Our June 30th seminar, "US Intervention and Salvadoran Resistance: from ARENA to Bukele", was a collaborative success! Three speakers from El Salvador and one from international solidarity told of US intervention in the Central American country since the 1980s, lending valuable context to a story that is now in the headlines, due to Trump/Bukele collaboration on prison imperialism. Here you'll find a follow-up letter by FoLA's Chair, Leslie Salgado (including a link to the video recording), followed by a thank-you note to our awesome partners and a list of resources on the subject.
June 30th: US intervention and Salvadoran resistence: from ARENA to Bukele
On June 30th, Monday, join Friends of Latin America and partners to take a deep dive into El Salvador. In this Zoom webinar (please register in advance), we will hear from Salvadoran partners about their country’s history since the US-funded bloody war of the 1980s, the peace process, FMLN governments, and the rise of Bukele. Learn what social movements are doing to resist the current repression, and discuss how international solidarity can support the Salvadoran people in their struggle for self-determination and liberation.
May 31st, in Baltimore MD: Screening of “Maestra,” a film on the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign
On May 31st, Saturday, the Maryland-Cuba Solidarity Coalition will offer a screening of "Maestra," a 33-minute documentary film directed by Catherine Murphy about the youngest women teachers of the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign, which eradicated illiteracy in revolutionary Cuba. The screening will take place at Red Emma's Free School in Baltimore, 4-6pm.
Latin America: Three Months into the Trumpocalypse*
Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting the “flood of drugs,” combatting “threats to US security,” and stopping other countries from “ripping us off” in trade. The over 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine is alive and on steroids.
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