by Christa Schelter and Jenny Johnson
on May 19, 2009
You and I know that military hardware isn't the
solution to Mexico's challenges--and it sure isn't the way to acknowledge the
United States' "shared responsibility" for spiraling drug violence. We need to
act today.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on May 11, 2009
The trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori “contributes to the strengthening of the rule of law and democracy in Peru and is a genuine milestone in the struggle against impunity in the region,” according to Jo-Marie Burt of George Mason University and Coletta Youngers of the Washington Office on Latin America. “It is the first time that a democratically elected head of state in Latin America has been found guilty of committing crimes against humanity.”
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by Travis Wheeler
on May 19, 2009
When we started working with faith-based and grassroots groups to
plan this year's Days of Prayer and Action, Colombians were being
forced to flee their homes at the staggering, almost unbelievable rate
of 1,500 a day. By the time 2008 was said and done, nearly 400,000 had
become internally displaced people (IDPs) and Colombia's displaced
population had swelled to more than 4 million, overtaking Sudan in the
seeming-blink-of-an-eye as the country with the world's most displaced
people. We knew we had to do something to make this crisis visible to
people here in the United State and to our government that has funded
and supported so many of the policies that have exacerbated this
humanitarian crisis.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on April 29, 2009
As our country is reflecting upon the use of torture by U.S. interrogators since 9/11, some history and literature from Latin America’s dirty wars offers insights. A new translation of Uruguayan author Mario Benedetti’s play Pedro and the Captain, about to be released by Cadmus Editions, provides an unblinking look into the psychology behind such abuses.
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by Lisa Haugaard
on May 13, 2009
It’s hard to believe—the Latin America Working Group has completed a quarter-century of campaigning for a just U.S. policy towards Latin America. Right now we’re celebrating this history: our collective work to shift U.S. support from war to peace in Central America; to increase U.S. aid for victims of hurricanes, earthquakes and war; to build U.S. counternarcotics policies that are more humane and effective; to promote border policies that respect the rights of border communities and migrants; and to end, once and for all, the Cuba travel ban.
If you’ve called your member of Congress on these issues, if you’ve
contributed to our cause, if you’ve sent our messages on to your
friends, if you’re a member or supporter of any of the groups in our
coalition—then this is your history, too.
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by Christa Schelter and Jenny Johnson
on April 27, 2009
Last week Representative Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) introduced HR 2076, The Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009. The purpose of this bill is to restore the rule of law to the borderlands, protect communities, federal lands, and wildlife habitat from the destructive impacts of the border wall.
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