Action Center - Latin America Working Group

Contribute to a Just Foreign Policy

by Lisa Haugaard, Mavis Anderson, and Jennifer Johnson on March 31, 2010

We know you want to see a just U.S. foreign policy to Latin America.

We're working on it. But we need your help. We need you to stay active and keep those calls and letters coming. And we need you to generously support our work, with a non-tax-deductible gift to the LAWG for our advocacy efforts. Or give a tax-deductible gift to the LAWGEF for our educational work.

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LAWG Celebrates International Women's Day

by The LAWG Team on March 08, 2010

Happy International Women's Day!

Although we rarely remember to celebrate it in the United States, today many of our partners in countries like Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala are participating in marches, teach-ins, and even parties. Why? Because there are so many strong and brave women to honor and there's still so much more education to be done before we see equal rights and an end to violence against women in Latin America.

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Honduran Elections

by Lisa Haugaard and Vanessa Kritzer on November 30, 2009

Elections took place yesterday, November 29th, in Honduras with National Party leader Porfirio Lobo declared the winner. But elections carried out

under a state of emergency
with visible military and police presence
by a government installed by a military coup
with a significant civil society movement opposed to the coup calling for abstention
and with the deposed President still deposed and holed up in the center of the capital city in the Brazilian Embassy

are no cause for celebration.

If you haven't sent a message to our U.S. government about Honduras, click here now!

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Drop the Debt for Haiti

by Vanessa Kritzer on February 01, 2010

When the crisis in Haiti began, we were glad to know we could count on you to join in raising the resources to help those in immediate need. Going forward, we're going to need your voice to make sure that our government and the international community take the necessary steps to support Haiti as it begins the long road to recovery. Please start with this urgent action from our friend Hayley Hathaway at the Jubilee USA Network:

In the wake of Haiti's unimaginable tragedy, one obvious and simple step toward a just recovery is for the international community to cancel Haiti's $1 billion debt.

Please take an extra moment to click here and sign Jubilee USA's petition "Drop Haiti's Debt Now and No More Debt for Disaster."

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What I Learned In Honduras

by Lisa Haugaard on November 25, 2009

I have just returned from Honduras, and I can tell you, there is no possible way that there are the basic conditions for free and fair elections on November 29th.

Click here to tell Secretary of State Clinton to call these elections what they really are—far from free and fair!

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Lend a Hand to Haiti

by Brian Erickson on January 14, 2010

Like us, you must be hearing the tale of loss and destruction coming from Haiti and wondering what you can do to help. Here at the LAWG, we will be working to encourage a generous response from the U.S. government to this devastating earthquake, including for long-term reconstruction. But right now, the most important action we can all take is to contribute to one of the many caring organizations providing relief.

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Zelaya Is Back

by Vanessa Kritzer on September 24, 2009

The democratically elected President, Manuel Zelaya, is back in Honduras! During the past three days, thousands of people have been gathering in the streets outside the Brazilian Embassy--where Zelaya is currently staying--to show their support. But the Honduran security forces have used tear gas and violence to break up this demonstration.

What does this mean for a concerned activist in the United States like you? If you were ever going to act, now is the time!

Click here to contact the State Department today to urge them to take strong, swift steps to support human rights and democracy in Honduras.

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