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Sleepless in Iraq

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by Virginia Wright Peterson, 2/9/08 • I haven't slept soundly since I arrived at COB Speicher. No one I have talked to has either. A steady stream of Apache, Blackhawk, and Chinook helicopters make their landing descent over our CHUs. The roar of the engines comes so close the CHU shakes. I am convinced some of the pilots are having a contest to see who can fly the closest to the roofs of our CHUs without hitting them. MORE »

A world where many worlds can fit

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by Karen Larson • We have been in Chiapas now since late Monday. The city of San Cristobal de las Casas makes itself known to us privileged ones as bustling and colorful, historic and friendly, with good food and comfortable beds. With the guidance of our more connected group leaders, however, we are starting to scratch beneath the veneer to the real lives of Chiapas and its people. MORE »

The Walker

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by Karen Larson • With many of us, including me, emerging today from a serious bacterial purging of our digestive tracts, today´s meeting at CAPESE was a welcome back to the world. We were moved and energized by our presenter´s personal story.
The TC Daily Planet has a variety of blogs. One of them is called "World Views."World Views" publishes stories, reflection and analysis with an international perspective and a Minnesota connection. This blog post comes from the United Theological Seminary trip to Chiapas, Mexico in January 2008.
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The good, the bad, and the ugly

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Virginia Wright-Peterson • Dateline: Iraq - Every week, I download pictures taken on the camera I almost always carry with me, look at what I've seen and then try to come up with words to explain my experiences. It is like a photo journal. This week, the phrase "the good, the bad, and the ugly" comes to mind. MORE »

Color of My Landscape

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by Virginia Wright Peterson • Iraq, 1/7/08 - I think all of the camouflage is starting to get to me. I had a dream the other night I found a bright, canary yellow blouse in my closet here and had an overwhelming desire to wear it. Definitely not a possibility in the midst of the sea of tan and beige camouflage on COB Speicher! MORE »

River of messages in Iraq

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by Virginia Wright Peterson • December 14, 2007 I am numb at the end of a week of relaying many, many emergency messages. It had been quiet around Thanksgiving. A week later, Julie and I are passing record numbers of messages for our time here. MORE »

Venezuela: Reality versus reporting

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by Patrick Leet •The NY Times is, once again, doing their best to lead the corporate media spin campaign in-progress, constructing a consensus on Venezuela according to pre-conceived conclusions, and not according to the realities on the streets in Venezuela. The spin - in all corporate media I've read - has been: 1) Chavez tried a slight-of-hand "power grab" (this is repeated over and over) via a constitutional reform. MORE »

Accompanying Doña Juana

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While national scandals exposing corrupt police and politicians continue to rattle Guatemala in this election year, one particular case of police abuse has less publicly shaken the lives of all those connected to it. Over the months that my co-workers and I have accompanied this case, it has affected each and every one of us in profound ways. MORE »
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