2008

Venezuela Trip Report

The Latin America Working Group's Venezuela policy network is growing, but in order for us to have an influence on U.S. policy we need to keep growing! Help make a difference by telling your friends about this network! Spread the message.

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Welcome to the Venezuela Network

Welcome to the Latin America Working Group's Venezuela Policy e-mail network. You are receiving this message either because you registered online at our website, or you are a recent traveler to Venezuela with one of our partner organizations.  If you do not want to be part of this network, an unsubscribe link is found at the bottom of this page.
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Tell Your Representatives and Senators to Stand by Colombia's Victims of Violence

Last year the Congress made many positive changes in U.S. policy towards Colombia—changes that couldn't have been made without committed activists like you picking up the phone, demanding your voice be heard. With the foreign aid subcommittees in the House and Senate set to "markup" their respective bills in mid-July, it's time to call your representative and senators and urge them to stand by Colombia's victims of violence.
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Join Us in Building a Movement that Stands by Colombia's Victims of Violence

Victims and human rights defenders became the targets of a severe wave of threats and violence earlier this year after organizing a peaceful march to call attention to the plight of victims and denounce violence by all actors in Colombia.
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Cuba Policy Update

We want to begin by thanking you for your generous contributions to our Cuba policy work; we are within a few hundred dollars of reaching our goal! With these kind donations, we are hard at work setting up book parties and travel trainings around the country. If you’d like to be part of this cross-country training effort, be sure to contact us so we can work with you to add your group and location to the schedule.
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Cuba Language in Appropriations Bill

A House subcommittee (Financial Services) on June 17th added language to the appropriations bill that would ease travel restrictions for Cuban Americans wishing to visit family and would facilitate agricultural sales to Cuba. The result of the subcommittee meeting is an appropriations bill that allows for Cuban Americans to travel to Cuba once per year and expands the definition of family to include cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
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