(español abajo) Witness for Peace reiterates wholeheartedly our solidarity with the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ in...

Members of the COBRAS, armed with riot gear and tear gas, stand guard outside the encampment at Pajuiles, May 3, 2018. The banner above...

Albertina López Melgar, a member of the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ, for its initials in Spanish) has emerged in the...

The assassination of Berta Cáceres has, for good reason, become an emblematic case in the conversation around human rights abuses in...

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Witness for Peace is extremely concerned about the safety of Oaxacan human rights defenders Rodrigo Flores Peñaloza and Bettina Cruz...

Felipe Calderón, president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, had a way of talking that sounded a bit like George W. Bush, which is to say...

By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Dozens of people protested in front of GM’s headquarters in Detroit last week, outraged at the company’s...

By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Team Colombians often refer to their country as one of laws but without law enforcement. For communities...

by Amanda Tello The lure of profits has attracted the attention of more than just the state and multinational corporations (MNCs) to the...

by Carlin Christy, WfP Mexico Repeated attacks including kidnapping and death threats have forced the members of The Center of Support...

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...

By Witness for Peace Mexico Team “I’ve been looking for my son for a year and one month! Do those of you who haven’t lost a child know...

By Claudia Ana Rodriguez, WFP Mexico This past weekend, my fellow team member Carlin Christy, and I went to Cuernavaca, a small city in...

During the Summit of the Americas this month, leaders from the Americas came together to discuss pressing issues in the region. One of...

This past Sunday marked the end of an incredible demonstration of solidarity with the people of the Bajo Aguan. The International Human...

By Brooke Denmark, Christine Goffredo and Riahl O’Malley International Team – Nicaragua Witness for Peace In Tegucigalpa teachers,...

By Christine Goffredo International Team – Nicaragua Witness for Peace Yesterday in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa, members of...

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...

by Anne Barstow, Rutgers Presbyterian Church of NYC Having tried a number of ways to make the Colombian displaced persons crisis real to...