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The U.S. Should Maintain Legal Pathways such as Temporary Protected Status for Migrants
The designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an important legal pathway for migrants of select countries who are unable to safely return to their home countries due to different conditions ...
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LGBTIQ+ Rights and Resistance in Latin America: Six Voices from the Region
This special Pride Month episode brings together the voices of six LGBTIQ+ activists from across Latin America—Mexico, ...
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“Simultaneously juggling nine processes at once”: Colombia’s “Total Peace” plan and mounting security challenges - WOLA
Nearly three years into President Gustavo Petro’s term, his flagship “Total Peace” initiative is faltering. On this episode of the WOLA Podcast, Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, WOLA’s Director for the Andes, ...
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El Salvador: Alto a la Criminalización de Personas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos y al Desmantelamiento del Estado de Derecho
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 ...
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Derechos y resistencia LGBTIQ+ en Latinoamérica: seis voces de la región
Este episodio especial del Mes del Orgullo reúne las voces de seis activistas LGBTIQ+ de toda América Latina —México, ...
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El estado de los derechos de las personas trans en las Américas: reconocimiento, contradicciones, violencia y retrocesos
En los últimos años, la situación de los derechos de las personas trans en América se ha caracterizado por un patrón notable ...
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Pride and Resilience: LGBTIQ+ Activism in Contexts of Democratic Erosion
Join us on Wednesday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) for a timely conversation on LGBTQ+ resistance amid democratic erosion, featuring activists working across the Americas.
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LGBTQ+ Migrants in the Crosshairs - WOLA
In the wake of escalating immigration enforcement targeting vulnerable migrant communities, this Pride Month episode brings essential perspective from the frontlines. We sit down with Brigitte ...
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The State of Trans Rights Across the Americas: Recognition, Contradiction, Violence, and Backsliding - WOLA
In recent years, the state of trans rights across the Americas has been marked by a striking pattern of historic advances and devastating losses. While some countries have made significant progress ...
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Coca Chronicles #5: The UN Coca Leaf Review and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Will the WHO confront its colonial legacy and right a historic wrong? The critical review of the coca leaf could transform global drug policy and marks an important moment for Indigenous rights and ...
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Peru Abandons Democratic and Human Rights Principles Days Before the OAS General Assembly - WOLA
June 16, 2025 — Just days before the start of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, the Peruvian State is demonstrating, with alarming clarity, its disregard for two of the ...