Pro-democracy opposition groups to denounce Latin American totalitarianism at Congress, U.S. State Dept.

A group of pro-democracy opposition groups plan to express their concerns to the Members of Congress and the U.S. State Department about oppressive measures being taken in their homelands. The group includes activists from totalitarian countries such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela as well as transitioning states such as Colombia, Honduras and Bolivia. 

The move is further evidence that opposition groups throughout Latin America are organizing and becoming more determined to stop the socialist pink tide toward authoritarianism erupting throughout the region. 

Nicaraguan dissident Ariel Montoya, a Miami based exile member of the Political Action Organization (OPA), told EFE this Saturday that members of organizations that opposed to the leftist regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are scheduled to arrive in Washington on Sunday afternoon and will stay until Tuesday to meet with U.S. officials.

Representatives of the Hispanic American Caravan Toward Washington will meet with members of the State Department and members of the United States Congress to discuss concerns about growing repression in their countries.

According to a statement from the organizers of the initiative, the objective is to "put an end to the narco dictatorships that prevail in the American continent" and address "misery and persecution that the citizens of these Latin American countries experience."

"In Washington we want to transmit a general panorama of the region and a detail assesment of the situation by country," Montoya said, after pointing out that he is in favor of a negociated solution for Nicaragua that addresses the issue of the mass exodus.

The president of the Patriotic Board of Venezuela, Pablo Medina, told EFE that this trip to Washington follows another from 5 months ago, when representatives of the Joe Biden Administration were asked to implement measures to tackle the situation caused by the massive exodus of Venezuelans.