Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Olga Reyes is a leader in the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity in Mexico, and is a survivor of Drug War related violence. Please join us as we listen to her story and learn more about the role of the US in the escalating Drug War.
The hambruna, or famine, afflicting the Rarámuri has been attributed to a brutal winter and the worst drought in the region for 71 years. But the media coverage brought attention to the wider conditions of extreme poverty in which some 12 million Mexicans live.
Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area’s sole source of drinking water.
Yesterday, around 50 community members gathered in front of Wells Fargo in downtown Portland to deliver a message. “Stop investing in private prisons and stop taking our homes.”
Join us at the rally Wednesday February 1. Tell the City of Portland to waive the fines imposed on Right to Dream Too and support our work providing refuge and a safe space to rest or sleep undisturbed for Portland’s unhoused community who cannot access affordable housing or shelter.
This cabinet change has been extremely controversial. The PNC is a civilian institution that was created by the 1992 Peace Accord negotiations that ended the Salvadoran Civil War with the intention of removing the Armed Forces from any role in public security, specifically because of the long history of human rights violations by the military.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 from Noon-1pm
WHERE: Wells Fargo, Standard Insurance Building, 900 SW 5th Ave
On January 24th we return to Wells Fargo to demand the divestment of stock in private prisons. It’s a national day of action against Wells Fargo.
