Help the Americas Program Survive into 2010

Dear Friend of the Americas Program,

As you know, we are in urgent need of donations to save the Americas Program. In the past year, we’ve worked hard to bring you news and commentary on the latest issues affecting the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

We were one of the first organizations to report on the Honduras coup, and have provided in-depth coverage since then, much of it from the scene of the action. We brought you on-the-ground reports on the swine flu epidemic. We have comprehensively covered the war on drugs, reporting extensively on the Mérida Initiative and the planned U.S. military bases in Colombia. We have provided commentary on NAFTA and have written about immigration policy and border issues.

We operate as a small, cost-efficient organization. We employ just four people – our program director (Laura Carlsen), our senior analyst (Tom Barry-border and immigration), our program associate, and a part-time webmaster. We’ve put together a great team of cyber–volunteers to translate articles and we try to pay our writers based on need so they can continue their important work.

We don’t need a lot of funding to survive. We figure that if just half of our readers contribute $10 a month ($120/year), we can go into 2010 with a dynamic, self-sustaining program.

We need your help.

To keep the Americas Program alive, click on the link below and receive a great south-of-the-border gift:

DONATE NOW

Warm Regards,

Laura Carlsen
Director of the Americas Program
www.americaspolicy.org

A Small Note On Your Gift

The core of the Americas Program lies in our partnerships. We’ve been working alongside the Oaxaca State Coordinator of Organic Coffee Producers (CEPCO) since its founding assembly 20 years ago. Now we’ve joined forces to offer our new members a gift of fair-trade coffee. Everyone wins – small coffee growers can sustain their families, the Americas Program can sustain our work, and you can start your day with a delicious cup of Oaxacan mountain-grown coffee!

For Sustaining Members, we are proud to offer this original linoleum engraving, part of an exclusive series for the Americas Program. “Cipactli” means alligator, and is hand-printed on traditional Aztec paper called “amate”. Each one is signed by the acclaimed Mexican artist, Antonio “Griton” Ortiz, whose recent work seeks to reclaim the Nahuatl language and rural culture.

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