Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación ante el creciente uso del derecho penal sin las garantías del debido proceso, el acoso, estigmatización y la persecución que ejerc ...

This special Pride Month episode brings together the voices of six LGBTIQ+ activists from across Latin America—Mexico, ...

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In the short term, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP should: Increase overall CBP One appointments border-wide, focusing on ports of entry in safer areas of the U.S.-Mexico border. At ...

Early on Thursday May 22, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill with a historically massive mix of budget cuts and new spending. The cuts are likely to hurt the poorest Americans. The ...

Inclusive Democracy Supported by a Vibrant Civil Society At WOLA, we support efforts to make democracy in Latin America inclusive, diverse, and accountable. A thriving civil society is essential to ...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a package of constitutional reforms that would transform the composition of Mexico’s judiciary, among other changes. Mexico’s incoming federal ...

Immediate Consequences in Nogales, Sonora The Trump administration’s restrictive immigration measures have rapidly brought about a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. With the termination ...

On November 15, 2024, Venezuela enacted a regressive law tightening state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Popularly referred to as the Anti-NGO or Anti-Society Law, the Law on ...

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DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT IN SPANISH DOWNLOAD THE ABRIDGED REPORT IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT IN ENGLISH Introduction Mexico’s federal government is increasingly militarizing civilian tasks ...

After migration at the U.S.-Mexico border reached a record high in December, new CBP data showed January to be the third-quietest month at the U.S.-Mexico border of the Biden administration’s 36 full ...