Adam is the WOLA Director for Defense Oversight
In the latest WOLA Podcast, WOLA's Adam Isacson interviews Geoff Ramsey and David Smilde on the current state of play in Carcas and Washington.This situation report covers a lot of ground. Ramsey and Smilde explain the current humanitarian situation in Venezuela, with...
During an April 1 press briefing on the U.S. response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump announced new deployments of ships and aircraft to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, describing the move as necessary amid the pandemic due to the “growing threat...
For Venezuela, 2020 began with new political turmoil, as the Maduro government maneuvered to take over the presidency of the opposition-majority National Assembly. Will this backfire for Maduro? Can the opposition maintain unity? Are negotiations toward new elections...
Tensions between Venezuela and Colombia have been been high for years, but in recent months they appear to have reached new heights. At the UN General Assembly in September, Colombian President Iván Duque presented a dossier highlighting longstanding allegations of...
Adam Isacson, WOLA Director for Defense Oversight, recently visited Cúcuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. According to Isacson: "What we saw was powerful and upsetting—large number of Venezuelans crossing the border, carrying all their belongings in just a...
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