Members of US Progressive Caucus met with President Xiomara Castro of Honduras
By Julián Arturo On March 19, 2022, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective in collaboration with SOA Watch, CISPES, and other...
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- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Hidden Pandemic: How U.S. Arms Sales Have Fueled Decades of Violence in Latin America
In 2017, following the fraudulent re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Hondurans took to the street to demand justice and the...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 7 min
COVID-19 Crisis in Honduras: What it Means for our WfP-SC Team and Partners on the Ground
By Corie Welch On Sunday night, I made the extremely difficult decision to leave Honduras and return to the United States to continue my...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 6 min
Unsafe Third: Failure and Hypocrisy of the Asylum Cooperation Agreement
By Corie Welch On January 7 the body of Cinthia Abigail Fernandez, a young woman from northern Honduras, was found in Huehuetenango,...
- Sep 11, 2018
- 5 min
Como EEUU creó su propia crisis de migrantes
por Carlissa Arrow El Rio Naya Durante décadas, Estados Unidos ha estado experimentando una crisis humanitaria en la frontera entre...
- May 15, 2018
- 14 min
La Lucha Es Constante: Updates from Pajuiles
Members of the COBRAS, armed with riot gear and tear gas, stand guard outside the encampment at Pajuiles, May 3, 2018. The banner above...
- Mar 3, 2017
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- Sep 14, 2015
- 11 min
Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon
by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...
- Aug 3, 2015
- 4 min
Children of the Monroe Doctrine: The Militarized Roots of America’s Border Calamity
by Arturo J. Viscarra and Michael Prentice “[I]n the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may...
- Jul 27, 2015
- 3 min
The Making of an Immigrant Ally: a Delegation to Mexico
by Sarah Aldridge At the beginning of my summer vacation, from May 12th – 21st, I traveled with a delegation from Appalachian State...
- Jun 26, 2015
- 4 min
The U.S. and its Dubious Exports
Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters don’t take long to come out in Mexico. I imagine that the Sonys and the Warner Brothers pay the dubbing...
- Oct 7, 2014
- 4 min
Dreaming in Mexico
by Maggie Ervin It was standing room only, agonizingly hot, and we could barely see from the back. But we weren’t going anywhere....
- Aug 29, 2014
- 4 min
Another Plan Colombia is no solution for Central America migration crisis
Julia Duranti, Witness for Peace Colombia While the least-productive Congress in history went on vacation in August without addressing...
- Aug 13, 2014
- 2 min
Cuarenta Días en el Desierto – por David Wanish
“Cuarenta días en el desierto” describe tanto a Jesús Cristo al comienzo de su ministerio, como a la comunidad cristiana durante la...
- Aug 13, 2014
- 2 min
Forty Days in the Desert – by David Wanish
“Forty days in the desert” describes Jesus at the start of his ministry and the Christian community during Lent. For me, henceforth, it...
- Jun 23, 2014
- 3 min
Tales of Migration and Detention
by James Hutter, james.hutter@gmail.com (This blog entry is part of a series. Click these links for Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) Our visit to...
- Apr 21, 2014
- 3 min
A View of San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Tlaxcala, Mexico
by James Hutter james.hutter@gmail.com A View of San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Tlaxcala, MX It is, admittedly, difficult to imagine. Yet,...
- Apr 21, 2014
- 4 min
A “Roots of Migration” Delegation | Una Delegación Sobre las Causas de la Migración
In July of 2013, I was privileged to be included on a Witness for Peace Delegation to Mexico to study the Roots of Migration. I use the...
- Nov 6, 2013
- 1 min
“Immigration Problem”
Spoken word by Hillary Watson (delegate of a WfP delegation in Colombia) about U.S policy with Latin America and the consequent...
- Oct 8, 2013
- 9 min
Learning to Love Our Neighbors: A Sermon of Solidarity with Mexico | Aprendiendo a Amar a Nuestro Pr
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