A report on the consequences of DR-CAFTA on Nicaraguan workers.

Two Witness for Peace documentaries with original footage from the Nicaragua-based International Team.

Witness for Peace's Mexico-based International Team partnered with documentarian Kate Fenner to bring you the following three documentary shorts.

Searching for more understanding about the role of the United States in Honduras' coup? This timeline has what you're looking for.

The Witness for Peace International Team documents continued U.S. support for the post-coup government in Honduras - and its human costs.

In Honduras, U.S. counter-narcotic funding is linked to widespread human rights abuse more than to stopping crime.

Josefina Reyes was assassinated with a gunshot to the head outside her barbeque stand last January. Her crime? Protesting the U.S.-backed war on drugs that has killed almost 35,000 Mexicans since 2006.

What's NOT working in the U.S. War on Drugs?

In addition to lobbying for enforcement-only policies that get more undocumented residents locked up, the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) refers to detained immigrants as "product" and has helped draft legislation that increases its bottom line. The trend has been disastrous for the Guzman family.

An overview of how free trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA drive immigration to the United States.

An overview of the militarized immigration policies that are a growing trend.

A short two-part documentary on food insecurity created by Mike Nuess, a Witness for Peace delegate to Nicaragua.

Between August and September 2010, Witness for Peace sent two delegations to Honduras in response to reports of continued politically motivated human rights violations. The following report details the delegations’ findings and includes policy recommendations for the United States government and U.S. citizens.

Witness for Peace's Colombia-based International Team reports from the Humanitarian Zones of Uraba.

On the heels of the World Day for Migrants and Refugees and the massacre of 71 migrants in Tamaulipas, Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team reports on the economic and military policies influencing immigrants.

The Organization of American States’ vote on whether or not Honduras should be reinstated in the OAS is imminent. Despite Hilary Clinton’s claims that Honduras has taken the needed steps to address human rights violations since the coup, serious human rights abuses and impunity remain widespread.

Witness for Peace production presents "Transforming People, Transforming Policy," a demonstration of the power and potential of joining a WFP delegation.

See what a New York police officer learns about the roots of migration when he travels to Mexico in this WFP documentary.

The U.S. continues to turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Honduras.

A documentary following a group from North Carolina as they come face to face with the roots of migration in Mexico.

The United States has failed to change course in the war on drugs, despite indicators that the Mérida Initiative is doing more harm than good.

A combination of economic policies promoted by the United States and stringent requirements mean that many families are separated indefinitely.

Diego Benitez of Witness for Peace's Colombia-based International Team, walks us through the realities of the new U.S. military bases in Colombia.

Hear from Honduran human rights leaders about the ongoing violence during the recent U.S.-supported elections.

Martha's father was killed by the Colombian army in 2006. Ever since, she's struggled against impunity and for justice.

Hailing from Oaxaca, Mexico, Galindo holds a degree in Indigenous Law and focuses on the impact of migration on identity and family in Oaxacan indigenous communities. In this article she explains how immigration affects her home community.

Watch Nicaraguan coffee farmer Eddy Gutierrez Zavala share his experiences on a Witness for Peace speaker's tour.

Rafael Coicue from the Association of Indigenous Councils speaks about Plan Colombia and the Colombia Free Trade Agreement during a Witness for Peace speaker tour.

An estimated 4.13 million people have left Mexico since the decimation of over ten million farming jobs due to NAFTA and related economic reforms. This is one man's story.

The Honduran military and police continue to play a key role in propping up the coup regime that overthrew the democratically elected president of Honduras in June. A broad coalition of human rights leaders, activists, union members, farmers, students, and community members have poured into the streets of Honduras to struggle for their democracy though they face constant intimidation, illegal detention, assault, and even assassination. Learn about the roots of this crisis and the US response to the coup.

How was NAFTA has failed to live up to its promises of bringing growth and prosperity to Mexico?

From September 5-12, 2009, a ten-member Witness for Peace delegation traveled to post-coup Honduras in response to accusations of wide-spread human rights abuses. Read their report here.

In Nicaragua, delegate Val Fillenwarth met people whose daily lives are affected by U.S. economic policy.

Two weeks after the illegal military coup in Honduras, Witness for Peace delegates participated in a rapid-response delegation to expose an alarming wave of human rights violations and show solidarity with Hondurans' struggle for democracy. This demonstration documents their work.

CAFTA has increased Nicaragua's dependence on the United States. As dozens of textile factories move operations to Asia, tens of thousands of young Nicaraguan mothers find themselves suddenly unemployed and defenseless in the face of a global economic crisis.

After a decade of aerial fumigations, coca production has risen. Innocent Colombian victims have borne the brunt of this inhumane and ineffective policy.

Military aid to Mexico is exacerbating violence but doing little to curb drug trafficking.

Witness for Peace joins other faith-based and nongovernmental groups in condemning the coup in Honduras and expressing concern for human rights.

A report from the Nicaragua-based International Team.

Watch WFP organizer Ben Beachy break down the Merida Initiative in the context of Mexico's escalating violence.

Witness for Peace's Nicaragua-based International Team investigates the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

The Merida Initiative is supposed to combat organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America. But the Initiative's focus on a military aid has human rights advocates worried.

A short video explaining how four million people have been driven out of their homes by war - and how the United States is involved.

An account of how U.S. economic policies have failed impoverished Nicaraguans.

Why are people like Fidel Santiago Martinez risking their lives to immigrate to the U.S.?

WFP partner Daisy Rojas shares her vision for a better U.S. policy toward her island nation.

Please use the links at right to read about other people's experiences with a Witness for Peace delegation.

An overview of the impacts of NAFTA in Mexico and the threat of the expanding free trade model in the hemisphere.

The International Team puts a human face on the complex economic realities of external debt and structural adjustment programs in Nicaragua.

An analysis of the labor rights crisis in the maquila industry, using Nicaragua as a case study.

Witness for Peace's official statement on domestic immigration policy.

One page download that details how the ban on travel to Cuba threatens American freedom and harms American families.

From food insecurity to labor exploitation to increased migration, a report on the impacts of CAFTA in Nicaragua.

A report on Nicaragua's staggering debts - and how the country found itself in this debt crisis.

An report by Robert Saper, a Witness for Peace International Team member based in Mexico.

A Spanish-language guide to the connections between U.S. economic policy and immigration from Mexico to the United States.

A gift of aid from the IMF translates into a health care crisis in Nicaragua.