Guatemala: Take action for justice in Nacahuil
The following alert is circulated by the Guatemala Human Rights Commission.
26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Rick Dixon is a Maryknoll lay missioner living and working in El Salvador.
Chile’s coup, 40 years later
As we pray on September 11, we remember those who suffered through the 1973 coup in Chile and the subsequent dictatorship.
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week’s scripture reflection was prepared by lay missioner Christine Perrier.
Debt trial of the century
On August 23, a U.S. appellate court upheld an earlier decision requiring Argentina to pay a number of hedge funds more than $1.3 billion.
Honduras: Escalating violence in Nueva Esperanza
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined colleagues in signing the following letter to Liliana Ayalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Jane Zimmerman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Mexico: Leahy freezes funds for drug war
The following analysis was written by Laura Carlsen and published by the Center for International Policy’s Americas Report.
Guatemala: Threats to human rights continue
Two children are recent victims in a rash of human rights abuses directed at indigenous people who oppose the exploitation of natural resources on community lands in Guatemala.
Right to communication vs. freedom of speech
While freedom of speech is a basic right recognized (though not always respected) internationally, progressive governments in South America are working to go beyond that.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Chad Ribordy and his family live in Brazil where they served as lay missioners.
Sign petition to declare Aug 30 Day of the Disappeared
On August 15, we celebrated the birth of Oscar Arnulfo Romero, a man whose words and example continue to reverberate through El Salvador and the world.
The Trails: Immigration, detention centers, and lost children
Written by Gabriela Romeri (writer/editor with Revista Maryknoll), Chelsey Clammer and Rae Bryant, and published originally on The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review website.
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
This reflection, by Fr. Dan McLaughlin (Brazil), is also found in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C).
Honduras: Human rights defenders held captive
The following alert is circulated by the Friendship Office of the Americas.
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Joanne Blaney has served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil for many years.
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Leo Shea has served as a missioner in several locations, most recently in Jamaica.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. John Northrup wrote this reflection in 2010; it is also published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), available from Orbis Books.
Latin America: Combatting investment tribunals
In response to the dramatically increasing number of lawsuits and claims in international tribunals by European and U.S. multinational companies, ministers and ambassadors from 12 Latin American countries met in Ecuador on April 22 at the “First Ministerial Conference of Latin American States affected by the interests of transnationals” in order to create mechanisms to better defend themselves.