In March 2006, Martha Giraldo returned to her father’s farm outside of Cali, Colombia, to find the property surrounded by soldiers and her father dead. Giraldo speaks about the impunity enjoyed by the government actors carrying out extrajudicial killings of Colombian civilians.

Tension surrounding Mexican immigration is growing, and many would say that the system is broken, especially Paola Gutierrez Galindo. From Oaxaca, Mexico, Galindo holds a degree in Indigenous Law and is focused on the impact of migration on identity and family in Oaxacan indigenous communities. At a presentation hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies, she explained her concern about migration as a Mexican worried about the demise of her community, a view unfamiliar to many Americans.

Witness for Peace protestors will be ready to greet investors next week as Chiquita holds its annual stockholders meeting in downtown Cincinnati.

The Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op welcomed a Witness for Peace visitor from Nicaragua to its Grandin Village store earlier this week, who spoke about fair trade practices when it comes to coffee and other food products.

While the coup regime may leave the presidential office, the lasting effects of this crisis will be with Honduras, and the rest of Latin America, for years to come. After such a polarizing and divisive time, the people of Honduras deserve more than a few days to decide their future.

Marblehead resident and former Boston Globe columnist Linda Weltner criticizes the mainstream media’s coverage of the June 28 Honduran coup.

The Rev. Kenneth Weare ventured to Honduras Sept. 5-12 with Witness for Peace to gather testimony and look into human rights abuses inflicted by the regime that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya in a June 28 military coup.

WFP Southeast Regional Organizer advocates immigration and trade reform based on her experience leading a delegation to Mexico.

What do immigration, border security, swine flu and environmental concerns have in common? If you answer NAFTA, you would be so right. Glaringly absent from the agenda of the most recent meeting of President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was any talk about problems with this trade agreement that binds our countries so tightly together. With NAFTA commemorating its 15th year as a poster-child for the failed free trade model, our leaders should have been talking about renegotiation.

After spending 10 days in Cuba last month with a Witness for Peace delegation of educators, Matthew Bosisio contributes his reflections on the country and the embargo in an opinion piece for the Augusta Chronicle.

Francisco Romero and his sister, Alma, local teachers, will arrive in Cuba on July 19 as part of a delegation of 37 educators from across the United States being sponsored by Witness for Peace, reports the Ventura County Star.

WFP Andean Regional Director, Jess Hunter-Bowman, calls on Congress to end the costly, ineffective and unethical aerial fumigation program in Colombia.

President Barack Obama discussed a free-trade agreement with his Colombian counterpart Monday, while scores of protesters clogged streets near the White House to demonstrate against the pact.

People from across the country stop in eastern Kentucky to see how coal ming affects the local economy and environment. The group Witness for Peace got a first hand look from local miners and saw the beauty of some reclaimed mine lands and learned about other environmental effects of coal mining.

Pike County resident Vanessa Hall will be part of a U.S. delegation visiting the coalfields of Colombia, South America in the coming week, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) reported.

In the wake of President Obama's visit to Mexico, WFP Andean Regional Director provides a hard-hitting analysis of the failed U.S. drug war in this op-ed.

WFP Mexico team member provides this analysis of the war on drugs in Mexico; a "war" that abuses the civilian population, dramatically increases violence, and arguably has very little effect on the flow of illegal drugs to the largest market in the world, the United States.

Letter to the editor on Mexico's drug-related violence and NAFTA by WFP supporter Jenaro Rodriguez.

Letter to the editor on Mexico's drug-related violence and NAFTA by WFP supporter Luisa Torres.

El Espectador, a Colombian newspaper, reports on the protest in Washington calling for a shift from military aid for Colombia to humanitarian assistance for the displaced and a continued hold on the U.S.-Colombia FTA.