Yearly Archives: 2019

Colombian-Canadians to rally for peace on Friday July 26

The Toronto Star headline reads, “Colombian-Canadians rally for peace amid rising violence back home”. The newspaper article highlights, “Almost three years after the peace deal...

Canada and the Latin American migrant rights crisis

What is the role that Canada plays in the migrant rights crisis that has been making headline news throughout North America (Turtle Island)? Let's...

PBI-Mexico expresses concern over federal police check at Saltillo Migrant Shelter

On July 20, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project expressed its “concern about the visit this morning of the federal police to the Casa Del...

PBI-Guatemala observes the 19th Annual Parade of Sexual Diversity and Gender Identity

On July 21, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, "Yesterday, July 20, we observed the development of the march for sexual diversity." More than 5,000...

Human rights defenders play a crucial role in the struggle for climate justice

"You can sit there calmly and believe that nothing is happening, while the planet – our home – is destroyed; or we can come...

PBI-Guatemala accompanied Q’eqchi fisherman opposed to now suspended Fenix nickel mine

On May 7, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project reported in this article that it had accompanied the case of Eduardo Bin Poou, a Q'eqchi...

PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous Zapotec group opposed to industrial wind power megaprojects on their territory

On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on Facebook that it accompanied Los Comuneros Zapotecas de Unión Hidalgo at their event celebrating...

PBI-Honduras visits COPINH community after their collective crops damaged

On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on Facebook, “This week, we visited Río Blanco, Intibucá, a community affiliated with Copinh Intibucá,...

PBI-Guatemala seeks volunteers; apply by July 22!

This is the last call out for this opportunity! Peace Brigades International is seeking field project volunteers in Guatemala! The deadline to submit an application...

PBI gathers for a face-to-face planning meeting in Charleroi, Belgium

Staff and volunteers from five Peace Brigades International field projects (Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Indonesia), eleven country groups (including Canada, the United States,...
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