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Please join WOLA and Tulane University's Center for Inter-American Policy and Research for the second of a 2-part event series on the humanitarian and economic impact of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela. The event will be held at Tulane University, but will be available...
Today, lawmakers belonging to Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), alongside minority opposition factions, proclaimed a new president of the National Assembly. Their announcement was made as security forces blocked access to the legislative...
Washington, D.C.—On December 16, bipartisan leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives announced an appropriations deal that rejects the use of force in Venezuela and endorses a negotiated solution to the country’s crisis. The bill, which is expected to...
On Monday, December 2, WOLA had the pleasure of collaborating with Tulane University's Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) to host a discussion on the prospect of an oil-for-necessities program to alleviate Venezuela's humanitarian crisis. WOLA hosted...
On December 3, representatives of governments from across the Americas will meet in Bogota, Colombia to discuss how to address Venezuela's crisis in the framework of the Organ of Consultation of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR). But while 19...
Video from Brazilian journalist Shirley Rodrigues calling for solidarity with Venezuelan migrants and...
(Versión en español) On June 3 in New York, representatives of the Lima Group will meet with counterparts in the International Contact Group to discuss the Venezuela crisis. As human rights organizations from across the hemisphere that defend democratic rights and...
Friends of WOLA Rafael Uzcategui and Verónica Zubillaga put together a poll for Venezuelans to express their support for a peaceful, democratic resolution of Venezuela's conflict. It is still open for signatures until Friday. Here is the text in English: For a...
[This actually came out last month and we tweeted it then (see Spanish original here). But we would like put it on the blog and once again say how much we appreciate this manifestation of support. We do everything we can to accompany our partners in Venezuela in their...
In our 45-year history, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) has built a long trajectory of criticizing both U.S. military intervention and violations of democracy and human rights in our hemisphere. In the case of Venezuela, we were one of the first U.S....
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WOLA Senior Fellow and the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University
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