Advocacy – Page 46

Why soldiers don’t make good cops: Experiments from Mexico to Honduras

January 27, 2014

Advocacy, Country Programs, Honduras, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Today Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in as Honduras’ new president. In the country with the highest...

Advocacy from Colombia to Ottawa

January 21, 2014

Advocacy, Colombia, Mining Justice, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

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...

Escuelita Zapatista

January 17, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Rural Justice

The Zapatistas, a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas went public twenty years ago on the day NAFTA went into effect. After a few violent confrontations early on, the Zapatistas have abstained from u...

What good is growth? Latin America in 2014

January 6, 2014

Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. As we roll into the New Year, some economists and commentators are projecting rosy forecasts for Lati...

Coast to Coast begins!

January 5, 2014

Advocacy, Connecting, Honduras

The Cycling Learning Tour is a combination of a learning tour with a unique opportunity for cyclists to participate in a Honduran bicycling event called "Costa a Costa" (Coast-to-Coast), organized by Trans...

The Challenge of the Manger in Bethlehem

December 23, 2013

Advocacy, Guatemala, Uncategorized

By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala. This article was originally published by the Huffington Post on December 24, 2012. From opulent shopping malls in the Unites States to corners of crumbling adobe houses in rur...

Military, Security, and Elections: a community perspective

December 13, 2013

Advocacy, Honduras, Peace and Non-Violence

The recent elections centered around the theme of security, with the "policia militar" being a key point of debate between the two leading parties. Everyone seems to agree that the police force needs reform, bu...

Standing with Haitian-Dominicans against statelessness

December 2, 2013

Advocacy, Haiti, Migration

Français By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. With reports from MCC Haiti and MCC Washington D.C. For generations, Haitian immigrant famil...

Election Thoughts

November 27, 2013

Advocacy, Honduras

(versión en español abajo) By Charissa Zehr, Megan Turley and Elise Ditta. Charissa is the MCC Honduras Rep, Megan is a service worker, and Elise just finished a term in July. The international community has ...

Arming the cartels: U.S. guns in Latin America

November 15, 2013

Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Uncategorized

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. En route to Phoenix for the Mennonite Convention last summer, Fred Kauffman took a taxi from the airpo...

The Food We Share

Voices of Change Sowing Hope in Latin America: Three Women Weaving Dignified Futures

Voces de Cambio Sembrando Semillas de Esperanza en Latinoamérica: Tres Mujeres Tejiendo Futuros Dignos

“Imagino un mundo … donde mujeres y [niñas] podamos caminar en las calles, trabajar, y convivir … sin miedo” (part 3)