InterReligious Task Force on Central America

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Anti-Militarism
Anti-Militarism
- Democratization
  Democratization
  Support people’s pro-democratic, nonviolent movements, and people's sovereignty and democracy over military and coup-imposed governments.
- US Foreign Military Influence
  US Foreign Military Influence
  End US training of Latin American military and other security forces in Central America and Colombia and on US soil, and the militarization of humanitarian, economic, environmental and other foreign assistance to Central America & Colombia. Working to eliminate long-term US military presence in Central America and Colombia, including personnel and bases.
  - History of the SOA
Environmental Human Rights
Environmental Human Rights
- Degradation and Mega Projects
  Degradation and Mega Projects
  To stand with communities (particularly indigenous and Afro-descendant) as they resist exploitation to preserve their lands and resources from profiteering.
- Resistance Solidarity
  Resistance Solidarity
  To stand in solidarity with oppressed communities.
Exploited Labor
Exploited Labor
- Global Economic Policy
  Global Economic Policy
  Stopping the "race to the bottom" and demanding trade policies that protect workers, consumers and the environment.
  - Free Trade Agreements
- Worker Rights
  Worker Rights
  Standing with workers across the hemisphere to promote just wages and safe working conditions, calling for consumer actions, corporate responsiblity and government policies to end the exploitation of labor
Fair Trade
Fair Trade
- Support for Cooperatives
  Support for Cooperatives
  Supporting cooperatively-owned business so that people work for themselves and do not have to be dependent on the dominant economic model. Instead, self-determination, gender equality, transparency, and democratic organization are the norm.
- Consumer Advocacy
  Consumer Advocacy
  Educating and organizing consumers to get fair trade and other sweatshop-free products into their schools, congregations, grocery stores and other local businesses.
- Fair Trade Principles
  Fair Trade Principles
  Fair Trade is a system of exchange that honors producers, communities, consumers, and the environment. It is a model for the global economy rooted in people-to-people connections, justice, and sustainability.
LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Supporting LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) people and their families in Central America and Colombia to gain broader inclusion in all sectors of their societies and end repression against LGBTQ persons.
Afro-Descendant & Indigenous
Afro-Descendant & Indigenous
- Cultural Preservation
  Cultural Preservation
  To help support communities, particularly indigenous and Afro-descendant, who organize their lives according to traditional values and ways, by challenging repression and supporting economic ventures.
- Racial Justice
  Racial Justice
  Promoting dignity and equality for Afro-descendant and native peoples across the hemisphere and resisting state-sponsored violence and institutionalized racism.

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Ask your Rep to Co-sponsor H.R. 1299 The Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

Help End the Violence in Honduras!

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SOA Watch US/Mexico Border Convergence

November 10, 2017 to November 12, 2017

November 10-12, We will join SOA Watch in ambos Nogales for their second bi-national convergence at the militarized U.S./Mexico border, to build the grassroots power necessary to challenge the racist status quo and push back against U.S. intervention in Latin America.

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Summer Solidarity Coffeehouse

August 11, 2017

Enjoy Live Music. Poetry. Refreshments (Fair Trade of course). Hear updates from IRTF staff who have recently traveled to Colombia, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Honduras, 07/16/2017

July 16, 2017

attempted assassination of LGBTI rights defender David Valle in Tegucigalpa

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Guatemala, 07/15/2017

July 15, 2017

killing of labor rights defender Eugenio López y López during a peaceful protest of former agricultural workers in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Honduras, 07/04/2017

July 4, 2017

murder of Roberto Antonio Gómez, father of student activist Andy Johan Gómez Jerónimo of the University Student Movement (MEU) at National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: El Salvador, 07/03/2017

July 3, 2017

illegal searches by National Police of the home of women’s and environmental rights defender Sonia Jeannette Sánchez Pérez in Santo Tomás, San Salvador Department

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Honduras, 07/02/2017

July 2, 2017

threats and attacks on three leaders of COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras): national leadership coordinators Sotero Chavarría Fúnez and Asunción Martínez, and general coordinator Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Guatemala, 07/01/2017

July 1, 2017

excessive use of force by police against peaceful protestors of Tahoe Resources’ Escobal silver mine in San Rafael las Flores in Santa Rosa Department

RRN Letter

RRN Letter: Guatemala, 06/26/2017

June 26, 2017

continued unjust detention of Abelino Chub Caal, indigenous and environmental defender in Izabal Dept., where agricultural and extractive industry companies are in land disputes with local communities; still facing two of initial five criminal charges (cf letter Feb 24 2017)

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