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March 8, 2024
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) – a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, member of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Central American Caucus – issued the following statement following the conviction of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández:
February 6, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) – a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations – issued the following statement after well-respected, Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora – imprisoned for over 550 days – had the opening hearing in his trial rescheduled until February 20th:
Issues:Central America
February 1, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02) today announced the introduction of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024—cosponsored by Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Jason Crow (CO-06).
January 15, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) joined a United States Presidential Delegation to Guatemala City, Guatemala for the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo.
Issues:Central America
December 12, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) and Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) held a press conference today in support of the rule of law and democracy in Guatemala.
Issues:Central America
December 11, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Last night, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35) and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) concluded a bicameral congressional delegation visit to Guatemala and Honduras to meet with elected officials, the private sector, and civil society leaders.
Issues:Central America
December 8, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35) and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) -- as well as Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3) -- released the following statement regarding the Guatemalan Attorney General’s attempt to nullify the fair election of anti-corruption reformist President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and Vice President-Elect Karin Herrera:
Issues:Central America
December 6, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) led more than a dozen of their colleagues to introduce the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act, legislation that would mobilize resources across the federal government to disrupt firearms trafficking from the United States to Latin America and the Caribbean and implement stronger transparency, accountability, and oversight for U.S. arms exports.
October 31, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) issued the below statement in response to the Department of State’s actions to impose additional visa restrictions on those undermining the peaceful transfer of power in Guatemala:
Issues:Central America
October 30, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) led a letter today with her colleagues to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging them to use all available tools – including targeted financial sanctions – to support democracy and the rule of law in Guatemala.
Issues:Central America