This is really just me sitting in a room talking into a microphone from time to time. The subject is Latin America, the region I've worked on for more than 20 years: its challenges—especially security and human rights challenges—and the United States' complicated relationship with it. This podcast accompanies my personal blog, and doesn't reflect the views of my employer, whose much better podcast is at https://www.wola.org/format/podcast/.
Talking About Latin America
Claim This Podcastby Adam Isacson
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12 episodes
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Podcast Overview
This is really just me sitting in a room talking into a microphone from time to time. The subject is Latin America, the region I've worked on for more than 20 years: its challenges—especially security and human rights challenges—and the United States' complicated relationship with it. This podcast accompanies my personal blog, and doesn't reflect the views of my employer, whose much better podcast is at https://www.wola.org/format/podcast/.
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3/24/2017
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February 22, 2026
February 20, 2026 Border Update
<p>Audio to accompany the February 20, 2026 <a href= "https://www.wola.org/2026/02/u-s-mexico-border-update-anti-drone-weapons-dhs-shutdown-detention-warehouses-border-wall-january-data/"> WOLA Border Update</a>.</p> <p>00:00 Introduction<br /> 01:46 Cartel drones, laser weapons, and the El Paso airspace closure<br /> 07:01 DHS shutdown spotlights need for reform at border and migration agencies<br /> 19:06 Migrant detention expansion raises alarms<br /> 32:16 Border wall plans raise environmental and cultural concerns<br /> 35:07 Fewest child and family migrants since at least 2011, according to January CBP data<br /> 40:18 Other news</p> <p> </p>
January 28, 2026
U.S.-Mexico Border Update: January 23, 2026
<ul> <li>Three deaths in two months at Fort Bliss facility</li> <li>2026 DHS appropriation nears passage</li> <li>Secret ICE memo permits entering without judicial warrants</li> <li>Reports of discord within DHS</li> <li>Alarming stories of ICE/CBP hiring practices</li> <li>Other troubling reports about DHS</li> <li>December migration and drug-seizure data</li> <li>Other News</li> </ul>
January 13, 2026
Don't Sleepwalk Into a Big Military Mission in Venezuela
<p>Ahead of a likely January 14 Senate vote on the Venezuela War Powers Resolution, here's the audio accompanying a <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONB6MMNdjiQ">video explainer</a> digging into</p> <p>(a) scenarios that could lead to "boots on the ground" and an open-ended military mission in Venezuela, and</p> <p>(b) the constellation of armed groups that U.S. personnel might have to confront if those scenarios become reality.</p>
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