On being a visitor
Photo: Anna Vogt
Miriam Harder is the regional coordinator of MCC Latin America’s work in conservation agriculture and is seconded to Otros Mundos, a local organization in Chiapas. She lives three hours fr...
SPU to Ayoztinapa: Fitting in where I Don’t Belong
A personal reflection on the disapperance of the 43 Mexican students by Katie Geluso, a Salter currently serving in Mexico City. This post was adapted from her personal blog.
In late September, the mayor of I...
Mass and peaceful march in remembrance of José Antonio’s death and demand for justice
By Sandra Kienitz, the Northern Program Coordinator for MCC Mexico
All photos by Sandra Kienitz, MCC Mexico
Two years after his death, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez's life was celebrated with a mass at the Pa...
Uprooted: Migration in Mexico and Central America
In May, MCC Mexico helped host a group of eight young adults from across Canada. They started on the U.S./Mexico border, then travelled to Mexico City, and finally visited the Mexico/Guatemala border. Rachel Be...
Crossing Mexico’s Southern Border
Rafts used to cross Rio Suchiate, the river that divides Mexico and Guatemala. Photo by Miriam Harder.
Miriam Harder is the regional coordinator of MCC Latin America’s work in conservation agriculture and i...
Gun laws in the United States affect Mexico too
By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Last October a police officer performing a traffic stop in Kingsville, Texas found 35 AK-47 rifles and...
Marching to remember Jose Antonio
On October 10, 2012, José Antonio was hit by at least seven bullets coming from Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side of the metal fence that divides Nogales. He was killed instantly. The Border Patrol claimed ...
Constructing peace across a violent border
Photo credit: Chris Hershberger-Esh
By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Fifty tired-looking migrants, mostly men, formed a ci...
Why soldiers don’t make good cops: Experiments from Mexico to Honduras
By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City.
Today Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in as Honduras’ new president. In the country with the highest...
Escuelita Zapatista
The Zapatistas, a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas went public twenty years ago on the day NAFTA went into effect. After a few violent confrontations early on, the Zapatistas have abstained from u...