09/15/2021
Today is the .
“International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of the international community, can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality.” - United Nations
We felt that the International Day of Democracy was the best day to share our film, A LA CALLE, with you. Democracy is a distant dream to those who are suffering under authoritarian governments, like the people of Venezuela. Democracy is fragile and we have to work to maintain it. The brave subjects of our film are some of the many around the world who are fighting for free and fair elections.
Here are the democratic values we are fighting for in Venezuela:
• Those responsible for egregious abuses committed in Venezuela must be held to account. Given the lack of judicial independence in Venezuela, justice abroad is key for victims to see their perpetrators brought to justice.
• More apolitical humanitarian aid must reach the country and there needs to be a large scale, UN led humanitarian response funded by likeminded governments concerned about the human rights and humanitarian situation in Venezuela. Venezuela’s health system has collapsed, 1 in 4 Venezuelan homes and over 70% of hospitals have intermittent access to water, many Venezuelan households are food insecure, and child malnutrition is a growing concern.
• The Maduro regime has severely undermined freedom of expression and continues to crack down on independent journalists, doctors, protesters, and human rights defenders who dare expose the reality on the ground. Access to reliable information is increasingly difficult and further undermined by constant electricity cuts that make it harder for average Venezuelans to charge their phones and have access to the Internet, a key source of information for many.
To find out how you can help, visit https://2021.alacallefilm.com/impact.
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