We therefore published a joint statement denouncing persistent racist and gendered attacks against Francia Márquez, the Vice-President of Colombia.Īlso, in her latest blog post, Laura Dib, WOLA’s Venezuela Director and a fellow Venezuelan, urges the international community to overcome “ Venezuela fatigue” in order to address the country’s humanitarian crisis. In other news, as the U.S commemorated Juneteenth this week, we were reminded that structural racism is still entrenched in our societies. Claudia was previously a WOLA Board member, a Senior Fellow and a recipient of the 2014 WOLA Human Rights Award. By my side was renowned human rights defender and former Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz, who currently lives in exile in Costa Rica, where she directs the Mexico and Central America office of our partner, CEJIL. Yesterday, I was honored to take part in an all-female panel about the attacks on democracy ahead of Sunday's general elections in Guatemala. For WOLA it has been an opportunity to meet with partners from across the region, to advocate with member states on pressing issues such as drug policy reform, but also to co-sponsor over half a dozen public events with civil society partners, ranging from democratic backsliding in the region, to the political and human rights crisis in Peru and the fragile peace process in Colombia. There is much cause for concern and we continue to make recommendations to both the Mexican and U.S governments on access to asylum.īack in Washington, this week the Organization of American States (OAS) has been holding its General Assembly.
I recently returned from a visit to the Mexico/Guatemala border with WOLA’s Board members, where we listened to migrants and refugees talk about their lack of protection.
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