source: Friendship Office of the Americas
Dear Friends,
Last week, Representatives Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Delia Ramirez (D-IL) introduced House Resolution 1056 calling for the annulment of the Monroe Doctrine and the establishment of a "New Good Neighbor" policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Resolution comes in direct response to the Trump administration's "Donroe Doctrine…a grotesque version of the interventionist policies that have failed us for two centuries and have now led to aggressive, interventionist actions including the illegal military operation in Venezuela, claims over Venezuelan oil reserves, and the pardon of convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.”
In addition to Velázquez and Ramirez, the resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Henry "Hank" Johnson (D-GA), Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Greg Casar (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Sylvia García (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Lateefah Simon (D-CA).
The Resolution details U.S. support for coups and dictatorships in Latin America throughout the 20th century, and the harmful effects of this policy over the past 200 years. The Resolution is heralded as an act of historic memory, justice and an acknowledgement of US responsibility for extreme, ongoing abuses.
Please call your Representative and urge them to become a Co- Sponsor of House Resolution 1056 to end the Monroe Doctrine. As of this posting, the co-sponsors are from Illinois, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Wasington DC, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California. No co-sponsors from Ohio to date.
To identify your rep, type your zip code in this website (upper rightcorner): http://www.house.gov/representatives
Ask to speak with the foreign policy staffer for Latin America. Use the script below.
Script: "My name is _____. I am a constituent in (town / city). I am calling to ask Rep. _____ to co-sponsor House Resolution 1056 to end the Monroe Doctrine. Has Rep. ____seen this Resolution? Can I count on him/her to co-sponsor?
Thank you for taking action to support this Resolution.
Read the House Resolution at https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1056
