ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC visits #Venezuela & opens Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) country office in Caracas.

In Venezuela, the OTP is pursuing a 2 tracks approach:

1) An ongoing, independent Int'l Criminal Court investigation &

2) Complementarity activities

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Mañana en el ⁦SIS.Radio⁩ #colombia #paz ⁦WOLA⁩

🍃The UN classified the #cocaleaf as a narcotic drug, stigmatizing coca users, including Indigenous peoples who consider it a sacred plant. A World Health Organization (WHO) 'critical review' initiated by #Bolivia could end its criminalization.
Read the latest in #CocaChronicles 🔻
wola.org/analysis/coca-…

📌Puedes ver y escuchar 🎧el análisis completo de Carolina Jimenez Sandoval de WOLA sobre los retos para ampliar y defender los derechos de la ciudadanía en #Guatemala y #Centroamérica en el siguiente video de CAP

📹👉 bit.ly/3wffF7H

The US can help the political opposition in Venezuela -- not by economic warfare with Maduro, but by encouraging regional diplomacy, say experts like Carolina Jimenez Sandoval WOLA, David Smilde & Miguel Tinker Salas

MORE from Maya Krainc responsiblestatecraft.org/us-sanctions-o…

#Nicaragua Lean el informe de Urnas Abiertas sobre Elecciones Regionales 2024👇

🇬🇹“Porras and Arévalo are on a collision course,” said WOLA's Dr. Jo-Marie Burt to InSight Crime.
If Arévalo were to lose the showdown with Porras, it could curb his anti-corruption efforts and potentially exacerbate the threat to his government's stability.
insightcrime.org/news/guatemala…

Despite Mexico's cracking down on migrants, people are still making their way up north, even if they need to pause for months at different points during their journey said Adam Isacson to #NPR
'That's not really reflected yet in the U.S. numbers,' he added👇 npr.org/2024/04/22/124…

🇲🇽'El sobreuso de la prisión preventiva trastoca seriamente la efectiva investigación y enjuiciamiento de los delitos en México.CNN en Español cita análisis de Stephanie Brewer sobre el uso de la Prisión Preventiva Oficiosa #PPO en #México . Lean el artículo aquí👇
cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/04/19/pri…

“La guerra de micrófonos e insultos que vemos denota que se está normalizando la pérdida del lenguaje diplomático y del alto nivel de la discusión política. Los liderazgos sienten que así ganan más popularidad interna,' dice Pdta de WOLA @cjimenezdc👇
elnacional.com/mundo/cuales-s…

'Alrededor del 90% de las personas que nos contactan han reportado haber sido secuestradas en un autobús en algún lugar de México, especialmente en Reynosa, Tamaulipas'. Escuche el testimonio de un miembro de Lawyers for Good Government 👇
Más información:wola.org/es/analisis/se…

✍️This week's Border Update:
🟢 CBP releases March migration data
🟢 Mayorkas impeachment thwarted
🟢 Leading Panama candidate vows to “close” Darién Gap
🟢 Guardsman fires weapon in El Paso
wola.org/2024/04/weekly…[…]orkas-impeachment-thwarted-darien-gap-national-guard-in-texas/

🇻🇪 #Venezuela In an interview with CNN’s stefano pozzebon WOLA’s Laura Dib reacts to renewed U.S sanctions against Venezuela’s oil & gas sector.
cnn.com/2024/04/18/wor…

Congratulations to ieva jusionyte on this week's publication of the excellent 'Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence across the Border'—and for a great discussion yesterday evening at Washington's Politics and Prose bookstore.

Read this book: ucpress.edu/book/978052039…