Washington Office on Latin America - WOLA

08/31/2026

📣 We're hiring a Communications and Development Intern for Fall 2026!

Swipe through to learn more, and apply by September 8.

🔗 www.wola.org/get-involved/internships/

08/28/2026

📢 WOLA is hiring a Fall 2026 Communications and Development Intern!

Are you a student passionate about human rights and social justice in Latin America? Do you have strong writing, editing, or Spanish-language skills? This could be the internship for you.

As a Communications and Development Intern, you'll gain hands-on experience in:
🎙️ Video & audio/podcast editing
🌐 Website management (WordPress)
✍️ Translation & content creation
💰 Fundraising & donor research

📍 Remote (East Coast hours) — open to candidates based in U.S. and Latin America
🗓️ Fall 2026 through mid-December
💵 $780/semester stipend
🇪🇸 Intermediate-advanced Spanish required

Don't meet every preferred qualification? Apply anyway — we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to throw their hat in the ring.

📩 Applications due September 8, 2026. Full details attached — please read carefully before applying.

08/24/2026

🚨 The boat strikes are back. After a two-month lull, the U.S. killed 2 more people off a boat in the Eastern Pacific on Aug. 23 — pushing the death toll to 223 since Sept. 2025.

We're tracking every strike: 👉 https://www.wola.org/2025/11/us-military-strikes-trump-drugs-caribbean/

See below for WOLA’s live counter of lethal U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean as part of Trump’s unlawful “drug war.”

08/24/2026

🇲🇽🇺🇸 ¿Por qué EE.UU. envía a mexicanos deportados a Guatemala antes de regresarlos a México? Nuestra directora para México, Stephanie Brewer, analiza la posible estrategia detrás de esta política migratoria en CNN Español. 👇

El gobierno de México cuestionó la decisión de Estados Unidos de trasladar a Guatemala a ciudadanos mexicanos deportados, luego de que el presidente Bernardo Arévalo confirmara el ingreso de 2.284 connacionales durante 2026. Guatemala sostiene que los mexicanos permanecen allí únicamente en tr...

08/24/2026

🚨 Last week's border update: 📉 apprehensions down just 6% ● 🧱 barrier outcry grows at Big Bend & other protected lands ● ✈️ Mexico deports own citizens to Guatemala & Honduras ● 🪖 military gains power to detain civilians near border

Border Patrol's migrant apprehensions declined slightly in July. Wall-building controversies erupt in several sensitive areas. A major increase in third-country deportations places many in jeopardy. Soldiers have more border arrest powers.

08/19/2026

🇧🇷 Just 47 days before Brazil's election, U.S.-Brazil relations have hit a rare low: tariffs, a revoked ambassador's visa (a first in 200+ years), denied visas for U.S. officials seeking to meet Bolsonaro allies, and renewed sanctions targeting Brazil's Supreme Court.

New WOLA analysis from Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli and Lucas de Souza Martins traces how a trade dispute has become entangled with Brazil's presidential campaign — and how Argentina and China are now stepping in too, as Brazilian public opinion shifts away from Washington. 🌎

📖 Read more: https://www.wola.org/analysis/brazil-united-states-relations-election/

08/17/2026

Today is National Nonprofit Day, and we're taking a moment to show you exactly where your gift to WOLA goes. 🔗

Swipe through to see how your support fuels advocacy alongside our partners, research on the region's most pressing issues, storytelling that puts a spotlight on hidden stories, and long-term plans for a more democratic future.

None of this work happens without people like you. Whether you've been with us for years or you're considering your first gift, thank you for standing with the communities we serve.

Make your gift today at www.wola.org/donate-now/ 💛

08/12/2026

🚨🇨🇴 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake just hit Colombia — and the numbers are staggering.

224 dead. 2,595 injured. 357 municipalities affected across 13 departments.

Chocó was hit hardest — home to Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities already facing isolation and gaps in basic services long before this disaster.

As Colombia responds, equity can't be an afterthought. Swipe to see the full picture and what communities are calling for. 👉

08/11/2026

🚨 🇨🇴 WOLA se solidariza con Colombia tras el terremoto de magnitud 7.4 que sacudió Chocó y se sintió en gran parte del país. Instamos a una respuesta humanitaria rápida e integral, que llegue con urgencia a las comunidades rurales, afro e indígenas. 👇

La Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA) expresa su solidaridad con el pueblo colombiano tras este devastador terremoto. Especialmente, estamos con todas las personas que buscan a sus seres queridos, trabajan para liberar a quienes están atrapados entre los escombros y enfrenta...

08/11/2026

🎥 On PBS NewsHour: WOLA's Gimena Sanchez Garzoli breaks down what Colombia's hard-right pivot under new President de la Espriella means for human rights and the wider region.

Watch:

The new president of Colombia was inaugurated on Friday. Abelardo de la Espriella won a tight race in June, ending Colombia's leftist movement with a sharp pivot to the right. Liz Landers takes a look at the president and his tight relationship with the Trump White House.