Being Better Neighbors towards Latin America

Stop the U.S-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaard on March 17, 2011

Momentum is building fast in Washington to approve the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia. Just today there were two hearings in Congress about it! But we cannot let this unfair agreement move forward.

Click here to sign our petition calling on President Obama to say no to the FTA now!

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Honduran Union Leader Iris Munguia: “Who will guarantee rights to workers?”

by Ben Thale-Galat on March 08, 2011

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Lessons from Guatemala

by Alex Gordon on February 11, 2011

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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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