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Colombia: Days of Prayer and Action 2013

March 19, 2013

Colombia, Rural Justice, Urban Peacebuilding

By Rebekah Sears, MCC Colombia Para leer en Español After fifty years of internal armed conflict which has displaced over five million people and shattered countless lives, we join with our Colombian sisters ...

Unlikely Friendships

March 13, 2013

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration

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...

The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua

March 10, 2013

Advocacy, Country Programs, Nicaragua, Rural Justice

By Adam Shank and Marisa Clymer Shank. MCC Nicaragua Para leer en Español Hugo Chavez was buried this weekend in Venezuela. Chavez leaves behind a complex legacy of standing up for what he thought was right, ...

The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua

March 10, 2013

Country Programs, Nicaragua, Rural Justice

By Adam Shank and Marisa Clymer Shank. MCC Nicaragua Hugo Chavez was buried this weekend in Venezuela. Chavez leaves behind a complex legacy of standing up for what he thought was right, not caring about who h...

Being Human, Living Culture: Reflections from Colombia

March 7, 2013

Colombia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

Montes de Maria, near Macayepo, in northern Colombia By Anna Vogt, MCC Colombia I have been delighted to discover the writing of Wade Davis this year. An ethno-botanist and anthropologist, his writing serves a...

The Quinoa Question Part 3: Justice

March 1, 2013

Bolivia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

By Kyle Navis, MCC Bolivia Para leer en Español 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

February 26, 2013

Bolivia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

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

February 19, 2013

Bolivia, Country Programs, Rural Justice

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...

Who is your “stranger”?

February 13, 2013

Country Programs, Mexico, Migration

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 ...

Corporate Rights over People’s Rights: The Expansion of ENEL in Latin America

February 7, 2013

Country Programs, Guatemala, Rural Justice, Uncategorized

By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala About a month after my wife and I arrived to the small, Mayan-Ixil town of Nebaj, Guatemala, we received our welcoming into the reality of the Ixil people when the town was occ...

The Food We Share

Lluvia Esperada: Más Allá del Agua, Una Reflexión Sobre Incendios y Esperanza

5-Part Series: International Day of Peace and Nonviolence (part 5)

5-Part Series: International Day of Peace and Nonviolence (part 4)

Colombia: Days of Prayer and Action 2013

Unlikely Friendships

The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua

The Death of Hugo Chavez: A Perspective from Nicaragua

Being Human, Living Culture: Reflections from Colombia

The Quinoa Question Part 3: Justice

The Quinoa Question Part 2: Digging Deeper

The Quinoa Question: Part 1

Who is your “stranger”?

Corporate Rights over People’s Rights: The Expansion of ENEL in Latin America

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia

A Transformative Agenda on Migration