Latin America Today

Latin America Today

Washington Office on Latin America

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since May 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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News and analysis of politics, security, development and U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, from the Washington Office on Latin America.

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Estructuras antiderechos: la lucha trans en Colombia y el mundo — con Renata Jank Vivas Antonelli

Jun 10, 2026 28m

En este episodio especial del mes del Orgullo de Latin America Today, la presidenta de WOLA, Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, conversa con Renata Jank Vivas Antonelli, activista y defensora de derechos…

"The Two Candidates Could Not Be More Different": Colombia's presidential vote

Jun 04, 2026 37m

This episode examines the first round of Colombia's presidential election, which took place on May 31, 2026, and previews the June 21st runoff between two starkly different candidates. Gimena…

One Year Later: The Political Imprisonment of Ruth López in El Salvador

May 15, 2026 30m

A year after the arrest of Salvadoran human rights lawyer and anti-corruption advocate Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro, WOLA's Latin America Today podcast revisits her case and the broader situation…

Uncovering Operation Condor: a 50-Year Fight for Accountability

May 12, 2026 52m Transcript

This episode marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Condor's assassination program, codenamed "Teseo" (Theseus). Condor was the coordinated campaign of state-sponsored terror carried out by…

Polarization and Impunity: Peru's First-Round Presidential Election

Apr 23, 2026 43m

This episode examines the aftermath of Peru's first-round presidential election held on April 12, 2025, recorded just five days later with results still not fully finalized. Host Adam Isacson speaks…

The All-Out Assault on Asylum

Apr 13, 2026 1h 1m

This episode examines the systematic dismantling of asylum protections in the United States under the Trump administration. Our guests are two attorney-advocates: Heather Hogan, Policy and Practice…

"El camino duele, pero trae fortaleza": Un episodio especial por el Mes de la Mujer con Collette Spinetti, la primera secretaria de Estado trans del Uruguay

Mar 31, 2026 29m

Por el Mes de la Mujer, estamos lanzando un episodio especial de Latin America Today con una conversación con Collette Spinetti — activista trans uruguaya, profesora de literatura y la primera mujer…

"Women, 'las buscadoras', have become a very strong reference for courage" | A Special Women's Month Conversation with Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez

Mar 26, 2026 27m

For Women's Month, we're releasing a special episode of Latin America Today featuring a conversation with Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez — a Mexican human rights lawyer with over two decades of…

Oil and the Rule of Law in Venezuela

Mar 11, 2026 41m Transcript

This episode assesses the "transition"—if that is the correct word—in Venezuela nine weeks after the January 3 U.S. military operation that extracted Nicolás Maduro. This conversation with Laura Dib,…

"It's So Seamlessly Blended into the Regular Economy That It's Hard to Pull Out": Environmental Organized Crime, in Venezuela and Throughout the Americas

Mar 05, 2026 53m

This episode features Mark Ungar, a professor of criminal justice and political science at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York. Ungar has written extensively on the rule of law,…

Don't Let Boat Strikes Fade Into the Background

Feb 17, 2026 52m

This episode is a conversation with John Walsh, WOLA's director for Drug Policy and the Andes, about the ongoing U.S. military attacks on civilian boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. When…

U.S. Military Attacks Inside Colombia and Mexico: a Conversation We're Actually Having

Jan 28, 2026 57m

Following the Trump administration's January 3, 2026 military operation in Venezuela and its lethal strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs, its threats of unilateral U.S. military action inside…

A Year Into the Trump Administration, "We Are in Untested Waters"

Jan 20, 2026 45m

January 20, 2026 is the first anniversary of Donald Trump's second inauguration. As we pass this milestone, WOLA President Carolina Jiménez Sandoval and Vice President for Programs Maureen Meyer join…

A Shocking U.S. Attack and "a Transition Without a Transition" in Venezuela

Jan 07, 2026 45m

After midnight on January 3, 2026, the Trump administration bombed Venezuelan military sites and extracted the country's authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro. President Trump declared that the United…

Announcing Democracy&: A New Podcast From The Washington Office on Latin America

Dec 01, 2025 1m Trailer

In this series from the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), prominent decision-makers from across the Americas—those who have been at the heart of democratic governance—share personal…

Piercing the Propaganda Bubble in El Salvador

Oct 20, 2025 1h 9m

WOLA presents a new episode about El Salvador, coinciding with our awarding of our 2025 Human Rights Award to MOVIR, El Salvador's Movement of Victims of the Regime, which supports victims and…

The Grim Side of El Salvador's "Security Model"

Oct 09, 2025 1h

A special episode as part of WOLA's 2025 Human Rights Awards Month President Nayib Bukele's government has jailed nearly 2 percent of El Salvador's entire population—the highest incarceration rate in…

U.S. drug policy takes a "radical" and "chilling" turn. Is Venezuela in the crosshairs?

Sep 15, 2025 59m

Since late August, the Trump administration has sent a flotilla of U.S. warships to the southern Caribbean, in the largest naval display in the region in decades. On September 2, a U.S. drone strike…

"We Are in the Middle of a New Family Separation Crisis"

Aug 14, 2025 1h

Since January, the United States' migrant detention and deportation system, which was already troubled, has become increasingly opaque. Access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities…

"Simultaneously juggling nine processes at once": Colombia's "Total Peace" plan and mounting security challenges

Jun 30, 2025 1h 1m

Nearly three years into President Gustavo Petro's term, his flagship "Total Peace" initiative is faltering. On this episode of the WOLA Podcast, Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, WOLA's Director for the Andes,…

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