The Elephant in the Room with Obama and Calderón
By Moravia de la O International Team – Mexico Witness for Peace Amid rising tensions between their governments, yesterday Presidents...
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- Oct 4, 2010
- 4 min
POLICY ANALYSIS: U.S. Reduction in Military Funding to Mexico Doesn’t Go Far Enough
October 4th, 2010 On September 4th, Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team participated in the Catholic Church’s 96th World...
- Jul 28, 2010
- 3 min
Seeing migration from the bottom up…
By Sarah Monroe In the United States, the controversy over immigration is heating up. In my own community in rural Washington state,...
- Jul 23, 2010
- 3 min
Delegation to Mexico: Learning from the Heart
By Arnie Alpert Don Gregorio was one of the first people our Witness for Peace group met in San Juan Sosola, a small village in the...
- Jun 30, 2010
- 1 min
Migrating Towards Understanding
Pass this video on to your friends by sending them the quick link: witnessforpeace.org/migrating. Or host a movie night to show the...
- Jun 29, 2010
- 1 min
Obama’s Ratings Down Among Latino Population
This month, polls are showing a decrease in President Obama’s popularity among Latinos in the United States. Some say that the numbers...
- Jun 10, 2010
- 1 min
VIDEO: Witness the Roots of Migration
June 10th, 2010 Next Chapter Join a delegation to Mexico to learn more about the roots of migration. Download Forced from Home, a WFP...
- May 25, 2010
- 4 min
POLICY ANALYSIS: New Phase of the Mérida Initiative Brings the Same Violence
May 25th, 2010 On March 13 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, gunmen killed a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband while driving in their car,...
- May 23, 2010
- 3 min
Obama and Calderón’s Washington Meeting Points to Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Nonviol
By the Mexico International Team At last week’s state meeting between Presidents Felipe Calderón and Barack Obama, the Mexican leader...
- Mar 26, 2010
- 5 min
Exploring the Roots of Migration in Mexico
by Craig Hennecke As legislation for health care reform was debated and passed in Washington, an equally pressing topic was waiting on...
- Mar 10, 2010
- 5 min
Megaprojects Threaten Local Communities
by Tony Macias, Mexico International Team “We know that our life is here in the earth, in the water,” declared a speaker at a recent...
- Mar 3, 2010
- 3 min
A Lifetime Journey in Seven Days
Long Island, regarded as one of the most segregated suburbs in the U.S., has consistently made national headlines in the last decade for...
- Feb 2, 2010
- 3 min
Tempered Excitement over Obama’s Budget Request
by Jess Hunter-Bowman, WFP Associate Director Unless you live on the moon (or aren’t a political junkie like me), you probably heard that...
- Oct 21, 2009
- 3 min
THE HUMAN FACE: NAFTA at 15
October 21st, 2009 When NAFTA was implemented in 1994, Mexicans were told that increases in trade, foreign direct investment, and exports...
- May 12, 2009
- 4 min
POLICY ANALYSIS: U.S. Military Aid to Mexico
May 12th, 2009 On August 5, 2008 a group of 120 residents of Santiago Lachivia, a Zapotec town in Oaxaca, Mexico, was preparing land for...
- Mar 23, 2009
- 1 min
VIDEO: Merida Initiative 101
March 23rd, 2009 Watch Witness for Peace National Grassroots Organizer Ben Beachy break down the Merida Initiative in the context of...
- Mar 17, 2009
- 4 min
POLICY ANALYSIS: How the Merida Initiative Jeopardizes Human Rights
March 17th, 2009 The historic campaign and election of President Barack Obama spurred much talk of hope and change in the U.S. Our...
- Aug 25, 2008
- 4 min
POLICY ANALYSIS: How U.S. Policy Drives Immigration from Mexico
August 25th, 2008 Fidel Santiago Martinez stands on the southern side of the U.S./Mexican border, a man-made line that snakes 2,000 miles...
- Jul 29, 2008
- 3 min
DELEGATE TESTIMONY: On the Migrant Trail
July 29th, 2008 photo: Andrew O’Brien By Alexis Ball Witness for Peace International Team – Mexico I fought back tears as we walked in...
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