Peace: A Gift to be Received
Jacqueline Block, MCC Service Worker in Chiapas Mexico, continues her reflections on a compilation of Henri Nouwen’s writings entitled: The Road to Peace.
Are we for peace? Are we at peace? These are good ques...
“Vivir Bien” – The Bolivian concept of “Abundant Life”
By Lynn Longenecker.
Lynn, his wife Laurie, and children, Maria, Nathan and Jesse, recently completed a three-year assignment in Bolivia. In this post, Lynn reflects on an indigenous concept that provides a cr...
Responding When We Disagree: A Case from Haiti
Alexis Eckert was the MCC Advocacy Coordinator in Haiti from 2008 to July, 2011, and now works for Other Worlds, Haiti. In this blog she explores how the way we communicate is as important as the content we ...
Community Evolution – Not Community Development
Bruce, Ziko, Jaime, Hizee, and Zam Friesen-Pankratz, Photo by Luke Roth-Mullet
Bruce Friesen-Pankratz writes about his experience as an MCC service-worker in Zacango, Mexico, utilizing a biological metaphor t...
Prime Minister Harper and I mark the new Canada-Colombia Free-Trade Agreement
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I were recently in Colombia. We visited youth programs in a marginalized urban neighbourhood, met with business leaders, and talked with Colombians about the new Canad...
Voices from the Americas: A Friend to Migrant Women caught in the Sex Trade
Gloria, a vivacious young woman in a tight top and short skirt, tells Maria and me that she would love to go for a day-trip to San Cristobal with us, but her “man” will not let her go. She laughs: “ He’s thinks...
New Border Wall in Nogales: Metal, Murals, & Music
Since last week, the old wall dividing the city of Nogales on the border between Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico is being replaced by a new one. The US government is tearing down 2.8 miles of old metal fence an...
A Shared Song: Argentinian Folk-Singer Facundo Cabral Killed Yesterday
Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter, aged 74, was killed in Guatemala City early Saturday morning, July 9, by gunmen. He was on his way to the airport after giving several concerts. It is still unclea...
“Yes to Life”: Lobbying for a new mining law in Honduras
Carlos Amador - Honduran teacher and environmentalist detained yesterday in Honduras for opposition to the impacts of a Canadian mining company.
“This year the mining law in Honduras will go through a pr...
A Precedent for Indigenous Economic Rights?
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Palo Viejo Dam, Cotzal, Nebaj, GuatemalaTobias Roberts, an MCCer in Nebaj, Guatemala, has been asked by Maya-Ixhil communities to be an official observer in precedent setting negogiations between these indige...