WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America)

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Rosemary Bechler is a mainsite editor of openDemocracy

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Amenazada y secuestrada

WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America) and CELS (Center for Legal and Social Studies) 17 May 2016

Muchas de las mujeres que terminan transportando drogas fueron cooptadas por redes criminales que usan métodos similares a los usados para el delito de trata de personas. English

Kidnapped and coerced: this is Liliana's story

WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America) and CELS (Center for Legal and Social Studies) 17 May 2016

In this photo essay, Liliana recounts how she was threatened and forced into transporting drugs to Argentina, where she is now being incarcerated far from her two children in Venezuela. Español

What if we had opportunities? Johana's story

WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America) 15 March 2016

Johana is one of the women incarcerated in the Buen Pastor prison in Bogotá, Colombia, for involvement in selling drugs. This is her story. Español