Washington Office on Latin America - WOLA

06/23/2026

⏰ Last call! Tomorrow, June 24th at 11:00 AM EDT, join WOLA for "LGBTIQ+ Journalism and the Fight Against Disinformation in Latin America." 🌈

Across the region, q***r journalists and media outlets are doing more than telling their own stories — they're on the front lines combating misinformation and defending human rights. This webinar brings together three leading voices to discuss that work and the challenges they face, moderated by WOLA's Director for Mexico, Stephanie Brewer:

🎙️ Catalina Ruíz Navarro – Volcánicas
🎙️ María Mercedes Acosta – Sentiido
🎙️ María Eugenia Ludueña – Agencia Presentes

The conversation will be in Spanish with English interpretation available.

If you care about press freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, or the fight against disinformation in Latin America, don't miss it. Register now:

This webinar aims to explore the role of LGBTQ+ journalism in Latin America as a tool for resistance, representation, and truth-making.

06/23/2026

🌈 The final installment is here! ✨ Our summer interns are closing out the series with the books, films, and series that move them most — all created by LGBTQ+ voices from across Latin America. 🏳️‍🌈 Check out their picks. 📚 🎥 📺

06/16/2026

🇬🇹 🇺🇸 New analysis 👇

The U.S. resumes ties with Guatemala's Attorney General's Office — an opportunity that requires institutional reforms.

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The recent visit to Washington by Guatemala's Attorney General, Gabriel García Luna, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Marco Antonio Villeda Sandoval, marks an important shift in the relationship between Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and U.S. security and justice agencies. ...

06/16/2026

🇬🇹 🇺🇸 Nuevo análisis 👇

EE.UU. reanuda vínculos con la Fiscalía de Guatemala — una oportunidad que requiere reformas institucionales.

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La reciente visita a Washington del Fiscal General de Guatemala, Gabriel García Luna, acompañado por el Ministro de Gobernación, Marco Antonio Villeda Sandoval, marca un cambio importante en la relación entre el Ministerio Público (MP) de Guatemala y las agencias de seguridad y justicia de Esta...

06/16/2026

🌈 Part 3 is here! ✨

WOLA staff are sharing the books, films, and series that move them most — all created by LGBTQ+ voices from across Latin America. 🏳️‍🌈 Check out our picks. 📚 🎥 📺 🖼️

06/12/2026

🚨 Our latest is out — Congress just handed ICE and CBP another $69.5 billion, with few conditions attached.

Also, worsening detention conditions, wall construction in Big Bend 🏜️, and ripple effects across Latin America 🌎

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Congress approved, on a party-line vote, another $69.5 million in funding for ICE and CBP. Alarms about detention conditions intensify, as do concerns about the environmental impact of border wall construction in the Big Bend and elsewhere

06/12/2026

🇻🇪 The selection of Venezuela’s Supreme Court justices must be transparent, merit-based, and open to citizen participation.

WOLA joins fellow organization to call for a process that strengthens judicial independence and the rule of law. ⚖️

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Caracas and Washington D.C., June 12, 2026.- The undersigned organizations express our concern regarding the process of partial renewal of justices of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the recent reform of its Organic Law, and the selection of officials for the General Inspectorate of Courts and t...

06/12/2026

🇨🇴 🗳️ Colombia's presidential runoff is June 21 — and the first round was full of surprises.

WOLA's Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli breaks down what happened and what's at stake 👇
wola.org/analysis/five-outcomes-of-colombias-first-round-presidential-elections

On May 31, Colombians voted in the first round of their presidential elections. Here are some of the main takeaways.

06/10/2026

🌈 🎙️ Our podcast is out now — and available to watch with English subtitles! 🏳️‍⚧️

Carolina Jiménez Sandoval speaks with Renata Jank Vivas Antonelli of Santamaría Fundación about anti-rights structures and the trans struggle in Colombia and beyond.

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En este episodio especial del mes del Orgullo de Latin America Toda...

06/10/2026

🌈 En el marco del , conversamos con Renata Vivas de la Fundación Santamaría sobre las estructuras antiderechos, la violencia contra las mujeres trans en Colombia, y las formas de resistencia que construyen futuro. 🎙️🏳️‍⚧️

🎧 Escúchalo aquí: https://www.wola.org/es/multimedia/estructuras-antiderechos-la-lucha-trans-en-colombia-y-el-mundo-con-renata-jank-vivas-antonelli/