Guatemala – Page 2

Volcanoes, Displacement, and Guatemalan History

June 26, 2018

Jack Lesniewski is the co-representative for MCC Guatemala-El Salvador. It’s been almost three weeks since Volcan del Fuego erupted in Guatemala. It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday afternoon and returning...

A Christmas Story among the Displaced

December 25, 2017

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mexico, Migration, Rural Justice

Quinn Brenneke is a SALTer working with MCC Mexico partner Voces Mesoamericanas. Mateo Lopez Ramirez's* parents didn’t have a choice. When they heard that they would be forced out of their home by soldiers,...

Our Father of Migrants

November 7, 2017

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Migration

Dan Gonzalez, Director of the Theological Community of Mexico. This prayer was shared during an encounter of Anabaptist leaders in March 2017. The encounter, facilitated by MCC, focused on themes of migration,...

How Change Happens

February 7, 2017

Advocacy, Colombia, Guatemala, Peace and Non-Violence

Anna Vogt is the regional context analyst and advocacy support. When I started working with MCC, I was excited about the possibilities of social justice. Together, as local communities and international ...

Thinking Collectively: The Ixil University and Education for Liberation

November 2, 2016

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mining Justice, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

Nancy Sabas is the former MCC Guatemala Connecting Peoples Coordinator. She currently works in Colombia. A few weeks ago, I visited the Ixil region of Guatemala’s northern alitiplano, during my last learnin...

The (not so) Good Life in Guatemala

July 27, 2016

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mining Justice, Rural Justice

Nancy Sabas is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator in Guatemala. The Connecting Peoples program of MCC Guatemala and El Salvador hosted a group of students this May from the University of Avila in Kansas Cit...

“When he woke up, the monster was still there”

May 11, 2016

Advocacy, Guatemala, Rural Justice

Nancy Sabas is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Guatemala/El Salvador. She is from Honduras. “When he woke up, the monster was still there”: The conflict of Banana and Oil palm companies in La Blan...

Advocacy Encounter: Guatemala 2016

April 11, 2016

Advocacy, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

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...

Weekly Roundup, March 11: Special Edition Environmental Defenders

March 11, 2016

Advocacy, Climate Change, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mining Justice, Weekly Roundup

The death of Berta Cáceres last Thursday continues to reverberate throughout Latin America. The award winning Honduran Indigenous and environmental activist was shot and killed and the only witness, Gustavo Cas...

Weekly News Roundup Jan 15: Deportations and US Policy

January 15, 2016

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Migration

Migration is a human right. Brittany Vogt U.S. decries rising violence in Central America but will continue deportations The United States is growing increasingly concerned about rising violence in Cen...

The Food We Share

Las piedras claman – Peace Camp, Akron | 10 al 15 de marzo

Stones Cry Out: Reflecting on Peace Camp, Akron | March 10-15

Earth Day 2025: Cultivating and consolidating peace in Colombia