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Nicaragua, the “threat of the good example” delegation with Roy Bourgeois

April 3, 2012

Join Roy Bourgeois on a delegation to Nicaragua Aug. 27-Sept. 5, 2012! Co-sponsored by SOA Watch and Nicaragua Network, we invite you to join this important delegation jointly organized by the largest and the oldest US Latin America solidarity groups.

Rights Action / Alliance for Global Justice Honduras Delegation The Coup vs. Democracy: Struggle of the Popular Movements May 19-28, 2012

March 8, 2012

Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations.

Sovereignty in Action: Venezuela Delegation

January 29, 2012

When: APRIL 7-14, 2012 Cost: $1400 (does not include fare to and from Venezuela). Partial scholarships available upon request. Trip Leader: Lisa Sullivan, SOAWatch Latin America Liaison. Application & information: Dale Sorensen, 415/924-3227or geodale1@earthlink.net Sponsors: SOA Watch & Task Force on the Americas Delegation participants will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the overthrow of the…

Delegations Updates: Mexico, Bolivia & Venezuela

January 18, 2012

MEXICO The Chiapas Support Committee of Oakland, California announces a Human Rights Fact-Finding Delegation to Chiapas Mexico for an in-depth exploration of how corporate globalization is affecting indigenous communities constructing autonomy (self-governance). Cost Cost of the delegation is US $500.00. This does NOT include airfare or bus transportation to and from San Cristobal de…

Last Chance to Register: Honduras Delegation on Food Sovereignty

November 10, 2011

The new year is quickly approaching and so is the AFGJ Delegation to Honduras. We have extended the registration date for the delegation to November 30th. Act now to secure your spot on this exciting and eye-opening delegation! Delegation Date: January 6-15, 2012 Registration Deadline: November 30, 2011 Since the June 2009 military coup, large…

Nicaraguan Elections 2011: Little Country with Great Hope

November 10, 2011

By Larry Fisk Esteli, Nicaragua- My daughter, a friend and I arrived in Nicaragua on October 17 to be in the country during the lead up to the elections on Sunday, November 6 and during the post election period till our departure on November 16. We rented a car in Managua and drove north to…

A Sustainable Agriculture Delegation to Nicaragua

October 9, 2011

March 25 – April 4, 2012 Co-sponsored by Nicaragua Center for Community Action (NICCA) & Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy Since 1989 NICCA has enthusiastically supported Programa Campesino a Campesino (PCaC), a project of Nicaragua’s National Union of Farmers and Ranchers (UNAG). PCaC is a part of the world-wide Via Campesino movement, which…

Honduran Peasants Resist Evictions, Murders and Attacks

August 10, 2011

The Alliance for Global Justice recently sponsored a delegation to Honduras. The attached document is the report produced by delegation participants and is based on the events the saw and people they met during their time in the country. Please read the Honduras Delegation Report here.

AFGJ’s Delegation to Colombia

July 19, 2011

By James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator Alliance for Global Justice delegations center around making connections, gathering and disseminating important new information and, above all, training, inspiring and empowering delegates to return home and get active. We don’t do political tourism. We do go to pains to find partners who are involved in crucial struggles, but who…

AFGJ Delegations Support Peace and Justice

July 18, 2011

By Chuck Kaufman, AFGJ National Co-Coordinator The Alliance for Global Justice’s June-July delegations to Colombia, Nicaragua and Honduras demonstrated once again how important it is for people of the United States to witness for themselves the on-the-ground realities in countries that are the focus of US foreign policy attention. They also showed the critical role…