War on Drugs

War on Drugs Has Failed, Declares High-Profile Commission 

By Kelly Miller Witness for Peace Intern Those of you who follow Witness for Peace’s work know that the drug war has failed to reduce...

Live from Oaxaca: Mass Mobilization against the Drug War

By Claudia Ana Rodriguez and Carlin Christy International Team – Mexico Witness for Peace Queremos escuelas, queremos trabajos, queremos...

Photos from the Peace March in Oaxaca, Mexico

On April 6, 2011 protests erupted throughout Mexico, calling for an end to the violence and for the U.S.-backed Mexican military to end...

UN Urges the Mexican Government to Stop Using the Army in Anti-Drug Operations; Mexican Society Marc

By Moravia de la O International Team – Mexico Witness for Peace This evening thousands of demonstrators will take to the streets all...

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...

Why the Merida Initiative Isn’t Working…and What We Can Do to Change it

by Stephanie Brewer, Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (CentroProdh) Recently, President Barack Obama announced his...

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...

Oaxaca Attack Exposes Repression of Social Movements

On April 27th, a caravan of people intending to enter San Juan Copala was attacked by an armed group. Residents of San Juan Copala had...

A Day in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

My name is Dunya Cope and I am a former member of the Witness for Peace Mexico International Team currently living in El Paso, Texas,...

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...

Memory as Resistance in Colombia: Part 1

by Colette Cosner I was in Colombia when the earthquake hit Haiti. I was also in Colombia when the news coverage of the tragic event...

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...

Colombia: Mass Graves and Military Aid

by Jess Hunter-Bowman, WFP Associate Director Sooner or later the truth has a way of showing its face. Recently, an important sliver of...

Facing the Displaced in Seattle

by Megan Bilas Witness for Peace Northwest kicked off its first “Face the Displaced” event of April at Meaningful Movies in the basement...

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