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… Corps,” Roder recruits, trains and places volunteers to serve in Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Nicaragua and Peru. Before Cap Corps, Roder was a critical driving force for establishing and …

… My paper utilized this perspective to examine these two Central American experiences, one from Nicaragua and the other from El Salvador. In both cases, women played the decisive role in the …

… a lot of time looking at Ronald Reagan’s “arms for hostages” and support of the Contras in Nicaragua. I lived through these times and was actively opposed to Johnson’s and Reagan’s …

… her, attired as a chauffeur. The strategy worked: The sisters got their land. Penny Lernoux in Nicaragua in 1984 (Kenneth Silverman) Hearts on Fire does not soft-pedal some of the …

… the Bay Area in California to block a U.S. Navy Munitions train loaded with weapons bound for Nicaragua and El Salvador. Instead of stopping the train and arresting the protestors, … humanity. Along the way, he provides in-depth analysis of American militarism in Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, occupied Palestine, Ecuador, Brazil, Iraq, Cuba and Chiapas. … at the Washington, D.C., office of "Witness for Peace," trying to stop the U.S. war against Nicaragua, I met Brian and helped him support our friend Charlie Liteky, a Vietnam veteran who …

… In the 1980s, the Reagan administration became embroiled in the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, wars that killed thousands, displaced hundreds of thousands, and witnessed many …

… I don’t get mad. By the time it is my turn to chat with the dark-eyed checkout girl from Nicaragua I am madly in love. 2. The office visit . Despite a life of good intentions, workers …

… want to do more. She then went on short medical mission trips to her parish's sister parish in Nicaragua and a one-month mission to Mississippi with Franciscan Sisters and another month in …

… Canyon, to the Farmworkers' fight to unionize, to human rights struggles in El Salvador and Nicaragua, particularly through "Witness for Peace." In an effort to make a difference locally, …

… with those who are served. I mentioned to him the process long used by the Quest for Peace in Nicaragua. Clothing, household goods, etc. are not given away, but sold at low prices. The money …

… President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s said of Anastasio Somoza, the longtime dictator of Nicaragua: “He may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he’s our son-of-a-bitch.” Demetria Mart'nez reminds …