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.
May 4th, in Columbia MD: Building Sustainable Communities: Insights from Nicaragua
Come learn how Nicaragua is fighting poverty and preventing migration, with speaker Sarah Junkin Woodard, from Jubilee House Community, a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit she helped form in 1979. Sponsored by Friends of Latin America and Indivisible Howard County's Immigration Action Team, the event will take place on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, 3pm-4:30pm, at the East Columbia Branch Library in Columbia, MD.
Americas Without Sanctions: Advocacy Day
Thursday October 26, 2023 Join us in US Congress for an important advocacy day event: Americas Without Sanctions The US government has imposed economic sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Sanctions are a major component of hybrid warfare responsible for mass deaths, suffering, emigration, and billions of dollars in asset theft. They violate human rights … Continue reading Americas Without Sanctions: Advocacy Day
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