2-16-2012: Crisis in Aguan Region of Honduras 11-29-2011: Politically Related Killings in Honduras Under President “Pepe” Lobo 11-03-2011: CRLN’s 2011 Annual Luncheon:  We Shall Not Be Moved 10-27-2011: Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda Speaking Events in Chicago 10-22-2011: Honduras Delegation Report-back on October 22, 2011 03-31-2011: 2011 CRLN Luncheon Speaker, Garifuna Leader Miriam Miranda Detained[…]

Training for Torture The U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) has trained thousands of Latin American military officers who return to their home countries to intimidate, torture, and murder their own citizens.  SOA has been linked to the most serious human rights violations in the hemisphere. U.S. Prepares Murderers of Pastors and Church Workers In[…]

Despite consistent calls by the Cuban Council of Churches, Cuban Catholic Bishops, the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, and the U.S. Catholic Bishops to end the 45-year old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, the United States continues this failed anachronistic policy. Cuban Religious Leaders Urge Increased Dialogue In spring of 2009, President Obama restored the[…]

Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor While peace agreements ended devastating armed conflicts in Central America, economic globalization has further marginalized the poor majorities of Latin America.  International trade rules being written today will have far-reaching and harmful effects, widening the gap still more between rich and poor of the hemisphere. Labor Rights, Environment, and[…]

Guns and Fumigation U.S. policy toward Colombia relies on massive military aid and harmful chemical fumigation.  Colombian religious and human rights leaders have urged an end to U.S. military aid, saying it only fuels violence and increases human rights violations. They also say U.S.-funded fumigation of coca poisons people, food crops, land, and water.  Both[…]

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