Hoping against hope: Peace Day
Jhonatan, a conscientious objector in Colombia, was released from jail this week. Photo credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams Colombia.
By Anna Vogt, a...
Drought, food security and migration in Central America
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Latin America's Disaster Management Coordinator, based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Central America is seeing one of the wor...
Impunity and forgiveness
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice, peace and non-violent ac...
Ocos Despierta: a community in the shadow of agribusiness
On the southern coast of Guatemala, BANASA and Grupo HAME have disrupted the lives of campesino Ocos communities in order to grow palm oil and bananas...
Strategic politics in Colombia: today the real work begins
By Rebekah Sears, Policy Educator and Advocacy Worker for MCC Colombia.
The Colombian Presidential race of 2014 was one of the closest in recent hi...
Reflections on Colombia: the wounds of displacement
Photo by Walter Thiessen
By Walter Thiessen, MCC Canada board member and professor at St. Stevens University in New Brunswick, Canada. H...
Days of Prayer and Action in Colombia
Photo by Cellia Vasquez
By Anna Vogt, a service worker in MCC Colombia currently working with Justapaz, a Mennonite organization working for justice...
¡Adelante! Peace with Justice for ALL Colombians
By Rebekah Sears, Policy Educator and Advocacy Worker for MCC Colombia.
It is that time of year again: Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia (DOPA)....
Violence and a bag of chips
By Elizabeth Scambler, MCC Disaster Management Coordinator, Mesoamerica & Caribbean
Since before I moved to Honduras almost 2 years ago, I had he...
Another letter from a Colombia jail
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By Anna Vogt, who lived in Mampuján, Colombia for two years with MCC’s Seed program. This summer, she moved to Bogotá as an MCC service wor...