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ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress and the President to treat migrants from Central American with compassion

July 11, 2014

Action Alerts, Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Migration

Please check out this important action alert from MCC Washington if you live in the United States. Children fleeing violence in Central America must be treated humanely. ...

Uprooted: Migration in Mexico and Central America

July 8, 2014

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

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

June 24, 2014

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mexico, Migration

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...

Secrets from the non-famous and inspired

June 19, 2014

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala

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Healing art for a wounded Perquin

May 16, 2014

Advocacy, El Salvador, Guatemala

By: Nancy SabasLocal women showing their weaving project ¨Women in the bible¨The department of Morazán in the Northeast side of El Salvador hides in it a small and picturesque town: Perquin. It is certainly a v...

Challenges of an indigenous university in a westernized education system

March 31, 2014

El Salvador, Guatemala

By Nancy Sabas¨Are you the same ones that came to kill my people?¨ asked hesitantly an Ixil community Elder to a group of 10 curious students soon-to-become teachers from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada....

The Challenge of the Manger in Bethlehem

December 23, 2013

Advocacy, Guatemala, Uncategorized

By Tobias Roberts, MCC Guatemala. This article was originally published by the Huffington Post on December 24, 2012. From opulent shopping malls in the Unites States to corners of crumbling adobe houses in rur...

Gangs in Central America

October 7, 2013

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Urban Peacebuilding

By Chris Hershberger Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. In Central America, Evangelical churches are similar to gangs, Robert Brenneman explained to a group o...

The Marlin Mine from the perspective of a semi-tourist

September 13, 2013

Advocacy, Guatemala, Mining Justice

By Rebekah Sears, Policy Analyst and Educator for MCC Colombia In July and August of 2013, I took a break from my regular work in Colombia to study Spanish in Guatemala. While there, I learned a lot about ...

La Bestia

August 30, 2013

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Migration, Uncategorized

By Chris Hershberger Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. On Sunday, a cargo train derailed near Villahermosa, Mexico. Aboard this cargo train were 250 Centra...

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

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