The Green Party Peace Action Committee presented a webinar on March 25  on U.S. military and economic aggression committed and planned against Latin American nations.

The U.S. has undertaken an aggressive campaign of military attacks and economic coercion to assert its dominance over the nations of Latin America. Vessels in international waters have been attacked, destroyed, and seized in Caribbean and Pacific waters by U.S. armed forces. A deadly U.S. attack on Venezuela culminated in the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife. A defacto blockade of fuel supplies to Cuba has been imposed, and the U.S. threatens to overthrow the Cuban government.

All these actions violate international law and reflect a reckless disregard for the sovereignty of Latin American nations. Join us for an informative program on developments that pose grave threats to peace in our hemisphere.

Webinar Speakers

Madelyn Hoffman is the Co-Chair of GPAX and a dedicated environmentalist and peace activist. Madelyn served as the director of New Jersey Peace Action from 2000 to 2018 and has been a prominent figure in the Green Party, running as their candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020, and for Governor of New Jersey in 1997 and 2021. Madelyn is currently living in Colombia.

Daniel Kovalik, a human rights lawyer and author, is a strong critic of U.S. interventionist foreign policies. He opposes regime change operations, economic sanctions, and military interventions, arguing that these tactics often violate international law and worsen conditions in affected countries. Kovalik emphasizes the importance of respecting national sovereignty and addressing global issues like poverty and inequality through cooperation rather than coercion.

Leonardo Flores is CODEPINK’s Latin America Campaign Spokesperson & Coalition Organizer. He was born in Venezuela and maintains close ties to social movements that have transformed the country over the past twenty-seven years. He worked as a media analyst and later as a policy advisor at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C, before joining CODEPINK as a Latin America Campaign Coordinator between 2019 and 2022. He is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and worked as a consultant with the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect. His articles have been published in CounterPunch, Common Dreams, and Peoples Dispatch, among others.

Dr. Angela Marino is the author of Populism and Performance in the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela (Northwestern University Press, 2018) and several other articles concerning political cultures, revolutionary society, and the arts in Venezuela. She is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and lead faculty of the Critical Perspectives on Democracy + Media of the American Hemisphere (D+M Lab).

Pierre Labossiere is Co-Founder of the Haiti Action Committee (HAC) and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF). Working with Haiti's grassroots movement that is engaged in the struggle for justice and democracy, HAC and HERF provide information regarding conditions on the ground, assist refugees, and support community-based initiatives and institutions working for the liberation and the rebuilding of Haiti.
 
Please join us for this timely and informative discussion of events threatening peace in our hemisphere.
 
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