Action Center - Latin America Working Group

Lisa Haugaard

Message to Congress: Don’t Turn Your Backs on Vulnerable People in Latin America

by Lisa Haugaard on April 14, 2011

U.S. aid that helps people in need, as they recover from natural disasters, flee from conflicts, and struggle in poverty, is on the chopping block as the Congress takes up the President’s FY2012 foreign aid budget request. Based on a letter we sent with our partners, the Latin America Working Group’s director Lisa Haugaard testified before the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee with the following appeal.

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A Second Look at the President’s Latin America Budget: Some Smart Cuts, But What About the Refugees?

by Lisa Haugaard on February 22, 2011

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Honduran Government Must Address Impunity and Stop Attacks

by Lisa Haugaard on January 27, 2011

A December 2010 report by Human Rights Watch outlines the lack of accountability for human rights abuses committed during and following the June 2009 coup in Honduras. The report also documents 47 cases of threats or attacks, including 18 killings, against journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists since the inauguration of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo in January 2010.

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Dying for Land: Colombian Displaced Leaders Murdered

by Lisa Haugaard on February 18, 2011

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Too Little, Too Late: Haiti Recovery, One Year Later

by Lisa Haugaard on January 07, 2011

"As Haitians prepare for the first anniversary of the earthquake, close to one million people are reportedly still displaced. Less than 5 percent of the rubble has been cleared, only 15 percent of the temporary housing that is needed has been built and relatively few permanent water and sanitation facilities have been constructed," concludes Oxfam in a hard-hitting report on the world’s response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

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