• Building Real Solidarity with Latin America

The Green Party US presented a webinar on Tuesday, April 28  on building solidarity with Latin American nations.

The Trump Administration recently has taken aim at Latin America, overthrowing the will of the people. The goal is to topple these governments in an effort to install U.S. friendly puppet regimes and steal these countries’ resources. We’ve seen this in Venezuela, with the kidnapping of their democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, the First Combatant Celia Flores, and now in the cruel siege of Cuba with the goal of overturning the revolutionary will of the people. Additionally, Trump has been saber-rattling against sovereign nations like Mexico and Colombia.

The Green Party is the only party in the U.S. that stands in full solidarity with the democratic will of the people of Latin America. How do we continue to build bridges at a time when the U.S. government is trying to blow them apart? In what ways can we best show our support?

In this webinar, we’ll hear from Latin American activists and their allies on how to tear down the walls the U.S. government has erected between us and build a bond that is unbreakable. We’ll also ask for support in building the Green Party, because only with a strong alternative party committed to peace, can we create a future free of fear for all of us.

Webinar Speakers

Lily Benavides is a former New Hampshire State Representative and human rights and immigration rights activist. She was the 2025 Green Party candidate for New Jersey Governor. She’s the co-chair of the Green Party U.S. Latinx Caucus.

Mark Dunlea is co-chair of the EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the US and chair of the Green Education and Legal Fund. Mark spent most of his career as an anti-poverty organizer, heading up the Hunger Action Network of NYS for three decades. Mark was a co-founder of both the NY and national PIRGs (Public Interest Research Group). His most recent book is Putting Out the Planetary Fire: An Introduction to Climate Change and Advocacy. In 1982, he wrote one of the first reports exposing the dangers of garbage incineration. He has been a long-time opponent of nuclear power. He coordinated efforts in New York to get the city and state pension funds to divest from fossil fuels. He has been a radio host for more than 25 years, currently helping to produce a daily radio show for the Sanctuary for Independent Media.

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). See demoxmedia.org. [email protected]

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.

Leonardo Flores is a Venezuelan activist who worked for many years as a political analyst at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC. He is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network and of the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE).