Erythroxylum: The Condemned Leaf
By Liza González Perafán, INDEPAZ One by one, the leaves enter the mouth like bread, breaking up between bites and saliva. They settle in...
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- Jul 20, 2019
- 4 min
Six Reasons the Drug War is Disastrous for Latin America
by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...
- Apr 13, 2018
- 6 min
Immigration: Humane or Inhumane
Our Witness for Peace delegation, Resisting Economic and State Repression, was in Mexico from April 3 to 13, 2018. We were a small but...
- Oct 17, 2017
- 3 min
Struggle and Solidarity: Learning the Truth About the Drug War in Mexico
By Luciano A. Ramirez Guerra Our delegation arrived in Mexico City and was greeted by a modern metropolitan environment that was a...
- Sep 26, 2017
- 4 min
Ayotzinapa: 3 years without relief
Today, September 26th, 2017, marks the third anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa, at the hands of the...
- Sep 13, 2017
- 3 min
The Drug War Unmasked: Mexico’s Love Triangle
by Laura Krasovitzky “The war on drugs has in fact been a strategy to disguise social control and political repression, which serves to...
- Aug 17, 2017
- 2 min
WFP Statement on NAFTA Renegotiations
August 16, 2017 Today marks the first official day that NAFTA renegotiations will take place between the U.S., Mexico and Canada,...
- May 9, 2017
- 1 min
Help protect Mexican human rights defenders
Witness for Peace is extremely concerned about the safety of Oaxacan human rights defenders Rodrigo Flores Peñaloza and Bettina Cruz...
- Mar 3, 2017
- 0 min
- Aug 11, 2016
- 3 min
Mining in Mexico: the NAFTA connection
Out of a list of 926 mining projects in Mexico, there are 85 exploration projects from the U.S.A. 21 have been postponed, 23 in...
- May 12, 2016
- 3 min
Strangers in Their Own Country: A Story of Resistance to Capital Expansion and Struggle for Identity
by Amy Cameron “Prior to 2001, we lived in harmony and tranquility,” Maria Trinidad Ramirez Velasquez (Trini) tells our Witness for Peace...
- Apr 26, 2016
- 4 min
Walking the Talk – Reflections from my trip to Mexico with Witness for Peace
by Ivory Taylor San Juan Chilateca, Oaxaca, Mexico – Our Witness for Peace Midwest delegation arrived in the small town of San Juan...
- Apr 22, 2016
- 3 min
Bringing the Land and People Together in Mexico
by Mickey Foley (originally published on April 18, 2016 on the Land Stewardship Project website) On day two of our trip, we...
- Sep 25, 2015
- 8 min
“The greatest anguish”: forced disappearance in Mexico
In his state of the union address a few weeks ago, Mexican president Peña Nieto acknowledged that this past year had been “difficult.” In...
- Aug 15, 2015
- 3 min
US Military Aid Destroys Lives of Women in Latin America
By Sara Velimirovic In Latin America, between 2006 and 2011, the female prison population increased from 40,000 to more than 74,000,...
- Aug 14, 2015
- 3 min
“Our wish is that the US see us as equals:” A Q&A with Comité Cerezo (Mexico)
1. 21 years after NAFTA went into effect, neoliberalism is still making inroads (is alive and well) in Mexico. Over the last year or so,...
- Aug 11, 2015
- 3 min
Rubén Espinosa and journalists under increasing threat in Mexico’s U.S.-propelled drug war
by Sonja Dahl, WFP intern Rubén Espinosa, a photojournalist based in the Mexican state of Veracruz who covered social movements, thought...
- Aug 10, 2015
- 3 min
Cracks in the Consensus: UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs 2016
by Zara Snapp* For the past 100 years, drug prohibition has been defended around the world (with a few exceptions), demonstrating a...
- Aug 7, 2015
- 4 min
Six Reasons the Drug War is Disastrous for Latin America
by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...
- Aug 4, 2015
- 3 min
La subcontratación de la “seguridad” fronteriza
por Maggie Ervin Probablemente no es una sorpresa que los diez principales contratistas del gobierno estadounidense son o están...
