SOA Watch Memoria y Resistencia: Close the School of the Americas!

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Home www.facebook.com/events/SOAW Condemns the Deployment of the U.S. Army SFAB to Colombiawww.facebook.com/events/Spreading COVID-19 through Detention and DeportationWith COVID-19 spreading like wildfire through packed detention centers, the U.S. government is not only endangering the lives of detained migrants but also exporting COVID-19 to Latin America and the Caribbean through deportations. Instead of heeding the collective call to #FreeThemAll, the U.S. government has repeatedly deported people with active cases of COVID-19 to their home countries, causing further spread of the pandemic.  Read more here Webinar Registration // Inscripción de WebinarioBlack Lives Matter: Justice for George FloydSOA Watch stands in solidarity with the protests taking place across the country to demand justice for the state-sanctioned murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and overturn a racist system that murders and criminalizes Black people.Read more here Report: Where are they the missing detainees?The forced disappearance of people, practiced by the Security Forces in Latin America, or by paramilitary groups, operating under their protection, was a harsh reality experienced and lived by thousands and thousands of relatives of disappeared detainees who continue to ask themselves Where are they? On the other hand, unfortunately, forced disappearances continue to be recorded in recent years. Read more here Human Rights Groups Call for Respect for Havana Peace Accords, Moratorium on Forced Eradication Program in ColombiaThe World Pandemic is Solved with SolidarityEarly in May, the “We are Abya Yala-We are One America” platform organized a virtual discussion on “Pandemic, Migration and Solidarities”, moderated by Sneither Cifuentes. Three voices, three women, were able to share their analysis, their struggle, their hopes in the midst of this context of pandemic, injustice, and at the same time solidarity among peoples. Read more here Join the National day of action to demand #FreeThemAllPlease join us to ask Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Eloy Mayor Joel Belloc and Florence Mayor Tara Walters to urge ICE Field Office Director Enrique Lucero to release #LaPalma32 and all migrants currently detained in different facilities throughout Arizona, and pressure Governor Ducey to release people in Arizona prisons. Your support is also necessary to ask Mayors Belloc and Walters to not renew the contract with ICE for the detention centers in their communities. Read more here Webinar: Pandemic, Migration, and SolidarityIn the midst of a global COVID-19 pandemic, the panelists will talk about the realities their communities are facing; how this global crisis is impacting forced migration; and the ways in which communities are organizing, resisting, and engaging in solidarity to survive. We will also reflect on how this global crisis is exposing structural injustice and inequality faced by our communities. Read more here REGISTER ZOOMWebinar: Confronting Forced Migration Violence in the Americas (VIDEOS)Global campaign for the freedom of political prisonersOpen Letter: Mass Incarceration and CoronavirusRead more here Webinar Series April 4 5, 2020: Confronting Forced Migration Violence in the Americas(En español, pulsa aquí )Read more here Óscar Romero, Memory, Resistance in times of COVID-19This March 24, in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Monsignor Óscar Romero and remember the 75,000 individuals assassinated with US support during El Salvador’s civil war. Today also marks the 44th anniversary of the military coup in Argentina.Read more hereAssassinations, Impunity, and Defenders at Risk in Costa Rica This March 18 was the one year anniversary of theassassination of indigenous leader Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of the Bribri people in the territory of Salitre. Less than one year after his murder, on February 24, 2020, Jehry Rivera Rivera, a member of the Bröran indigenous people from the Térraba territory was also assassinated. These murders are the most violent expression of the resistance indigenous people in the Puntarenas department face from non-indigenous people and communities who are illegally occupying indigenous lands Read more hereUpdate: Changes in Tucson Action-Training Convergence March 27-29To All The Women Who Organize, Resist, and FightTo All The Women Who Organize, Resist, and Fight – SOA WatchThis March 8, on International Women’s Day, SOA Watch commemorates and celebrates the women who throughout Abya Yala resist and struggle against the structural violence patriarchal culture and the neoliberal system impose on our lives, our bodies, and that continues to generate violence against so many women.Read more hereFour Years After Berta Cáceres’ Assassination, Struggle for Justice ContinuesRead more hereBorder Patrol Victims Network condemns Supreme Court decision in Hernandez vs. Mesa.In Costa Rica, Indigenous Rights Leaders are being Murdered: ENOUGH!New Data: 2019 SOA / WHINSEC Graduates by CountryOrganizations Condemn Military Presence in El Salvador’s CongressMarch 27th-29th: Training Day Action Convergence in Tucson, ArizonaUS-led and supported state violence throughout the Americas results in the forced disappearance, forced migration, torture, murder, and devastation of our communities. We know that while our communities are under attack, it is our responsibility to organize, resist, and fight back. To further our goal of dismantling border imperialism and ending all forms of US-led and supported violence, we are working in collaboration with Stop US Arms to Mexico, No More Deaths, Alliance for Global Justice, Justice for José Antonio Coalition, and others to facilitate a Training Day and Action Convergence: End Root Causes of Forced Migration in Tucson, Arizona, March 27th-29th, 2020.Read more hereSolidarity with Julio GómezJan. 25 Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran! List of Actions and EndorsersEndorse and List Actions for Global Day of Protest Saturday, January 25 No War on Iran! No End in Sight: The Perils of Trump’s Guantánamo Having detained a total of about 780 prisoners from when it opened to incarcerate terror suspects, the number has now dwindled to 40 after prior administrations released many of Guantánamo’s prisoners. Under Trump, however, rather than closing, Guantánamo may very well be expanding .Read more hereLet’s Ignite the Resistance in 2020!While the year is winding down, SOA Watch has been busy scheming and dreaming about building and mobilizing a strong mass movement in support of autonomy and dignity for our communities and one that categorically demands accountability for US economic, political, and military intervention.We will be sharing our vision for 2020 in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, we wanted to reflect on and celebrate a few of the things that we accomplished together, as we seek to create a more just world, uplift our communities and the environment, and challenge all forms of US-led and supported violence! Read more here2019 has been a year of struggle against injustice in Latin America. As long as the US-supported repression continues, the people will keep resisting. Support the work of SOA Watch  SOAWatchDonateThis International Migrants Day, Solidarity and ResistanceThis December 18th, we celebrate International Migrants Day. First and foremost, SOA Watch expresses our love and solidarity with all people who are forced to flee their homelands This March 27th-29th, we will be working in collaboration with other organizations to facilitate a weekend of panels and action in Tucson, Arizona to further our collective work to dismantle border imperialism and all forms of US-led and supported violence that threaten the well-being and autonomy of our communities and territories.Read more hereMaterial Authors Sentenced But Impunity Continues For Those Who Ordered Murder of Berta CáceresOn December 2, 2019, a Honduran court sentenced seven men for the murder of visionary Honduran social movement leader Berta Cáceres — over a full year after finding them guilty.  This includes Douglas Bustillo, an SOA graduate and former head of security for the hydroelectric dam company DESA, and fellow SOA graduate Army Major Mariano Díaz. Díaz was trained by the United States not only at Ft. Benning, but also in counter-terrorism at the Inter American Air Force Academy in Texas, and was part of the the US-led war in Iraq. He was as an Army Major, instructor for Honduras’ Military Police, and head of military intelligence for Honduras’ First Battalion.Read more hereChile: No More Murders, Torture, or Sexual Violence Against ProtestersToday on International Human Rights Day, SOA Watch reiterates our deep condemnation of the brutal state violence and systematic human rights violations – murders, sexual violence, torture, and serious injuries – that the Chilean military and police are exercising against the protesting civilian population. Since October, protesters have been calling for a new Constitution and demanding that the State, led by President Sebastián Piñera’s government, end abusive neoliberal policies.Read more hereHelp SOA Watch Fundraise this #GivingTuesday!

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