NACLA Update: Deportation of Veterans and the Latino Media Gap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naclistas,

There's only a few days left to buy your pre-sale tickets for the NACLA Happy Hour, Thursday, June 26th! We'll be celebrating the launch of our new website and the release of our summer issue "Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas," which should be at your doors any day! Come out to support NACLA's journalism, meet the staff, board members, and several of our new contributing editors.

We're also excited to announce that we'll be joined by guest performer Ani Cordero! Ani will be playing a few songs from her new release Recorder, a compilation of 11 love and protest songs that have shaped Latin American history.

General Admission
$10 presale ($15 at the door) 
Admission, 2 raffle tickets, and a buy one get one drink deal! Buy now
 
 
Ticket + Digital Subscription
$20 - LIMITED TIME ONLY 
Admission, 2 raffle tickets, a buy one get one drink deal, and a digital subscription to the NACLA Report! Buy now
 
 
VIP Ticket
$50 -  LIMITED TIME ONLY                
Admission, 10 raffle tickets, a buy one get one drink deal, and a NACLA goodie bag! Buy now

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