🎙️ Nuestro episodio sobre las elecciones en Colombia ya está disponible con subtítulos en español. 🇨🇴 Primera vuelta, segunda vuelta del 21 de junio, y lo que está en juego — con Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli. ▶️ youtu.be/s6fMqR1gyn4 #Colombia #Elecciones2026

📢 Yesterday, WOLA staff met w/ Sen. @ChrisVanHollen to discuss the rising number of political prisoners in El Salvador, particularly the case of Ruth Lopez, a human rights defender unjustly detained for over a year who should be immediately & unconditionally released.

🚨 Over 200 people dead. 59 boat strikes since last September. And after nine months, drug supplies haven't moved. WOLA's Adam Isacson breaks it down. 🔎

🇨🇴 🎙️ Colombia's first-round presidential election yielded two finalists ahead of the June 21 runoff. WOLA's Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli joins Adam Isacson on Latin America Today to discuss the results and what to expect next. 👇 🔗 www.wola.org/multimedia/t...

⚖️🇸🇻 WOLA stood in solidarity at the US Capitol yesterday, demanding the release of Ruth López. WOLA President Carolina Jiménez Sandoval addressed the crowd, calling for justice for Ruth and for all those arbitrarily detained in #ElSalvador.

🌈 It's Pride Month, and our staff is sharing the art that moves them most. From novels to films to TV series — these are the books, stories, and screens that have stayed with them, all created by LGBTIQ+ voices from across Latin America.

🏳️‍🌈 Feliz Mes del Orgullo de parte de WOLA. En toda América Latina y el Caribe, las comunidades LGBTQ+ siguen manifestándose, alzando la voz y luchando por sus vidas y su dignidad cada día. Es un honor para nosotros estar a su lado. Estén atentos este mes para más información. 🌈

🇧🇷 THIS THURSDAY | Polarized Elections in Brazil: Challenges for the Congress Join us for a public conversation with Brazilian members of Congress on polarization & the road to 2026. 📅 June 4 | 5 PM | WOLA Office, DC RSVP 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride from WOLA. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, LGBTQ+ communities continue to show up, speak out, and fight for their lives and dignity every single day. We are honored to stand alongside them. Stay tuned this month for more. 🌈 #Pride2026 #LGBTQRights

Gimena Sánchez Garzoli warns that attacks on Afro-descendant and Indigenous rights are being pushed globally through U.S. policy, funding cuts, and pressure on Latin America. Full Africa Today interview at kpfa.org #KPFA #africatoday #humanrights @wola-org.bsky.social

🚨 🇨🇴 Urgent Updates on Colombia are now available. Latest on violence, displacement, and attacks on defenders. Read the full update. 👇 wola.org/2026/01/colo... #Colombia #HumanRights

📅 One year into Trump's second term, #LatinAmerica has become a priority ... but not for the better. 🎙️ WOLA experts discuss democracy rollbacks, aid cuts & military strikes in the latest Latin America Today. 👇 www.wola.org/multimedia/a...

🇻🇪 Venezuelan & international civil society released TEN URGENT DEMANDS for democratic transition. Read them in the full statement here. 👇 wola.org/2026/01/vene... #humanrights #Venezuela #democratictransition

🇻🇪 Organizaciones nacionales y internacionales de DDHH presenta DECÁLOGO para transición democrática: ✊ Liberar presos políticos 🚫 Derogar leyes represivas 🛡️ Proteger defensores ... & mas ... Lee más: wola.org/es/2026/01/d... #Venezuela

🎥 Mira nuestro último episodio del podcast donde nuestros expertos analizan un año de la administración Trump y su impacto en América Latina. 📺 ¡VIDEO completo ya está disponible con subtítulos en español!👇 youtube.com/watch?v=qeUY... #DerechosHumanos

🎙️ Have you listened to the latest episode of Latin America Today? Watch the full episode with Spanish subtitles or listen wherever you get your podcasts. #humanrights #latinamerica #trump #migration #democracy #foreignpolicy

Do not miss this podcast episode with my @wola-org.bsky.social colleagues Laura Dib and Carolina Jiménez. On the #Venezuela situation of course. We’ll keep them coming. www.wola.org/multimedia/a...

In the latest @wola-org.bsky.social Border Update: The U.S. military operation to extract Nicolás Maduro has changed little for Venezuelan migrants. Updates about smuggling and stranded migrants in Mexico. Updates about new border barriers. www.wola.org/2026/01/u-s-...

From @wola-org.bsky.social: The Trump administration has not ruled out having military “boots on the ground” in Venezuela. What would that entail? Shouldn’t Congress have a say? That’s what the War Powers Resolution, up for a Senate vote this week, is all about. 🧵 (1/12)

🚨 After months of military buildup, on Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. forces carried out strikes in #Venezuela and President Trump announced the capture of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. Casualties remain unknown. 🧵

From @wola-org.bsky.social: "Venezuelans deserve a peaceful transition to democracy and respect for their fundamental rights. Nonetheless, unilateral U.S. military action, in violation of standards that have guided the international order for nearly a century, is reckless and dangerous."

🎙️ Introducing Democracy &—WOLA's new podcast. In each episode, we explore democracy through different lenses with political figures from across the Americas. Episode 1 featuring: 🇬🇹 President Bernardo Arévalo is now live! 🔗 Listen and learn more: wola.org/about-us/pod...

🇧🇷 WOLA y otras organizaciones internacionales condenamos la masacre del 28 de octubre en Río de Janeiro, #Brasil . La “Operación Contención” expone la violencia estructural y el racismo de la política de seguridad del estado. 📄 t.co/j9iwasfPwI

🏆 "Having seen WOLA's publications as a beacon of hope as a student, I'm even more proud to work alongside WOLA in my work as US Senator," - Senator Tim Kaine, WOLA's 2025 Human Rights Award recipient. 📺 Watch his full acceptance video: youtu.be/9c4R5XaUyFM

🚨 Event next week 🚨 📅 Wednesday, November 5, 2025 ⏰ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST 🎧 English with Spanish translation 🔗 Register now: wola.org/events/uncha...

🚨 Aguas desconocidas: la acción militar de estadounidense en el Caribe 📅 Miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2025 📍Híbrido: 1666 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC o en línea 🎧 Inglés con traducción al español us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🏆 Our tribute to MOVIR, our 2025 Human Rights Award recipients. 🇸🇻 Despite severe repression in #ElSalvador, they demand truth & justice for those arbitrarily detained under the #stateofexception. Their work reminds us why we do what we do.👇 youtu.be/l_ml72fwoVU

This week's @wola-org.bsky.social Border Update has a lot of charts. Fiscal 2025 data show a big drop in migration but a rise since July. Border Patrol agents will replace ICE officials in a purge. Updates about cybersecurity and civil liberties, and human rights issues in Chicago and elsewhere.

🎙️ New podcast: “Piercing the Propaganda Bubble in #ElSalvador.” WOLA's @adamisacson.com talks with Dr. Ricardo Valencia about how Bukele’s popularity depends on a fragile propaganda machine—and why cracks are beginning to show. 🎧 wola.org/multimedia/p... #HumanRightsAwardsMonth

🚨 🇸🇻 Con una audiencia clave próxima, hacemos un llamado: los defensores de DDHH no deben ser criminalizados. El Salvador debe garantizar las garantías procesales plenas de Alejandro Henríquez y José Ángel Pérez. Lee nuestra declaración 👉 www.wola.org/es/2025/10/d...

🚨 The resignation of Southcom commander, Adm. Holsey, comes as U.S. military units are carrying out illegal orders to bomb civilian vessels in the Command's area of operations. Now is a good time for the command's former chiefs to speak out about these strikes. 🧵 (1/5)

In this week's @wola-org.bsky.social Border Update: - 230 miles of new border barriers at a cost of $4.5 billion. - Migrants' human rights crisis is far from over in Mexico. - Links to coverage of aggressive immigration operations in the US, and DHS's troubled organizational culture.

🚨 WOLA joins international coalition calling for an immediate end to repression, militarization & excessive use of force in #Ecuador. 🇪🇨 We stand with civil society in demanding respect for human rights and democratic freedoms. Read the full statement 👉 www.wola.org/2025/10/urge...

🚨 WOLA se une a una coalición internacional que pide el cese inmediato de la represión, militarización y uso excesivo de la fuerza en #Ecuador. Nos solidarizamos con la sociedad civil exigiendo respeto a los #DDHH. Lee la declaración completa 👉 www.wola.org/es/2025/10/l...

📍 El deterioro democrático de El Salvador continúa: redetenciones, arresto de abogados de DDHH, desplazamiento de periodistas y extensión del estado de excepción hasta 2027. Por esto honramos a MOVIR con nuestro Premio de Derechos Humanos 2025.

🇬🇹 #CasoDiarioMilitar WOLA se suma a este comunicado ante los intentos del MP de garantizar impunidad por graves violaciones a #DDHH durante el #ConflictoArmadoInterno.

🚨 New analysis: Political imprisonment has returned to #ElSalvador —not as a relic of the past, but as a refined tool of authoritarian control. 🇸🇻 At least 35 political prisoners. 430+ deaths in custody since 2022. Read more 👉 www.wola.org/analysis/pol...

🎙️ NEW: As part of WOLA's Human Rights Awards Month, host Adam Isacson sits down with Stanford's Beatriz Magaloni to expose the dark reality behind #ElSalvador's "security model"—mass incarceration, state terror & systematic torture. Listen now 🎧 wola.org/multimedia/t...

📍 Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽 At Espacio Migrante, WOLA's Director for México Stephanie Brewer learned about the current situation of migrant families at the border & work to defend their rights in Mexico. #migration #Mexico #humanrights

🚨 Last night, the Senate narrowly rejected (48–51) a War Powers Resolution led by Sens. Schiff and Kaine requiring congressional approval before using military force against alleged “narco-terrorists.”

🎉 Human Rights Awards Month starts now! This October, we're honoring MOVIR of El Salvador and Senator Tim Kaine. Watch our launch video 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=ToLR... And stay tuned! #HumanRightsMonth #WOLA

1/ Trump officials reportedly told Congress the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with “designated terrorist organizations.” Here’s why that’s wrong: the U.S. is not at war. 🧵

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...