Broken Bodies on the Border
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By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America
On the southern border of Mexico, undocumented migrants from Central America pay with their bodies for their attempts to overcome poverty and flee vio...
Reflections from the Bus
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By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua
The second poorest nation in Latin America, Nicaragua faces challenges in addressing chronic malnutrition and improving net primary school enrollment a...
Honduran Elections: Is change possible?
While the upcoming election in the US dominants the news in much of the world, the small, often forgotten country of Honduras is also gearing up for November elections. Here Charissa Zehr, of MCC Honduras, prov...
Caravan for Peace in Mexico ends in Washington DC
A report from the end of the Caravan for Peace across the US which reached Washington DC on Sept 12th. This is a shorten version of the Spanish blog prepared by David Brooks.
There is not enough grief or anger...
The Peace Caravan visits the School of the Americas, Georgia
Deyssy Jael de la Luz García, Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos/Iglesias por la Paz.
The Caravan for Peace crossed Arizona and Texas, and is now in Georgia. Along the route they have been received by churches and ...
Life in the campo
Fruit Kevin helped pick while in the campo.
Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua.
Kevin experienced several aspects of life related to living in rural Nicaragua: a lack of access to water and the intense labour r...
Peace Caravan visits Maricopa Jail, Arizona
The Mexican Caravan for Peace currently crossing the US, visited the infamous Maricopa Jail, Arizona, on Saturday. Jael De la Luz Garcia, a participant from the Mexican Churches for Peace, provides an update a...
Mexican Peace Caravan begins to cross USA
The Caravan crosses the border at Tijuana
By Deyssy Jael de la Luz García
This is our first report from Jael, on the Caravan for Peace. Jael is a representative of Churches for Peace , and the Ecumenical Stu...
An old pair of jeans
By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua. This post corresponds to a previous post that reflected on workers who are employed in free trade zones in Nicaragua.
I just happened to be wearing an old pair of Gap jea...
How many slaves are working for you?
By Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua
Cassie and I rode a bus through one of the many “zona francas” (free trade zones) here in Nicaragua. It was a Saturday night and thousands of people were flooding into the str...