Posted in Global Issues, Mexico, Politics, Religion and Society, Social Justice, U.S.-Latin American Relations, tagged Agribusiness, CAFTA, Christopher Columbus, developing economies, Fair Trade, International Trade, International Trade Action Day, Latin America, Mexico, NAFTA, poverty in Latin America, sustainable economies on Monday, October 12th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s some recommended reading for this a very special day:
Witness for Peace Oct. 12th: International Trade Action Day
Jobs erased, farmers displaced.
Environment polluted, democracy diluted.
NAFTA at Fifteen
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My post: 1989-2009 ~ Drugs, Mexico, The Failures of Neoliberalism, & The Beginnings of a Post-Imperial New Era
It’s time for change.
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Posted in Biblical Ethics, Christianity in Context, Church - Theologizing, Global Issues, Religion and Society, Social Justice, Uncategorized, tagged Bob Marley, immigrants, Immigration, marginals, Refugee, refugee ministry, refugees, UCC, UNHCR, United Church of Christ, vulnerable, World Refugee Day on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This June 20th is World Refugee Day. A day which has been set aside so that we may think in some 42 million uprooted people (1 in every 50 persons) throughout our world. Hopefully, this thinking will lead to some form of action on our part. The country that currently has [...]
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Posted in Global Issues, Mexico, Politics, Social Justice, U.S.-Latin American Relations, tagged Mexico, Social Justice, Barack Obama, Corruption, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, U.S. Army Schools of the Americas, WHINSEC, U.S.-Latin American Relations, U.S. military intervention, School of the Americas, Chile, Greg Grandin, Ciudad Juarez, Milton Freidman, shock therapy, Hillary Clinton, Janet Napolitano, Felipe Calderón, Evo Morales, Anderson Cooper, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Drug war, Mexican Cartels, Manual Noriega, Operation Just Cause, George W. Bush, Plan Columbia, Contras, Hugo Chávez, Assault Weapons Ban, Senator John Kerry, Inter-American System, mordidas, Teo el Pozolero, El Chapo, Marijuana, Summit of the Americas, Argentina, U.S. History, Latin American History on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is entry #8 and the final one in a series of entries that can be found in the category U.S.-Latin American Relations.
The 1980s was a decade decidedly marked with drugs and blood (just rent the movie Scareface). At the close of the decade the U.S. decided it was time to try direct military [...]
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Posted in Christianity in Context, Church - Theologizing, Global Issues, Mexico, Religion and Society, Social Justice, tagged Immigrant, Immigrant rights, Immigration, Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Mexican population, Migratory Reform, UCC, United Church of Christ on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Immigrant Rights Sunday is this coming Sunday, May 3rd. This is a wonderful opportunity to seek out those in our communities that are immigrants and extend our hand to them. Yet we must first make ourselves aware of their situation and the rights that our land grants them, not neglecting the rights that are to [...]
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Posted in Christianity in Context, Global Issues, Religion and Society, tagged Abu Dhabi, Carbon footprint, Creation, Earth Day, environment, Environmental Ministries, H. H. Schmid, Masdar City, St. Francis of Assisi, United Arab Amirites on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A city designed by a British company for 40,000 inhabitants and 1,500 businesses that is planned for completion in 2016 can and should be a great motivator for people world-over and can help propel us into a greener future. The city, Masdar City, is a $22 Billion USD project of Abu Dhabi- ironic, yes: it [...]
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We are now just days away from Earth Hour 2009. What is Earth Hour you ask? It is one hour during the year that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) asks you and me and countless others to power down, in order to raise awareness of environmental issues such as climate change and to decrease our [...]
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Posted in Christianity in Context, Global Issues, Politics, Social Justice, U.S.-Latin American Relations, tagged American Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Civil War, El Salvador, Ft. Benning, Georgia, Human Rights, International Relations, Latin America, Nicaragua, Panama, School of America Watch, SOA, Social Justice, U.S. Army Schools of the Americas, WHINSEC on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I would have to commend President Obama on his setting a timetable for the closing of Guantanamo’s Detention Facilities. That’s a start. But I, personally would also like to see a timetable set for termination of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security and Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Ft. Benning, Georgia, to further our supposed message of [...]
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Posted in Global Issues, Mexico, Religion and Society, Social Justice, tagged Barack Obama, bottled water, crisis, Enviromental Issues, fresh water depletion, Global Issues, Mexico City, Troubled Waters, UCC, Wally Ryan Kuroiwa, water, water consumption on Friday, January 30th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Water, water everywhere. Not a drop to drink.”
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” 1789
These words came to mind when I heard that Mexico City is having to turn off the water valve this weekend. Starting Saturday the government will stop the flow of water to nearly half of its citizens. That [...]
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“War, good God y’all, what is it good for?!” – Norman Whitfield
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed by small children and large nations.” -David D. Freidman
Today, Israeli forces shelled a hospital that contained around 500 people. They also hit a U.N. relief [...]
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Posted in Biblical Ethics, Global Issues, Mexico, Social Justice, tagged Brazil, Ciudad Juarez, Corruption, Crime, Exodus 19, feminicide, Holiness, Holiness in Israel, John G. Gammie, Mexico on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is Human Rights Day. In just a few days the United Nations’ “Declaration on Human Rights” will turn 60. As well, just two days ago the United Nations’ Anti-Corruption Day was observed.
This is observed as grim news is released throughout Latin America. Brazil is reporting that in the past 2 years more than 9,000 [...]
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