Some recent articles
- NOTE: With our move in mid-2004 to Oregon, I'm way behind on
keeping
this up to date. Apologies. As we sort out a new form of web presence,
we'll
reengineer this space in a new form. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, among
my recent
writing is a series on Latin America carried by the National Catholic
Reporter.
Co-written by Barbara Fraser, its ten installments cover a variety
of themes.
You can find the latest article online
here. Earlier articles in the series can be accessed
from a chart near the bottom of that article.
- Peacebuilding
in Indonesia (NCR, June 2003)
- Guatemalan
bishop's dream no longer deferred (NCR, May 2003)
- Church
creates space for peace in war-torn southern Philippines (NCR, April
2003)
- Honduran bones not those
of disappeared priest (CNS, March 2003)
- Coffee
Crisis Hits Poor Countries (NCR, Feb 2003)
- Indonesian religious dialogue
gets boost from Iraq crisis (ENI, Feb 2003)
- Puerto Rico: Victory
for Vieques (ENI, February 2003)
- Guatemalan bishop's killer
is murdered (ENI, Feb 2003)
- Nicaraguan Church-State
Conflict Worsens (The Tablet (a British magazine), January 2003)
- Series of articles on Angola
(July 2002)
- Oil
Pressure: Angolans ask world's help in pressuring government (PNS,
August 2002)
- Hondurans celebrate 500th
anniversary of first mass (LP, August 2002)
- Pope John appeals to indigenous
in regional visit (ENI, August 2002)
- Plan Puebla-Panama: more poverty
for Mexico? (Response, June 2002)
- The battle for peace in
Chiapas (NWO, June 2002)
- Death or Development for
Ciudad Juarez (Response, June 2002)
- Mexican maids struggle for
rights (Response, June 2002)
- Whatever happened to peace
in Guatemala? (ENI, April 2002)
- Behind the Label: Maquila
organizing in Guatemala (NWO, Jan 2002)
Region
- Coffee Crisis Hits Poor Countries (NCR, Feb 2003)
- Water: The growing crisis (NWO, March 2001)
- The long arm of U.S. immigration reaches into Central America (LP, Nov 2000)
- Christianity coming out of the closet in Latin America (ENI, Oct 2000)
- Reconciliation elusive in post-war Central America (LP, March 2000)
- Despite new awareness, child labor persists in Central America (LP, June 99)
- Black women cultivate cultural pride, political power (LP, June 97)
- Fair Trade offers region's producers a better deal (LP, April 98)
- Maquila workers benefit from cross-border organizing (LP, September 97)
- Governments agree to protect Mesoamerican reef (LP, November 97)
- Region talks unity, lives with division (LP, September 97)
- Women migrants face tough choices (Response, February 98)
- Women make political advances despite obstacles (LP, August 97)
- Central America gets growing share of drug business (LP, December 97)
Honduras
- Bones not those of disappeared priest (CNS, March 2003)
- Hondurans celebrate 500th anniversary of first mass (LP, August 2002)
- Honeymoon ending for Honduran president (LP, May 2002)
- Central America's drought (Pacific News Service, September 2001)
- Press freedom under attack in Honduras (LP, June 2001)
- Honduran cardinal angers evangelicals (CNS, May 2001)
- Hondurans hotly debate Bible reading in schools (ENI, Nov 2000)
- Torture center found (LP, August 99)
- Colombus tried and "executed," 506 years later (ENI, October 98)
- Law against domestic violence will do little to slow abuse (LP, January 98)
- Relations grow tense with U.S. (LP, June 98)
- Indigenous protest U.S. military presence (LP, January 98)
- Shrimp farming threatens gulf's environment, residents (LP, November 97)
- Official charges U.S. with foot-dragging on human rights (LP, January 98)
- Church fears opponents will blow up Christ statue (ENI, January 98)
Nicaragua
- Church-State Conflict Worsens (The Tablet (a British magazine), January 2003)
- Nicaraguans reject Ortega's bid to reclaim presidency (ENI, November 2001)
- Last chance for Central America's wilderness (NWO, August 2001)
- Nicaraguan churches respond to campaign start (ENI, August 2001)
- Nicaraguans prepare for presidential election (LP, May 2001)
- Political pact under fire (LP, Sep 99)
- Nicaraguans still making peace (CC, June 97)
- School books heat up religious tensions (LP, April 97)
- Banks invade microcredit industry (LP, April 98)
- Ortega retains top Sandinista post despite abuse charges (LP, June 98)
- Nicaraguans make slow progress on removing mines (LP, February 98)
Guatemala
- Bishop's dream no longer deferred (NCR, May 2003)
- Bishop's killer is murdered (ENI, Feb 2003)
- Bishop criticizes government control of papal visit (CNS, August 2002)
- Pope John appeals to indigenous in regional visit (ENI, August 2002)
- Whatever happened to peace in Guatemala? (ENI, April 2002)
- Guatemalan bishop threatened, again (CNS, March 2002)
- Behind the Label: Maquila organizing in Guatemala (NWO, Jan 2002)
- Four convicted in killing of Guatemalan bishop (ENI, June 2001)
- Questions linger about killing of U.S. nun in Guatemala (CNS, May 2001)
- Trial of bishop's killers begins in Guatemala (NCR, April 2001)
- Maya spirituality enjoys new freedom in postwar Guatemala (Response, Nov 2000)
- Guatemalan government denies knowledge of who killed bishop (NCR, Nov 2000)
- Listen to a Pacifica Radio interview with Paul about Gerardi case (June 98)
- Guatemalans to choose in presidential runoff (LP, Nov 99)
- Priest accused of killing Guatemalan bishop released (ENI; February 99)
- Guatemala's peace in trouble after one year (LP, January 98)
- Guatemalans debate children's code (LP, February 98)
- In search of post-war healing, church digs up past (NCR, February 98)
- Guatemala mourns martyred bishop who fought for rights of poor (NCR, May 98)
- Bishop sought to give voice back to war's victims (NCR, May 98)
- Priest charged in Gerardi killing, but many suspect military (NCR, October 98)
El Salvador
- Romero supporters push Vatican on sainthood (ENI, October 2001)
- El Salvador's killer quakes (ACT series, Feb 2001: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
- When the earth trembles, the poor suffer (NWO, March 2001)
- Reconciliation in El Salvador - interview with Bishop Rosa Chavez (LP, Nov 2000)
- Bored by democracy (LP, March 99)
- Impunity a holdover from war (LP, May 97)
- Gang members combat violence in San Salvador (LP, November 97)
- Romero's vision embodied at rural university (NCR, November 97)
Caribbean
Mexico
- Plan Puebla-Panama: more poverty for Mexico? (Response, June 2002)
- The battle for peace in Chiapas (NWO, June 2002)
- Death or Development for Ciudad Juarez (Response, June 2002)
- Mexican maids struggle for rights (Response, June 2002)
- Pope John appeals to indigenous in regional visit (ENI, August 2002)
- Is Mexican saint-to-be a fraud? (LP, March 2002)
- Killing of Mexican human rights lawyer sparks protests (ENI, November 2001)
- Breaking down religious barriers in Chiapas (CC, January 97)
- In Chiapas village, church attacked for taking sides (NCR, June 96)
Other countries
Hurricane Mitch (see also CCD web site)
- Central Americans begin to rebuild in the wake of Mitch (LP, November 98)
- Honduras: After the storm (CC, November 98)
- Debt relief important in recovery (ENI, November 98)
- Aid workers overwhelmed (Catholic News Service, November 98)
- Churches face enormous tasks in wake of Mitch (ENI, November 98)
- Mission personnel confront disaster (United Methodist News Service, Nov 98)
- Mitch: It was the poor who died (NCR, November 98)
- Mitch proves resistance of sustainable agriculture (LP, February 99)
- Fatal harvest of mines uncovered by Mitch (LP, January 99)
- Debt activists plot new strategies (LP, January 99)
- Hondurans left on their own to rebuild after Mitch (LP, January 99)
- Politics of relief aid (CC, January 99)
- Women assume key roles in recovery from Mitch (LP, May 99)
- Hondurans await concrete results of aid (LP, June 99)
- One year after Mitch... (Swedish magazine, Oct 99)
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