Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic, and environmentsl justice around the world.

Oaxaca’s Day of the Dead, Nights of the Living and Spirit of the Teachers Movement

Posted by in Latin America, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 30th October, 2006 | 1 Comment

By Karin Orr On October 30th, 2006, amidst the smoke, scorched cars, police barricades, and remnants of various rubbish formerly used as blockades by La Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), six participants arrived from various parts of the United States to Oaxaca city for Global Exchange’s nine-day Dia de los Muertos Reality »
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Chiapas: Reflections on Trade, Immigration, and the Global Economy

Posted by in Latin America, Regions We Visit, Trip Participant Stories on 1st July, 2005 | No Comments

By David Kennedy In July, I traveled to Chiapas, Mexico with a group from Global Exchange, a human rights organization in San Francisco, CA. Chiapas is the southernmost state in Mexico, bordering Guatemala. Our delegation was based in the colonial town of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, a city where a surprise battle in 1994 »
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