Difference between revisions of "Draft GPUS Platform Amendment Americas"
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'''GREEN SOLUTIONS''' | '''GREEN SOLUTIONS''' | ||
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| + | Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, based at Fort Benning, Georgia. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced to become refugees by the School of the Americas graduates. | ||
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Oppose the growing U.S. military presence in Columbia. | Oppose the growing U.S. military presence in Columbia. | ||
| − | '''( | + | '''(3) CUBA''' |
End the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. | End the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. | ||
| − | '''( | + | '''(4) HAITI''' |
Help rebuild Haiti, but without strengthening neo-colonialism. | Help rebuild Haiti, but without strengthening neo-colonialism. | ||
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Cancel all Haiti debt to international financial institutions. | Cancel all Haiti debt to international financial institutions. | ||
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Stop arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico. | Stop arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico. | ||
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End the war on drugs in Mexico and elsewhere. | End the war on drugs in Mexico and elsewhere. | ||
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Support the efforts of indigenous peoples in Peru and elsewhere to expel oil companies from their traditional lands. We call for an end to all police actions against indigenous people in Peru. | Support the efforts of indigenous peoples in Peru and elsewhere to expel oil companies from their traditional lands. We call for an end to all police actions against indigenous people in Peru. | ||
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Revision as of 22:07, 12 April 2010
SECTION TITLE: AMERICAS
OUR POSITION: Greens support strengthening human rights in Central America, and the reduction of violence and crime there.
GREEN SOLUTIONS
(1) AMERICAS
Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, based at Fort Benning, Georgia. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced to become refugees by the School of the Americas graduates.
(2) COLOMBIA
Oppose the growing U.S. military presence in Columbia.
(3) CUBA
End the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba.
(4) HAITI
Help rebuild Haiti, but without strengthening neo-colonialism.
Cancel all Haiti debt to international financial institutions.
(5) MEXICO
Stop arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico.
End the war on drugs in Mexico and elsewhere.
(6) PERU
Support the efforts of indigenous peoples in Peru and elsewhere to expel oil companies from their traditional lands. We call for an end to all police actions against indigenous people in Peru.
