By Austin Robles WFP Colombia Minutes before he started to sew his mouth shut, Jorge Parra explained his rationale to me: “Essentially GM...

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...

“The bullets fell from above like rain.” Recently, Witness for Peace partnered with PROAH, which provides International Human Rights...

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: OFRANEH (Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña) Translation by Witness for Peace Nicaragua Team For the original version in Spanish...

by Moravia de la O, WFP Mexico This past Sunday, authorities found journalist Rene Orta Salgado’s body in the trunk of his car in the...

The packed room of port workers stood in silent commemoration of Daniel Aguirre, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle of the...

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 is an open letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from union member and Witness for Peace board member John Walsh. It comes after...

Honduras is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. On March 11th, Honduran Journalist Fausto Evelio Valle was...

“I am worried by the level of violence that affects people who peacefully claim their economic and social rights, including the right to...

By the Witness for Peace International Team, Nicaragua Early this week, several major news outlets ran stories concerning continued...

By Riahl O’Malley International Team Witness for Peace Two years ago today, Manuel Zelaya, then the democratically-elected president of...

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...