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Get Your Representative to Sign a Letter Supporting Human Rights in Colombia

From November 6th through 24th, a letter calling for change in U.S. policy towards Colombia will be circulating through the House of Representatives. This letter has our message, calling for a decrease in U.S. aid for Colombia's military and an increase in support for human rights and humanitarian efforts.

The initiators of this letter—Representatives Jim McGovern, Jan Schakowsky, Donald Payne, and Mike Honda— need 70 representatives to back up the initiative by adding their signatures before it is sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Latin America Working Group -LAWG- has set up a on-line action http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/625/t/8560/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1651
and very easy instructions on how to call your representative to encourage him/her to sign the letter http://www.lawg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=77&tag=link2

Check who has signed already and get the text of the letter http://www.lawg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=539&Itemid=77

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