My org, @wola-org.bsky.social, has fought since the 1970s to stop US aid to Latin American forces that violate human rights. Through the Dirty War, Iran-Contra, Plan Colombia. But now, US forces are cutting out the middleman: violating human rights directly in the region. It's a horrendous shift.

🚨 🇵🇪 URGENTE: WOLA junta a @cejil.bsky.social y @dplf-info.bsky.social alertan sobre la grave #criminalización del sistema de justicia en #Perú. El Congreso y el Ejecutivo buscan neutralizar cualquier control sobre legislación que vulnera DDHH. Lee la declaración. 👇 www.wola.org/es/2025/09/p...

🏆 ¡Tenemos el honor de anunciar que el senador @timkaine es el segundo galardonado con el Premio de Derechos Humanos de WOLA 2025! A lo largo de su distinguida carrera, el senador Kaine ha sido un firme defensor de la democracia y de los #DerechosHumanos. 🌎 🇺🇸

🏆 ¡Nos es un honor anunciar que hemos reconocido al senador Tim Kaine como ganador del Premio de Derechos Humanos de WOLA de este año! 🇺🇸 Un defensor incondicional de los valores democráticos y los #derechoshumanos frente al autoritarismo, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. 🌎 ⚖️

🏆 ¡Es un honor para nosotros reconocer a MOVIR - Movimiento de Víctimas del Régimen - con el Premio de Derechos Humanos de WOLA de este año! Durante más de tres años, han luchado por los detenidos y han defendido los valores democráticos en #ElSalvador. 🇸🇻 #DDHH #democracia

🏆 We're honored to announce Senator @kaine.senate.gov as a recipient of this year's WOLA Human Rights Award!🇺🇸 A steadfast defender of democratic values and #humanrights against authoritarianism, domestically and internationally. Join us in celebrating a true #democracy champion! ⚖️

🏆 We're proud to honor MOVIR - Movimiento de Víctimas del Régimen - with this year's WOLA Human Rights Award! For 3+ years, they've courageously fought for those detained and defended democratic values against #ElSalvador's authoritarian repression. 🇸🇻 #DefendDemocracy

🎉 Congratulations to Senior Fellow @jomaburt.bsky.social on being selected as Visiting Research Scholar & Professor at Princeton University for Fall 2025. She brings decades of experience, with her extensive work on transitional justice and human rights. 👇 plas.princeton.edu/people/visit...

‼️ TODAY @ 2 pm‼️ Director for Central America Ana María Mendéz Dardón is testifying at a hearing with @tlhumanrights.bsky.social on laws regulating civic space and the implications for human rights. Don't miss it! 👇 humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/heari...

🇺🇸 🇻🇪 Nuevo análisis ‼️ Respondemos preguntas clave sobre las tensiones entre #Venezuela y #EstadosUnidos: las implicaciones del ataque letal, los vínculos del régimen con economías ilícitas y los riesgos de escalada militar. 👇 www.wola.org/es/analysis/...

🚨 Next week WOLA's Director for Central America Ana María Méndez Dardón will be testifying in this hearing at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Don't miss it!

🚨 Yesterday's U.S. military strike off Venezuela's coast represents an unprecedented escalation in drug interdiction operations, violating international maritime law and setting a dangerous precedent for the use of lethal force. Read WOLA's statement.👇 www.wola.org/2025/09/leth...

🚨 WOLA President @cjimenezDC has been selected as a Perry World House visiting fellow for 2025-26 at the University of Pennsylvania. 🏛️ We are honored by this recognition of her scholarship and leadership in human rights advocacy across Latin America. 📚⚖️

🇵🇪 TODAY: IACHR hearing on Peru's amnesty law that could free perpetrators of human rights violations. 📄 Read WOLA Senior Fellow @jomaburt.bsky.social's analysis on how this threatens to block justice for families and close the circle of #impunity in #Peru. ⬇️ www.wola.org/analysis/per...

In this week's @wola-org.bsky.social Border Update: - July migration and drug seizure data (lots of charts) - Notes on “mass deportation” - Notes from Mexico

🇵🇪 "This amnesty law is a law that consecrates impunity," @jomaburt.bsky.social told The Guardian on Peru's controversial legislation protecting military and police from prosecution. 🗞️ Read the full article: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🚨 🇪🇨 Desde WOLA hacemos un llamado al respeto total de la autonomía del poder judicial en #Ecuador. La independencia judicial no es opcional; es la base de la democracia.

🇸🇻 “La elección indefinida básicamente es incompatible con la democracia.” — @cjimenezdc.bsky.social, presidenta de WOLA, sobre la aprobación de la reelección indefinida en #ElSalvador y la respuesta de Estados Unidos a esta decisión. 📺 Mira la entrevista completa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TiW...

🚨 NEW: Weekly #BorderUpdate ❌ Venezuelan migrants detail torture at El Salvador's #CECOT ❌ Courts block key Trump policies ❌ Admin steps back from 3,000/day quota, for now. ❌ Caravan to Mexico City forms in Tapachula Read here 👇 www.wola.org/2025/08/week... #migration

🇬🇹 ✈️ Dispatch from #Guatemala: WOLA and @wrcommission.bsky.social report back on their findings from their visit to Guatemala City. They identify clear patterns of abuse in the U.S. #deportation system. We break down the key findings.👇

🇲🇽 New dispatch from Mexico! 🛫 WOLA/WRC in Tapachula found: ❌ growing destination for US deportation flights ❌ access to deported migrants difficult ❌ deportees face rising insecurity ❌ US aid cuts leave region unprepared 👇 www.wola.org/analysis/dis...

Following a visit to San Pedro Sula, #Honduras, researchers from @wola-org.bsky.social and @wrcommission.bsky.social traveled to Guatemala City, #Guatemala to investigate what migrants are experiencing in US government custody. Here is what they found: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/dispatc...

🇬🇹 New dispatch from Guatemala! 🛫 WOLA and @wrcommission.bsky.social 's trip continues, this time in Guatemala City, where researchers found: ❌ shift in who is being deported ❌ detention abuse ❌ family separation ❌ loss of money/docs ❌ gaps in reception. Read here 👇 www.wola.org/analysis/dis...

‼️ WOLA y @wrcommission.bsky.social informan desde Honduras sobre las deportaciones del #ICE: ❌ Padres deportados sin sus hijos ❌ Atención inadecuada para madres y bebés ❌ Abuso de personas trans ❌ Desaparición de dinero y pertenencias 🔎 Lea nuestro informe 👉 www.wola.org/analysis/dis...

🇨🇴 Historic ruling in #Colombia: Former President Uribe convicted of witness tampering — the first criminal conviction of a former Colombian president. This verdict tests Colombia’s judicial independence amid political tensions. Read our analysis 👇 www.wola.org/analysis/his...

🇵🇪 🧵 "This is a dramatic setback" - WOLA Senior Fellow @jomaburt.bsky.social told @aljazeera.com on #Peru's pending amnesty law that could erase years of progress on cases of human rights abuses during the country's armed conflict. Read here👇 www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...

🇺🇸 ✈️ 🇭🇳 Dispatch from Honduras: WOLA and @wrcommission.bsky.social went to San Pedro Sula to document what deportation really looks like. We spoke with deportees and service providers. Here are 4 shocking things we found 👇 #deportations #migrationpolicy #ICE

‼️ WOLA & @wrcommission.bsky.social report from Honduras on #ICE deportations : ❌ Parents deported without their kids ❌ Inadequate care for moms & babies ❌ Abuse of trans individuals ❌ Missing cash & belongings 🔎 Read our dispatch 👉 www.wola.org/analysis/dis...

🇻🇪 Today marks one year since #Venezuela's 2024 presidential election, which was neither free nor fair. One year later, State persecution has reached new levels and the situation on the ground remains critical. Swipe through to learn more👇

🚨 🇵🇪 ¡Empezando ahora! WOLA Senior Fellow @jomaburt.bsky.social, está participando en la audiencia de la CIDH sobre los impacts de la #LeyAPCI en #Peru. Sigue la transmisión👇 www.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

🚨 DHS terminated #TPS for #Honduras & #Nicaragua, affecting 55,000+ individuals. This follows recent terminations for Venezuela, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal & Haiti. WOLA calls for the U.S. to maintain these legal pathways. Read our statement 👉 www.wola.org/2025/07/the-...

🇨🇴 "While the law is not a panacea, it contains in its 70 articles positive changes in terms of indefinite contracts ... other provisions that dignify the worker" Gimena Sanchez Garzoli weighs in on Colombia's new labor reform in @the_dialogue . 👇 thedialogue.org/analysis/wil...

🇸🇻 El Salvador's government is jailing human rights defenders and silencing critics. We joined a group of international organizations calling for an end to this attack on democracy and the rule of law. Read our statement: www.wola.org/2025/07/el-s... #ElSalvador #HumanRights

🌈 Nuevo episodio de podcast: Derechos y resistencia LGBTIQ+ en América Latina: seis voces de la región.🇨🇴 🇸🇻 🇻🇪 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🎧 Escucha cómo luchan por la justicia, construyen comunidades más seguras y redefinen el significado del Orgullo: wola.org/multimedia/l...

🌈 New podcast! What does #Pride look like across Latin America? Six LGBTIQ+ activists from Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela & El Salvador share how they’re building community, leading change & celebrating identity. 🎧 Listen: wola.org/multimedia/l... #orgullo #LGBTIQ

📣 🇨🇴 #Colombia Urgent Updates for June Several massacres and targeted killings were reported this month, as violence continues to escalate across the country. Social leaders and communities remain at risk. WOLA continues to call for peace and accountability. 🔗 www.wola.org/2025/04/colo...

📅 Event Wed, June 25 at 10 a.m. (EDT) Pride and Resilience: LGBTIQ+ Activism Amid Democratic Backsliding—a vital convo with activists from 🇺🇸🇨🇷🇦🇷🇻🇪. 🎙️ Moderated by WOLA President Carolina Jiménez Sandoval 🗣️ English interpretation available 🔗 action.wola.org/a/con-orgull...

In this week's @wola-org.bsky.social Border Update: - Operations intensify in, and beyond, Los Angeles - Massive “reconciliation” spending bill emerges in Senate and resembles House bill - CBP reports on May migrant encounters www.wola.org/2025/06/week...

🙏🏽 @wola-org.bsky.social for having our LGBTQ+ program coordinator Brigitte Lujano on your podcast! Tune in as she discusses how current immigration policies are creating life-or-death situations for LGBTQ+ migrants + what Al Otro Lado is doing to meet the moment. www.wola.org/multimedia/l...

This is a very good @wola-org.bsky.social podcast episode: "LGBTQ+ Migrants in the Crosshairs," with Brigitte Baltazar Lujano, Director of the LGBTQ+ Program at Al Otro Lado, who joins us from Tijuana to talk about the situation for queer and trans migrants at the border.

🍃 The coca leaf is sacred. In the 5th installment of our joint series "Coca Chronicles" with @tninstitute.bsky.social, WOLA's John Walsh explains why the WHO review is a chance to align drug policy with human rights. Will the UN meet the moment? 📄 Read here: www.wola.org/analysis/coc...

🚨🇻🇪 #Venezuela | Se cumple 1 mes desde la detención arbitraria de Eduardo Torres, abogado defensor de derechos humanos e integrante de PROVEA 🧵 Abrimos hilo: ⬇️

1/ El 4 de junio, el Presidente Trump impuso restricciones de viaje a EE.UU. para 19 nacionalidades. 12 países tienen restricciones totales (aplican para todas las visas) y 7 restricciones parciales (solo para algunas visas). 🧵Algunas precisiones sobre esta medida:

📣 “This is a setback for democracy in Mexico,” WOLA's Stephanie Brewer told the LA Times in an article about Mexico's judicial elections. “When power is concentrated across all three branches, democratic rule starts to erode.” Read the full piece here 👇 🔗 www.latimes.com/world-nation...

1/ 🚨🇸🇻 🚨 #ElSalvador WOLA condena la criminalización injustificada en contra la defensora de derechos humanos Ruth López. Observamos con preocupación acontecimientos recientes, esta semana, los tribunales la negaron su derecho a un juicio público, una clara violación al debido proceso. 🧵

1/ 🚨🇸🇻 🚨 #ElSalvador WOLA condemns the unjustified criminalization of human rights defender Ruth López. We are deeply concerned by recent developments—this week, the courts denied her the right to a public trial, a clear violation of due process. 🧵

The message from parents to Congress is clear: ✅ Fund health, treatment & prevention ❌ Not failed, punitive, militarized drug-war policies WOLA, @drugpolicy.org, and @winwithoutwar.bsky.social joined parents in DC calling for real solutions to the overdose crisis. #EndOverdose #HarmReduction

🚨 🇻🇪 WOLA se ha unido a organizaciones internacionales para exigir la liberación inmediata del defensor de DDHH Eduardo Torres, detenido arbitrariamente el 9 de mayo. Las autoridades deben poner fin a la #criminalización en #Venezuela. 📝 www.wola.org/2025/05/vene...

🚨 🇻🇪 WOLA has joined international organizations in demanding the immediate release of human rights defender Eduardo Torres, arbitrarily detained on May 9. Authorities must end the #criminalization of activists in #Venezuela. 📝 Full statement: www.wola.org/2025/05/vene...

‼️ Today ‼️ 🇬🇹 A verdict is expected in the second case brought by the Maya Achi women, survivors of sexual violence during Guatemala’s armed conflict. WOLA Senior Fellow @jomaburt.bsky.social, with Paulo Estrada and Keily Colíndres, break it down 👇 🔗 nacla.org/indigenous-w...