http://witnessforpeace.org/ Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=963 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=963 http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5436/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2747 <div class="text blurb">Nearly 5 million Colombians have been displaced. Yet, our government continues to send more in military aid than in humanitarian aid to Colombia, assisting the victimizers more than the victims. Help us inundate Congress with calls and emails for policies that would alleviate, not exacerbate, Colombia's crisis. </div> http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5436/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2747 http://witnessforpeace.org/https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5436/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18682 <div class="text blurb">Please call your Representative today and urge him/her to support the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5436/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18682 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Witness-for-Peace/143430562421 <div class="text blurb">Follow Witness for Peace on Facebook and receive updates on breaking news regarding U.S. policy toward Latin America.</div> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Witness-for-Peace/143430562421 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=860 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=860 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=551 <div class="text blurb">Read this story of how U.S. economic policies have failed impoverished Nicaraguans. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=551 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=683 <div class="text blurb">This article challenges the use of foreign aid as a political tool, shares the stories of farmers that will suffer if the programs are terminated, and critiques a model which is being hailed as the "new face" of U.S. aid.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=683 http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=553 <div class="text blurb">How U.S. policy drives people like Fidel Santiago Martinez to risk their lives to immigrate to the U.S.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=553 http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=10&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search <div class="text blurb">Investigate the roots of migration through first-hand testimony from those who flee military and economic violence. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=10&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/Bankrupt Future.pdf <div class="text blurb">Download this publication which puts a "human face" on the complex economic concepts of external debt and structural adjustment programs in Nicaragua. </div> http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/Bankrupt Future.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=12&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search <div class="text blurb">Stand with Colombians as they work for peace and justice despite harmful U.S. military aid and drug eradication.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=12&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=11&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search <div class="text blurb">Explore how U.S. economic policies contribute to poverty in one of the hemisphere's poorest countries.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org/userdata_display.php?sortby=&modin=51&wfp_country=11&wfp_issues=&custom2[M]=&custom2[Y]=&upcoming=1&search=Search http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007_ESPfinal_1.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/ROMdoc_2007_ESPfinal_1.pdf http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/cafta_and_women.doc <div class="text blurb">Download this short fact sheet on the Central American Free Trade Agreement and its impact on women.</div> http://witnessforpeace.org//downloads/cafta_and_women.doc http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=241 <div class="text blurb">Nicaragua: Condemned to Debt </div> http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=241