Advocacy – Page 51

Corporate Rights over People’s Rights: The Expansion of ENEL in Latin America

February 7, 2013

Country Programs, Guatemala, Rural Justice, Uncategorized

By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala About a month after my wife and I arrived to the small, Mayan-Ixil town of Nebaj, Guatemala, we received our welcoming into the reality of the Ixil people when the town was occ...

Communities Affected by Mining in Mexico call for Alternatives

February 5, 2013

Country Programs, Mexico, Mining Justice, Uncategorized

By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America Leer en Español abajo Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are prominent in the international news about mining issues in Latin America. However, there are extensive minin...

Bolivia, Coca Leaves and the “War on Drugs”

January 23, 2013

Bolivia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Para leer en Español Coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine, has been used in the Andes for thousands of years as a mild stimulant and sacred herbal medicine. How does this indigenous practice fit with the curre...

El Salvador: Gold, Suspicion, and International Arbitration Courts

January 21, 2013

Advocacy, El Salvador, Mining Justice

Potential mining Projects in El Salvador's Gold Belt By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala El Salvador, despite being the smallest country of Central America, almost always seems to find its way into the center o...

Three Years After the Earthquake: A Golden Opportunity for Haiti?

January 14, 2013

Country Programs, Haiti, Mining Justice

By Kristen and Wawa Chege, Policy Analyst and Advocacy Coordinators, MCC Haiti Saturday, January 12th, marked three years since the 2010 Haiti Earthquake that caused horrendous destruction, including an estimat...

Advent Reflections from Central America

December 24, 2012

Country Programs, Nicaragua, Rural Justice, Uncategorized, Urban Peacebuilding

By Adam Shank, MCC Nicaragua The Advent/Christmas season has become an important time of year for me in recent years. Growing up Christmas time was always a highlight of the year, not only for the presents b...

The Border/La Frontera – A short video from MCC Mexico

December 19, 2012

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration, Urban Peacebuilding

Piñata Workshop in Ciudad Juarez Posted by Adrienne Wiebe The Border http://vimeo.com/55970926 La Frontera http://vimeo.com/55623458 I am very excited to share a short video filmed recently on the northern ...

Are There Alternatives to Migration?

December 9, 2012

Country Programs, Guatemala, Migration

Flower production project in Guatemala Para leer en español By Adriana Koehn, Connecting Peoples Coordinator, MCC Guatemala. Here she reflects on the "Alternatives to Migration Learning Tour" of MCC worker...

Hurricane Sandy and Haiti’s Displaced People

December 4, 2012

Country Programs, Haiti, Migration, Urban Peacebuilding

Para leer en español Linda Bertsche is the Connecting Peoples Co-Coordinator for MCC Haiti. This blog was originally published in http://undertentshaiti.com/ Hurricane Sandy moved in and stayed. Waiting it ou...

Living in Amazement: One Year in Colombia

November 7, 2012

Colombia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Para leer in Español In their latest bulletin, the 10 young people in the MCC Seed Program in Colombia examine their relationships, learning, reflection and action as they complete their first year in this c...

The Food We Share

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

“Yo quisiera que termine toda esa violencia” El Día de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer (part 2)

Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer (parte 1)