The Latin America Working Group

🌍 Climate change has impacted over 277 million people in #LatinAmerica. 🫂 Join Alianza Americas, Refugees International, & LAWGEF to hear from journalists from #Guatemala #ElSalvador #Honduras 📅 Aug 8 @ 2 PM EST Register here: bit.ly/3zKj6EV

🚨Last chance to apply to LAWG’s Fall ‘24 internship!🚨 LAWG is searching for two Advocacy Interns to join our small but mighty team and learn about a human rights-based approach for just U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America! Some of the things you will work on include researching for newsletters, creating social media posts, and attending meetings with human rights defenders. The deadline to apply is July 23rd, 2024! Apply at https://lnkd.in/eAeD8Ygj.

🚨Last chance to apply to LAWG’s Fall ‘24 internship!🚨 LAWG is searching for two Advocacy Interns to join our small but mighty team and learn about a human rights-based approach for just U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America! Some of the things you will work on include researching for newsletters, creating social media posts, and attending meetings with human rights defenders. The deadline to apply is July 23rd, 2024! Apply at https://lnkd.in/eAeD8Ygj.

🔔 Check out our latest #MigrationNewsBrief for this week, featuring: 1.LAWG: 🗣Join our advocacy campaign here → bit.ly/IESToolKit ! Use the Isla el Espíritu Santo Digital Toolkit to advocate for the rights of wrongfully imprisoned people 🇸🇻 ✊ 2. AP News: A look at ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention 🙅🏻♀️👎 3. The Texas Tribune: Border Patrol agents recorded the 📉fewest monthly migrant apprehensions since 2021 on southern border 🇲🇽🇺🇲 4. The Tico Times: Guatemala Issues Historic Apology for Black Market Adoptions 🇬🇹🫂 5. 🚨Human Rights Watch: El Salvador: Rights Violations Against Children in ‘State of Emergency’ ⚖️😔 ⏰ For more migration news, check our website 👇 https://bit.ly/3LrN9Uy

🔔Check out our #ColombiaNewsBrief 🇨🇴 highlights, featuring: 1. 🗣LAWG’s statement condemning the attack against Wayúu leader Javier Rojas Uriana 2. A report on Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso release by Latin American Post ⚖️ 3. An interview by NTN 24 with a Colombian official regarding the Panamanian President’s decision to close the Darién for migrants🇨🇴🇵🇦 4. An analysis of three decades of health care reform in Colombia by Center for Global Development 🏥 Read the articles here ➡️ https://bit.ly/july12cnb

🔔 Check out our latest #MigrationNewsBrief for this week, featuring: 1. Forbes: Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador firman un convenio para unificar datos biométricos 👁️👮♂️ 2. Migration Policy Institute: The Biden Administration Is on Pace to Match Trump Deportation Numbers—Focusing on the Border, Not the U.S. Interior 📈🇺🇸 3. DW: Indígenas denuncian "tormenta sufrida" bajo Gobierno de AMLO 🌧️🇲🇽 4. NBC News: Biden administration gives temporary protected status to 309,000 more Haitian migrants 🇭🇹📜 ⏰ For more migration news, check our website 👇https://bit.ly/MNBJuly5

🚨Are you looking for a Fall ‘24 internship?🚨 LAWG is searching for two Advocacy Interns to join our small but mighty team and learn about a human rights-based approach for just U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America! Some of the things you will work on include researching for newsletters, creating social media posts, and attending meetings with human rights defenders. Check out the testimonies from LAWG’s Summer Interns, Christian and Ariana! 🗣️ The deadline to apply is July 23rd, 2024. Apply at https://lnkd.in/eAeD8Ygj. You will gain: 🌎An understanding of politics, economics, social issues, and human rights in Latin America; 🏛️Exposure to how the federal government works and how foreign policy is made; 📢 Experience working in a professional environment through the lens of a D.C.-based nonprofit; and skills in online grassroots political organizing #internship #foreignpolicy #LatinAmerica

Exciting news: last week, LAWG witnessed the announcement of the creation of the Congressional Caucus on Global Migration! 🌎🤝 This is a huge step forward in addressing our broken immigration system. We're eager to see their impact and applaud Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez, Congressman Greg Casar, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove and the 21 members of congress who made this happen. A victory for human rights and migrants everywhere! ✊❤️ Read the press release here ➡️https://lnkd.in/eaEVu_fB

🔔Check out our #ColombiaNewsBrief 🇨🇴 highlights, featuring: 1. 🗣WOLA’s report on Colombia’s inaction in protecting migrants 2. Keeping families together:In Colombia guardians of minors from Venezuela will now receive legal status!🏠🇻🇪 3. An analysis on why violence is rising ⬆️ in Colombia, by Insight Crime  🇨🇴 4. Religious and Spiritual communities uniting to call for peace with the environment!🕊🌎🌳 5. Colombia plans to provide medical aid to Palestinian children 🏥🇵🇸 Read more @ https://bit.ly/june28cnb ⏰For more Colombia news, subscribe to our newsletter in our bio! 👇 🔗linktr.ee/lawgaction

🔔 Check out our latest #MigrationNewsBrief for this week! ⏰ For more migration news, check our website 👇https://bit.ly/42vdjNN