Advocacy Encounter: Guatemala 2016
Anna Vogt is the MCC LACA Policy Analyst and Advocacy Support.
“A world of peace, a people with dignity, equality and equity with rights. Ancestral communities in resistance, full of hope. Strength lies in a...
A Livelihood Threatened: Bolivia
Elizabeth Vincent works with the Center for Ecology and the Andean People (CEPA), a friend organization of Mennonite Central Committee.
In November this past year (2014) there was a calamitous wildlife die-o...
Creation Care and Faith: Reflections on the People’s Summit
Elizabeth Hostetter works with the Red UMAVIDA and Elizabeth Vincent with the Center for Ecology and the Andean People (CEPA). Both are friend organizations of Mennonite Central Committee Bolivia.
During the s...
The Quinoa Question Part 3: Justice
By Kyle Navis, MCC Bolivia
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With the rising price of quinoa a reality and concerns over its effects on the producing countries’ capacity to provide affordable access for domestic consumers...
The Quinoa Question Part 2: Digging Deeper
By Kyle Navis, MCC Bolivia
As we discussed in this space last week, 2013 has been declared International Year of the Quinoa by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as well as the government of Bolivia, in ...
The Quinoa Question: Part 1
By Kyle Navis, MCC Bolivia.
2013 has been declared the International Year of the Quinoa, by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in conjunction with government of Bolivia, “rec...
Bolivia, Coca Leaves and the “War on Drugs”
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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...
Three Ways to Peace: Mennonites in Bolivia
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By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America
Mennonites have interpreted the Biblical call to peace in various ways throughout history and around the world. During a recent trip, I was struck...
Two Blogs and One Book
Here is some advocacy-related news from around MCC Latin America: community-based engagement in Colombia, community-corporation negotiations in Guatemala, and research for peace-building in Bolivia.
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“Vivir Bien” – The Bolivian concept of “Abundant Life”
By Lynn Longenecker.
Lynn, his wife Laurie, and children, Maria, Nathan and Jesse, recently completed a three-year assignment in Bolivia. In this post, Lynn reflects on an indigenous concept that provides a cr...