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7 Reasons to Scrap the $1 Billion Aid Package to Central America

June 30, 2015

We are a group of social scientists with decades of research experience with the very populations targeted in Biden’s plan. We are painfully aware that Central America’s rural and urban poor need support. But Biden’s package is guaranteed to deepen—not alleviate—the problems faced by Central America’s poor majority.

Because Violence and Sexual Slavery Should be Tried in a Court of Law: No Impunity!

November 26, 2014

We, plaintiffs and supporters of the Sepur Zarco case for justice for sexual slavery, take up the political cause that gave rise to this commemoration. Today, more than ever, we women remember, we reclaim our history and we affirm that we will not turn back. Today more than ever: No to Oblivion. No to Silence. No to Impunity.

The Price of Immigration Reform is Steep

August 14, 2013

As the Senate passes its comprehensive immigration reform bill, it’s important to remember that workers and immigrants have never made significant progress in gaining rights in the U.S. without a fight.

Carta Abierta: Organizaciones sociales exigen nuevo modelo de seguridad y respeto a derechos humanos

June 6, 2013

Nuestras organizaciones han documentado un alarmante aumento de la violencia y las violaciones a los derechos humanos. Al mismo tiempo que constatamos el rol fundamental que en esta violencia juegan el narcotráfico y el crimen organizado, hacemos un llamado a nuestros gobiernos para que reconozcan que las fracasadas políticas de seguridad que han militarizado la seguridad ciudadana han servido para agravar el problema y están contribuyendo directamente al aumento del sufrimiento humano en la región.

Grassroots Organizations Call For New Security Model, Human Rights

May 24, 2013

“Our organizations have documented an alarming increase in violence and human rights violations. While we recognize that transnational crime and drug-trafficking play a role in this violence, we call on our governments to acknowledge that failed security policies that have militarized citizen security have only exacerbated the problem, and are directly contributing to increased human suffering in the region.”

The Birds and the Bees and the GMOs

October 18, 2011

Honey produced by thousands of Mexican beekeepers is at serious risk of contamination from genetically modified soybeans. Producers have called for a new model of social production.