December 22, 2010
Breaking the Silence: In Search of Colombia's Disappeared
More than 51,000 people are registered by the Colombian government as disappeared or missing. Those who were forcibly disappeared range in official statistics from over one quarter of that total to more than 32,000 according to the report Breaking the Silence: In Search of Colombia’s Disappeared just released by the Latin America Working Group Education Fund and the U.S. Office on Colombia.
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Human Rights Abuses Continue In Honduras
Since the elections in Honduras on November 29th, 2009, the U.S. government has been portraying the crisis in Honduras as “resolved.” But according to the Honduran Human Rights Platform, a coalition of six major human rights groups, the repression and human rights violations that began with the coup have continued.
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Cuba: The 111th Congress and Travel
For many months—almost two years actually—we’ve focused on congressional action that would definitively end the ban on travel to Cuba; we felt that we had a real opportunity in the 111th Congress to radically alter the stale debate that had developed in Washington DC during the Bush Administration. We succeeded in changing the debate, but so far the policy has not changed.
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A Pan-American Nightmare: Rising Violence against Migrants
This past August, the horrific massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants in northern Mexico brought to the world’s attention the daily violence and exploitation suffered by migrants on their way to the United States. There is no question: migrants in their journey to jobs and loved ones in el norte confront unimaginable dangers and abuses, as chronicled in the recently released documentary The Invisibles.
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Bleak Outlook on Haiti: “Still Trapped in the Emergency Phase”
On October 6, nearly 10 months after the devastating earthquake tore through Haiti, Refugees International (RI) released the report “Haiti: Still Trapped in the Emergency Phase” detailing the continuing crisis. “Action is urgently needed to protect the basic human rights of people displaced by the earthquake,” RI reported. “Living in squalid, overcrowded and spontaneous camps for a prolonged period has led to aggravated levels of violence and appalling standards of living.”
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Voces: Clemencia Carabali
"Where Afro-Colombians live, there is a grave crisis of human rights violations. This has to do with political and economic actors that want to gain access to the natural resources of the region. Our water, forests, gold and all other resources have awakened the desire of investors and foreign multinational corporations to create projects there... In the last year there were two massacres in our area."
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Save the Date! Ecumenical Advocacy Days: March 25-28, 2011
We want to see you on March 25-28, 2011, at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days conference here in Washington, DC, so sign up now! This year, the three days of workshops, prayer, and action will focus on how women around the world bear the burden of high levels of violence, poverty, and environmental degradation. Don't miss out on the chance to learn from powerful women leaders from across Latin America and advocate on Capitol Hill for policies that will support them!
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This year has been a challenge for us in DC. It has been much more difficult for Haitians still living in refugee camps, migrants in Mexico and Arizona, and the family members of the disappeared in Colombia. This coming year will bring with it new challenges for U.S. policy toward Latin America. To help us work together with you for just policies towards our Latin American neighbors, please click here to make a generous contribution today.
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