Interview with Adam Isacson from Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

The Clarke Forum For Contemporary Issues
The Clarke Forum For Contemporary Issues
Interview with Adam Isacson from Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
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Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs Washington Office on Latin American (WOLA)’s Defense Oversight program, which monitors U.S. cooperation with Latin America’s security forces, as well as other security trends. Isacson accompanies WOLA’s Colombia program on peace and security issues. Monitoring U.S. aid, and advocating for peaceful resolution to Colombia’s long armed conflict, has led him to visit Colombia about 80 times. Since 2011, Isacson has also focused on border security. He has visited the U.S.-Mexico border about 25 times, and has also completed field research along the entire border between Mexico and Guatemala.The interview is being conducted by Amanda Sowah ’22, Clarke Forum student project manager
Produced on: 9/10/2020
Genre: Interview
Credits
Interviewee: Adam Isacson
Narrator or Host: Amanda Sowah ’22