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Vieques, Ten Years On, Needs Our Support
Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the closing of the U.S. Navy bombing range in Vieques, Puerto Rico. During six decades prior to 2003, approximately one trillion pounds of explosives were dropped in practice exercises.
145 Organizations Urge Obama and Mesoamerican Presidents to Change Course
As Heads of State from Mexico, Central America and the United States prepare to meet for the Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Costa Rica on May 4 and 5, the Fellowship of Reconciliation collaborated with Just Ass
Army Actions Increase Risk for FOR and Peace Community
We are concerned that Colombian Army actions in San José de Apartadó put peace community residents and FOR observers in acute danger, and are in violation of the recent Colombian Constitutional Court ruling regarding the security of peace community members.
U.S. Aids Police Under Command of Death Squad Colonel
The chief of Honduran National Police, Col. Juan Carlos Bonilla, has been credibly accused of three extrajudicial killings that occurred in 2002, and links to 11 more deaths and disappearances.
Time for Peace in Colombia - and What You Can Do
The theme for the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia this year is “Now is the Time for Peace with Justice,” reflecting our hope for the current peace negotiations between the Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC.
Wind farm project in Oaxaca sparks resistance and death threats
Local residents from San Dionisio del Mar (Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico) are protesting the construction of a huge wind farm in their community. Their prolonged and energetic resistance has been met with violent repression and even death threats made against several opposition leaders.
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Understanding the Pentagon budget, and how to move the money
A free webinar on Pentagon spending and how to change it:
Hearing Other Voices on Guns and Gun Violence
The Fellowship of Reconciliation welcomes President Obama’s proposals for reforms to address our nation’s epidemic of gun violence, and urges members and friends to convey support for these proposals to elected officials.
