Advocacy from Colombia to Ottawa
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent ac...
What good is growth? Latin America in 2014
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 econom...
Military, Security, and Elections: a community perspective
The recent elections centered around the theme of security, with the "policia militar" being a key point of debate between the two leading parties. Ev...
Arming the cartels: U.S. guns in Latin America
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 Conv...
Interview: On Conscientious Objection in Colombia
Interview with Maria Eugenia Leon, who runs the Nonviolence and Conscientious Objection Program at Justapaz in Colombia. Translated from Spanish.
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Imagine saying no: Conscientious Objection in Colombia
Many Mennonite communities throughout Latin America have been working to protect conscientious objectors from mandatory enlistment. MCC has been worki...
Independence from what?
By Chris Hershberger Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Today marks the start of Mexico’s war for...
MWR : Our obsession with violence and the stories you’re not supposed to hear
An excellent article from the Mennonite World Review; we join in this movement and seek to recognize and live in the everyday hope here in Honduras.
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Honduras: ‘Light through the cracks’
Photo by Margaret Penner, MCC Mexico
Lynn and Mark Baker recently returned from a two-week trip to Honduras visiting friends, churches, and progr...