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Demand U.S. Military Aid & Destructive Economic Policies Out of Central America:
Make a call or send an email to your Senators in Congress today!
October 2021: The Senate has just released spending bills for the State Department and the Pentagon - and we need strong collective action to ensure the U.S. government makes urgently needed shifts to end its policies that contribute to violence, displacement and destruction in Central America!
Join the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), School of the Americas Watch, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) - Los Angeles, Network in Solidarity with Guatemala (NISGUA), Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Sisters of Mercy - Justice Team, Denver Justice and Peace Committee (DJPC), Friendship Office of the Americas, Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Pax Christi USA, Migrant Roots Media, Witness at the Border, BAYAN-USA, SHARE Foundation, and others to say YA BASTA//NO MORE!
Enter your information to look up your Senator and make phone call (and/or send an email) to pressure Congress to:
1) End all U.S. police and military assistance in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
2) End U.S. "development" policies that promote climate change, privatize natural resources and public services, violate workers' rights and destroy Indigenous and communal lands.
- Background -
U.S. economic “development aid” is intended to create a hospitable environment for transnational corporations, prioritizing corporate profits and natural resource extraction. When Black, Indigenous and campesino community leaders organize to resist these projects, they are often met with the violence of police and military that receive equipment and training from the U.S.
In Guatemala, Indigenous and marginalized communities are being dispossessed of their lands, fleeing economic inequality and state violence. In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele uses the police and military to consolidate power, colluding with them to intimidate his opposition and downplay femicides and disappearances. In Honduras, U.S. backed economic devastation and state repression have raged for a decade following the coup in 2009.
It is urgent that we push back against the Biden Administration’s plans to promote more of the same under the guise of addressing the “root causes of migration.”
We don't know exactly when Congress will vote on next year's budget so NOW IS THE TIME!
Demand U.S. Military Aid & Destructive Economic Polices Out of Central America
Make a call or send an email to your Rep and Senators in Congress today!
Making a phone call to your Rep's DC office and sending a follow-up email is the most effective way to pressure your Rep from home! (You can also click "Skip Calling" below and go right to sending an email)
To make a call, enter your phone number and receive an automatic call from CISPES that will give you instructions and patch you through directly to your Rep's office (pretty cool, huh?!).
If you would prefer to make your own call, call your Representative's DC office or the Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to be connected.
Demand U.S. Military Aid & Destructive Economic Polices Out of Central America
Demand U.S. Military Aid & Destructive Economic Polices Out of Central America
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