By Mabel Durán-Sánchez Since the beginning of the global economic downturn in 2008 governments around the world have faced protests led by popular movements. Recently there have been mass protests close to home, in Brazil. These protests were initially sparked by...
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Living the Resurrection in a Culture of Death
By Shannan Vance-Ocampo Presbyterian accompaniment in Colombia “In a culture of death, we choose to live the Resurrection.” This is the phrase we hear over and over again from our church partners in Colombia as they describe how to live in a country of rampant...
The Domino Effect and the Axis of Evil
Dec 30, 2012 By Doug Hostetter Forty years ago, as a conscientious objector, I worked for the Mennonite Central Committee in Tam Ky, Vietnam, organizing literacy classes for Vietnamese children whose schools had been destroyed by theU.S. Air Force. As a Mennonite, I...
Even Those Who Chose Peace Suffer in this War Zone
Letter from Colombian Peace Community By Gina Spigarelli On some days in La Unión, the war is a faint pulse in the background — a far-off helicopter heard but not seen, or a military troop walking by on their way to a distant destination. On those days, to an...
Video from Colombia: “Without accompaniment, we wouldn’t be here”
By FOR Thursday, November 29, 2012, 3:57pm We have exciting news about the impact of your work on the San José de Apartadó Peace Community. This year, while celebrating the Peace Community’s 15-year anniversary, we interviewed community members about why the...
Even Those Who Chose Peace Suffer in this War Zone
Letter from Colombian Peace Community By Gina Spigarelli On some days in La Unión, the war is a faint pulse in the background — a far-off helicopter heard but not seen, or a military troop walking by on their way to a distant destination. On those days, to an...
Life and the War Go On
By Gina Spigarelli, FOR Colombia Team Member I have been back in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó for a couple of weeks now, but in some ways it seems like I never left. The stresses of life in the city were effortlessly exchanged for those in the jungle:...
Threats Against Cauca Indigenous Communities Continue
September 2012 - We reported in July on the Nasa indigenous mobilization to collectively evict armed groups from their territories in the southwestern Cauca department. In dramatic actions, unarmed Nasa indigenous guards carried soldiers from a post on a sacred site,...