Author: Mesoamerican Working Group MAWG

Organizaciones civiles expresan sus preocupaciones por el “Plan Biden”

May 11, 2015

Durante años, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en nuestros países y de otros países amigos han alertado al público sobre la severa crisis de derechos humanos existente en Centroamérica y México. La militarización de la seguridad pública ha contribuido a que se den abusos sistemáticos contra los derechos humanos…

Civil Society Organizations Speak Out on US Central America Plan

April 10, 2015

The militarization of citizen security has contributed to systematic human rights abuses while harmful, private- and foreign-investor-led “development” policies continue to dispossess communities of their lands and livelihoods… Therefore, we call for robust, participatory and democratic processes of consultation with the population to be carried out before moving forward.

End the War on Drugs in Mexico and Central America

November 4, 2013

Sign the petition to end U.S. support and funding to the drug war in Mexico and the United States: “Instead of continuing to waste billions of taxpayer dollars through the Merida Initiative and the Central American Regional Security Initiative, we urge you to join citizens and governments of the region in the search for more just, effective and humane alternatives to the drug war at home and abroad.”