ About Colombia’s Peace Effort.
- 4/19: No author listed, Press Release: WOLA Joins International Calls for Respect of Non-Violent Protest in Venezuela.
- 4/21: No author listed, Killings of Colombian Activists Continue: Authorities Must Act to Stop Crisis (Spanish).
- 4/25: David Smilde, Can a Revived Opposition Stop Venezuela’s Authoritarian Slide? World Politics Review.
- 4/25: No author listed, Cambios que propone el presidente Peña a la Ley de Desaparición de México serían un retroceso: WOLA.
- 4/26: Maureen Meyer and Hannah Smith, One Year Since the Group of Experts Left Mexico: The Ayotzinapa Case is Still Unresolved and Disappearances Remain High (Spanish).
- 4/27: Adam Isacson and Maureen Meyer, Even Without the Wall, Trump’s 2017 Funding Request is Deeply Flawed on Immigration and Border Security.
- 4/27: Adam Isacson and Sarah Kinosian, Putting the Pieces Together: A Global Guide to U.S. Security Aid Programs.
- 4/27: Adam Isacson and Sarah Kinosian, U.S. Military Assistance and Latin America (Spanish).
- 4/27: No author listed, U.S. Budget Cuts Set Up Pentagon to Take Lead on Foreign Aid (Spanish).
- 4/28: Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, Colombia Human Rights Update: Indigenous, Afro-Colombians and Social Leaders Face Grave Security Crisis.
- 4/28: John Walsh and Geoff Ramsey, Just Say “No” to the Wasteful Wall, and “Yes” to Expanding Drug Treatment and Overdose Reversal.
- 4/28: Raquel Gómez Fernández, Coca Cultivation in Colombia from a Gender Perspective.
- 4/28: Adam Isacson, Colombia’s peace accords point the way to a solution. But will they be implemented? The Brookings Institution.