Weekly Roundup: Nov 7
Rural Community in Colombia Photo: Anna Vogt
Paramilitary killing spree was Colombia ‘state policy': Judge
A Bogota court ruled on Friday that a series of massacres, homicides and forced displacement operati...
Mass and peaceful march in remembrance of José Antonio’s death and demand for justice
By Sandra Kienitz, the Northern Program Coordinator for MCC Mexico
All photos by Sandra Kienitz, MCC Mexico
Two years after his death, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez's life was celebrated with a mass at the Pa...
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Weekly Roundup: October 10th
How Will Haiti Reckon With The Duvalier Years?
Instead of a trial, we’ll have a funeral. What will it look like? Who will speak, and what will they say? In a tweet, Haiti’s President, Michel Martelly, made clea...
Hoping against hope: Peace Day
Jhonatan, a conscientious objector in Colombia, was released from jail this week. Photo credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia.
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justa...
Drought, food security and migration in Central America
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Latin America's Disaster Management Coordinator, based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Central America is seeing one of the worst droughts in decades. Images in the media are filled with ...
MCC responds to child migrant crisis
In Guatemala, MCC is providing comforters, blankets, hygiene kits and funding to a home run by Missionaries of Saint Charles Scalabrinians, which provides temporary shelter to migrants such as Nanci Adair Gali...
Action Alert: Conscientious Objector Detained in Colombia
From Justapaz, partner of MCC Colombia:
(Para leer en español)
On behalf of Colombian conscientious objector Jhonatan Vargas, student and youth leader of the Central Four Square Church of Barrancabermeja, Santa...
Impunity and forgiveness
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent action in Colombia. Originally posted at: thellamadiaries.word...
Understanding the child migrant surge
US/Mexico Border. Wikimedia Commons.
By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Starting in late June, U.S. and international media became...