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The Congress voted to "stop the clock"
on the Colombia FTA. As long as trade leaders are killed with impunity
and there is "so far to go" on human rights, LAWG will
oppose the agreement. Meanwhile, 63 members of Congress have sent
a letter to President Uribe about the recent wave of violence and
threats against human rights defenders.
Click here to
learn more
Click here to
read the congressional letter to Uribe (pdf)
Read our memo to Congress
on human rights in Colombia
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May 15, 2008: House version of the
Iraq Supplemental bill includes a total of $400 million for Mexico
and $61.5 million for Central America, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
After weeks of uncertainty and waiting, the House version of the
Iraq Supplemental bill became available yesterday and is being debated
on the floor today. Although we still have yet to see the Senate
version of the bill, this gives us a clearer sense of the direction
that Congress may take with the Merida Initiative. Read
more
Click
here to TakeACTION!
Click
here to learn more
Click
here for talking points on the Merida Initiative
The Forgotten Border: Migration
& Human Rights at Mexico's Southern Border
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Over 150 people came to DC for Cuba Consultation
2008! Participants received updates on topics ranging from what’s
going on inside Cuba, the current state of cultural exchange with
the island, and how to encourage travel in their communities. Consultation
participants brainstormed possible collective actions toward ending
the embargo. See the documents below for how to encourage travel
in your community. See the day's
agenda and the speakers' biographies.
Licensed
Travel to Cuba
How to travel on a general
license; how to apply for a religious
license
House
and Senate Letter
to Sec. of State Rice
House
and Senate
travel legislation (2007)
Presidential
Scorecard; Candidate
Factsheets
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