February 20, 2026 Border Update
Audio to accompany the February 20, 2026 WOLA Border Update . 00:00 Introduction 01:46 Cartel drones, laser weapons, and the El Paso airspac...
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Talking About Latin America
This is really just me sitting in a room talking into a microphone every two weeks or so. The subject is Latin America, the region I've worked on for more than 20 years: its challenges—espec...
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12 episodesU.S.-Mexico Border Update: January 23, 2026
Three deaths in two months at Fort Bliss facility 2026 DHS appropriation nears passage Secret ICE memo permits entering without judicial war...
Don't Sleepwalk Into a Big Military Mission in Venezuela
Ahead of a likely January 14 Senate vote on the Venezuela War Powers Resolution, here's the audio accompanying a video explainer digging int...
U.S.-Mexico Border Update: January 9, 2026
The U.S. military operation to extract Nicolás Maduro has changed little for Venezuelan migrants. Updates about smuggling and stranded migra...
You Actually *Can* Protect People from Crime Without Destroying Democracy
This is a variation of a talk that I give a few times per year. (It's usually shorter.) I haven't written it up as a publication yet. The gi...
U.S.-Mexico Border Update: December 12, 2025
I'm trying something new here: a full-length video version of this week's U.S.-Mexico Border Update . This week's WOLA Border Update covers...
Why is there less migration at the U.S.-Mexico border?
This is audio accompanying [a video presentation]( https://youtu.be/0v7akdHu40A ) that walks through what the data tells us is happening at...
Cartels on the Terrorist List?
Some in Washington are proposing putting Mexican criminal groups on the US government's terrorist list, or even using the US military agains...
4. U.S.-Colombia Relations "in a Challenged Place"
Relations between the United States and close ally Colombia have hit their roughest patch in years. It is being aggravated by disagreement o...
3. The Border Wall and the Budget
April 25, 2017: The Trump White House came dangerously close to shutting down the U.S. government over funding for its proposed wall along t...
2. "The Thing"
April 6, 2017: Did you know that the U.S. government now has 107 programs that it can use to aid foreign militaries and police forces? Neith...
1: Worrying About Peace Implementation in Colombia
March 24, 2017: In this inaugural episode, I voice some gnawing concerns about whether, and how, Colombia is going to implement its peace ac...