Latin America

This is a great opportunity to hear what's happening in Mexico with the astounding election of progressive Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), and to talk about what we can do on both sides of the border. For fellow left-electoral geeks, there's a lot to learn from AMLO and MORENA experience. See the attached flier for more information.

A commemorative gathering bridging the past and the present: Remembering the 30th anniversary of the Central American University (UCA) massacre.

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- US Policies at the Root of Massive Demonstrations in Honduras

- SOA Watch condemns the shameful proposal to lock up immigrant children at Fort Benning

Colombia is experiencing daily killings of human rights activists, 
displaced land activists, community organizers, and indigenous peoples 
by agents of the right-wing paramilitary forces “Aguilas Negras”. These 
forces assassinate critics of the current Colombian government of 
President Iván Duque Márquez.We hold the government of Colombia 
responsible for these assassinations and demand the immediate end to 
these killings!!!!

Jorge Margin from the Venezuela Solidarity Committee of Boston will provide an update on the current situation in Venezuela.  Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese are visiting Boston for the Green Party convention; they will discuss the Embassy Protection Collective's struggle in Washington DC to stop Guaido and the Trump administration from stealing Venezuelan government property. They are two of the leaders of the Venez

The July 26th Coalition Of Boston is hosting

Gail Walker,

Executive Director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace,

“The Case for Ending the US Blockade Against Cuba”

Rachel Domond, PSL Boston, on

“The recent Boston Urban Farmers delegation to Cuba”

Join the Boston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for a 
special panel discussion on empire, race and socialism in Cuba and 
Venezuela. In conjunction with Witness for Peace New England, the July 
26th Coalition of Boston, and the Boston Venezuela Solidarity Committee, 
we are honored to host Jourdy James Heredia, subdirector of the Global 

Panelists will present an overview of the current situation and the role that US foreign policy has played in leading to it.

Panelists:  Jorge Marin – born in Venezuela. Has returned to the country several times leading delegations and was an electoral observer. He is a founding member of the Venezuelan Solidarity Committee.

Paul Hubbard – is a life long socialist and antiwar activist. He is a founding member of RIAC.

Discussion and question and answer session to follow.

sponsored by the Rhode Island Antiwar Committee

There is an extraordinary opportunity for the July 26 Coalition to host up 
to 20 Cuban Scholars participating in the Latin American Studies 
Association (LASA) annual conference at Marriott Copley.

/Miguel Fraga/, the first secretary of the /Cuban Embassy/in Washington, 
D.C. is  also invited.

A Western Massachusetts grassroots group will hold a forum featuring a US observer reporting back on conditions and events in Venezuela from experiences gained on a recent trip to that country.

Venezuelan Embassy protectors led by Code Pink occupied the embassy building in Washington DC for several weeks at the invitation of the Venezuelan government.  The US wants to hand over the building to supporters of the self-proclaimed "president" Juan Guaido, the US puppet who openly calls for US intervention. Despite the US government action being clearly illegal, the protectors were arrested and now face charges.  There will be a national rally to support those arrested and oppose US aggression against Venezuela.  A local solidarity rally will support 

The Embassy Protection Collective is calling on all peace and social justice organizations and people from all over the United States to join together next Saturday, May 18, for a massive mobilization in Washington D.C. at the Venezuelan Embassy.

Comrade Maicol Lynch recently returned from Venezuela. Hear his first-hand report back on the current Venezuelan crisis.

. Click here to join the webinar.   You can also call: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833

Maicol will discuss the political and international elements of the situation with regard to electoral politics, the recent coup, recent reforms made under Chavez and Maduro, and Venezuela’s road to socialism.

Hear from two recent visitors to Venezuela who went to learn firsthand the truth of how the government and population are responding to defend their country from the U.S. led attacks.  Their eyewitness accounts directly counter the false narratives coming from the Administration, Congress and the press, all supporting a discredited, unpopular opposition in order to impose regime change and wrest control of Venezuela’s oil and other resources.