Mexico – Page 5

Mass and peaceful march in remembrance of José Antonio’s death and demand for justice

October 14, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

By Sandra Kienitz, the Northern Program Coordinator for MCC Mexico All photos by Sandra Kienitz, MCC Mexico Two years after his death, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez's life was celebrated with a mass at the Pa...

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...

Gun laws in the United States affect Mexico too

May 14, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Last October a police officer performing a traffic stop in Kingsville, Texas found 35 AK-47 rifles and...

Marching to remember Jose Antonio

May 7, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Migration, Peace and Non-Violence

On October 10, 2012, José Antonio was hit by at least seven bullets coming from Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side of the metal fence that divides Nogales. He was killed instantly. The Border Patrol claimed ...

Constructing peace across a violent border

March 18, 2014

Mexico, Migration

Photo credit: Chris Hershberger-Esh By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Fifty tired-looking migrants, mostly men, formed a ci...

Why soldiers don’t make good cops: Experiments from Mexico to Honduras

January 27, 2014

Advocacy, Country Programs, Honduras, Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. Today Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in as Honduras’ new president. In the country with the highest...

Escuelita Zapatista

January 17, 2014

Advocacy, Mexico, Rural Justice

The Zapatistas, a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas went public twenty years ago on the day NAFTA went into effect. After a few violent confrontations early on, the Zapatistas have abstained from u...

What good is growth? Latin America in 2014

January 6, 2014

Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Rural Justice

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. As we roll into the New Year, some economists and commentators are projecting rosy forecasts for Lati...

Arming the cartels: U.S. guns in Latin America

November 15, 2013

Mexico, Peace and Non-Violence, Uncategorized

By Chris Hershberger-Esh, MCC’s Context Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City. En route to Phoenix for the Mennonite Convention last summer, Fred Kauffman took a taxi from the airpo...

The Food We Share

Cuba: A case study on sanctions

Migration and misinformation

Moving Forward in the Midst of Sorrow