Friends of Latin America About HoCoFoLA

Next Meeting:   TUESDAY, March27, 2012. Home of Lesliel,  7:15 PM refreshments, 7:30 PM meeting. Please park on the street. Highlights from our most recent meeting: Trip to Venezuela: Bette Hoover may be organizing a trip to the Prout Institute in Venezuela in the summer or fall.  If interested, please contact her at bette@justpeacecircles.org. Next meeting will … Continue reading

Friends of Latin America Argentina, articles, US-Latin America Policies

Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice

Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice By Cyril Mychalejko February 07, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --  Elliott Abrams, a former high level State Department official during the 1980s, testified last week that the Reagan administration knew that Argentina's military junta was systematically stealing babies from murdered and jailed democracy activists and … Continue reading Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice

Friends of Latin America Cuba

Why We Must Close the Guantanamo Gulag By Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet Posted on January 16, 2012, Printed on January 19, 2012 http://www.alternet.org/story/153789/why_we_must_close_the_guantanamo_gulag Travelers to Cuba and music lovers are familiar with the song “Guantanamera”— literally, the girl from Guantánamo. With lyrics by José Martí, the father of Cuban independence, Guantanamera is probably the most widely … Continue reading