Venezuela: Complex reality
What is happening in Venezuela, rocked since early February by weeks of almost daily protests?
Ecuador: Making knowledge free
Ecuadoran social movements have successfully pressured their government to embark on a historic process to "remake the roots of Ecuador’s economy and thereby begin the transition into a society of free and open knowledge."
Philippines: Peace accord with rebels
On March 27, the Philippine government signed a historic peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), granting the southern Mindanao region political autonomy in exchange for laying down their arms and ending their demand for a separate Islamic state.
Korea: Options for peace
Why is there an Asia Pivot and why did President Obama declare the U.S. a Pacific power?
Syria: Unabated violence
The following article was written by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and former director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (MOGC).
CSW58: Implementing the MDGs
Sr. Meg Gallagher, MM attended the 58th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held in March at UN headquarters in New York; its priority theme was "Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] for women and girls." Following are excerpts from her report.
Immigration: Concerns on enforcement policy
The following is an excerpt from a letter sent by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, expressing the bishops' concern about the U.S.'s immigration enforcement policies.
"Information economy": Is it sustainable?
The following article looks at the paperless "information economy" and its connection to resource use.
ICCR releases Statement of Principles
Cathy Rowan contributed this article for the May-June 2014 NewsNotes.
Resources, May-June 2014
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Honduras: State of independent journalism
On April 11, Carlos Mejía Orellana, a radio journalist and staff member at the Jesuit-sponsored community radio station Radio Progreso, was attacked and stabbed to death in his home in the town of El Progreso.
South Sudan: Will resurrection occur?
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.