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...
MCC Haiti Plants 5000 trees for National Tree Day
By Joshua Steckley, an MCC service worker in Haiti
Mennonite Central Committee supports 22 local tree nurseries around Desarmes, a small town in the Artibonite Valley in Haiti. Each year, these nurseries produ...
Generating prosperity or conflict?: Mining in Latin America
By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America Policy Analyst
Last week five indigenous people died in conflicts related to foreign mining operations in Latin America. One died in a protest in Bolivia related to a Canad...
Who Owns the Lake?
Adam poses as he jumps off a 10-meter high dock into the pristine waters of the volcanic crater lake located near the hotel and restaurant mentioned in this blog post.
Adam Shank and Marisa Cylmer Shank are s...
Celebration in Panama: Wounaan granted land certificates
The following email, sent to Mennonite World Conference on June 5, 2012, provides an update, with a note of celebration and thanks.
“Today is an historical day in Panama. For the first time, the Wounaan receiv...
El Salvador fights to protect its environment
The El Salvadoran government is fighting a legal battle against Pacific Rim Mining, a United States based company. Pacific Rim is suing the country for the amount of $77 million after the El Salvadoran governme...
Working for Peace in Panama
Indigenous people in eastern Panama are watching in alarm and frustration as huge tracts of the tropical forest in which they live are cut down by illegal loggers. The seriousness of the situation became clear ...
Immigration from another side of the border wall
Kelly, a MCC SALT participant, is working with a MCC partner organization, Instituto de Estudios e Investigación Intercultural (INESIN) in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. She completes her term in ...
More than Zapatistas
A reflection by Miriam Harder, an MCC Service Worker in San Cristobal, Chiapas, originally posted on her blog http://mtharder.wordpress.com/
Mexicans woke after their New Year’s celebrations on January 1, 199...