Who owns the Wind?
By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America
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I was confused. - Isn’t wind energy a GOOD thing?!
An indigenous leader was passionately denouncing the the wind farms in his community. We were in a...
Unlikely Friendships
By Adrienne Wiebe, Policy Analyst, MCC Latin America, Mexico City
Lectionary Reflection for March 10, 2013 - Lk. 15:1-3, 11-32
Olivia* and Miriam sit in the shade behind a cement-block building, drinking pop...
Who is your “stranger”?
Story and photos by Saulo Padilla, Coordinator, Immigration Education, MCC US
I am a “Stranger”
In 1993 and 1995, I led a youth group to a conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Both times, when we crossed the ...
Communities Affected by Mining in Mexico call for Alternatives
By Adrienne Wiebe, MCC Latin America
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Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are prominent in the international news about mining issues in Latin America. However, there are extensive minin...
The Border/La Frontera – A short video from MCC Mexico
Piñata Workshop in Ciudad Juarez
Posted by Adrienne Wiebe
The Border
http://vimeo.com/55970926
La Frontera
http://vimeo.com/55623458
I am very excited to share a short video filmed recently on the northern ...
A Death on the Border
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By Theo Sitther, MCC Washington DC, currently working from MCC Mexico
The border between Mexico and the United States visually represents one of the starkest realities of an unequal rel...
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...
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...
Righteousness, Peacemaking and Advocacy: A Biblical Reflection
Jacqueline Block, a MCC Service Worker in Chiapas Mexico, reflects on a compilation of Henri Nouwen’s writings entitled: The Road to Peace.
As I continue my search for what it means to be a peacemaker, and wha...
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 ...