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MONROVIA – The Bicentennial Celebration which tends to commemorate 200 years since freed slaves from America settled on the Providence Island in search of true freedom is taking the Liberia-America relationship to another level – even to the level wh
Secretary Blinken: Invoke the Leahy Act! Stop funding Colombia’s human rights abusers! Since April 28, Colombian security forces have murdered at least 37 protestors. These cops receive U.S. funding. Sign the petition to tell the State Department to invoke the Leahy Law - no more U.S. tax dollars to Colombia’s human rights violators! Read the petition Dear Secretary Blinken, I am sure you have seen the horrifying videos coming out of Colombia since April 28. In response to peaceful protests, Colombia’s anti-riot police, the ESMAD, unleashed a brutal wave of repression that has left at l...
Direct News Source Recovery for All of Us: Mayor de Blasio, Representative Meeks, Borough President Richards Announce Foundation for JFK Airport Construction, Over 20,000 Jobs Mayor Bill de Blasio, Representative Gregory Meeks and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards today announced key elements of the foundation for the new JFK Airport construction projects that will drive a recovery for all of us by creating over 20,000 jobs, investing $10 to $15 billion in new infrastructure and boosting tourism to New York City. “New York City will emerge from this crisis stronger by building our r...
Monday, February 1, 2021 9:00 am - 10:00 am Please join the CSIS Africa Program for a unique event featuring Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). Newly elected as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the first Black Member of Congress to serve as Chair of that committee, Representative Meeks will outline his vision for a reimagined approach to U.S.-Africa policy in a democratically controlled house and senate. Representative Meeks will also engage directly with Ugandan and Ethiopian activists working on the frontlines to advance democracy in their respective countries and i...
President Biden has many difficult problems to address but has said that he wants to pursue a collegiate strategy with partners around the world. By any measure, a unilateral policy that has failed for over 60 years, and which has demonstrably not helped the Cuban people requires urgent review. In the dying days of the Trump Presidency, the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. Regrettably, the measure will slow efforts by the Biden administration to take a calibrated approach to gradually improving US-Cuba relations. The decision to do so was made by the out...