Join our Tuesday CODEPINK CONGRESS Calling Party to talk with special guests about the significance of the progressive movements in Chile\, Braz il and Colombia and the recent congressional delegation to Latin America t o express solidarity with campaigns for workers’ rights and climate justic e.

Chat with peacemakers and experts Tuesday\, September 1 9 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET:

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Representative Ocasio-Cortez led the trip to Latin Am erica\, where she and the other congress members–Nydia Velázquez of New Yo rk\, Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar of Texas\, and Maxwell Frost of Florida (along with Senator Bernie Sanders’s chief of staff\, Misty Rebik) met w ith labor organizers\, a new generation of indigenous women\, climate acti vists and a long list of human rights defenders.

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With a cl oser look at US foreign policy debates over Latin America\, CODEPINK Congr ess features Latin American policy experts and advocates\, as well as vide o interviews with delegation participants.

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Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-07 ) recently returned from an historic congressional delegation tha t visited Brazil\, Chile and Columbia. In Latin America\, Rep. Velázquez\, who represents Brooklyn\, met with the Homeless Workers Movement in Brazi l\, President Gabriel Boric in Chile\, and President Gustavo Petro and Vic e President Francia Marquez Mina in Columbia. In the 116th Congress\, Rep. Velázquez is the Chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee\, a se nior member of the Financial Services Committee and a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources. In 1992\, she was the first Puerto Rican w oman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was born\, 1953\, i n Yabucoa\, Puerto Rico\, a small town of sugar-cane fields\, and was one of nine children. After earning a master’s degree on scholarship from N.Y .U.\, Velázquez taught Puerto Rican studies at CUNY’s Hunter College in 19 81 before being elected to Congress.
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Gimena Sanc hez is a human rights and antiracism advocate with the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)\, an independent organization that promote s human rights and justice within the framework of US foreign policy in th e region\, where she leads the Colombia\, Brazil\, and Haiti work. Current ly\, she is focused on beating back Republicans in the House who have defe rred all aid to Colombia. For over 15 years\, Gimena brought the voices of persons affected by U.S. policies in the region — Afrodescendants\, indig enous\, women\, LGBTQ+\, trade unionists\, victims\, and the displaced to DC. Her work focuses on dismantling illegal armed groups\, advancing peace accords\, and antiracism measures\, protecting social leaders\, seeking j ustice for atrocities\, and upholding labor rights.
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