Diego Arcos Meneses

Diego Arcos Meneses was wrongly accused of murder - he was imprisoned for a year and tortured before our partner Frayba secured his release . [CAFOD]

Frayba press conference

Frayba press conference [CAFOD]

Guatemalan procession

The ‘crucified people’ – a Mayan procession mourning the victims of military repression in neighbouring Guatemala

Freed political prisoners

Freed political prisoners

Zacario Hernandez

Zacario Hernandez, the person who started the hunger strike and the first one to be released

computer animation

Computer animation on workers rights in Mexico

Reilando Jimenez Cruz

CAFOD partner Fomento works with indigenous communities, providing training in human rights, health and agriculture. [Marcella Haddad]

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CAFOD partner Fomento works with indigenous communities, providing training in human rights, health and agriculture. [Marcella Haddad]

Hna Consuelo Morales Elizondo, CADHAC

Hna Consuelo Morales Elizondo [CAFOD]

Maize farmers sowing

Maize farmers sowing in Benito Juarez village, Ixtepec, Mexico. Cheap corn flour sold by big company Maseca has meant collapse of income for local farmers [Marcella Haddad]

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Coffee arriving from small farmers is checked by Saul for humidity at the world's first fair trade coffee co-operative UCIRI in Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

Man with child in his arms

CAFOD-funded Fomento helps coffee farmers like Nacho Hernandez Perez to face the threat of falling prices [Marcella Haddad]

Electronics worker in Mexico

Electronics worker Ramona was sacked for giving an interview to CAFOD. [Marcella Haddad]

Farmer Miguel Martinez Gutierrez has suffered falling maize prices because of unfair trade rules. [Martha Clarke]

Farmer Miguel Martinez Gutierrez has suffered falling maize prices because of unfair trade rules [Martha Clarke]

Man with coffee beans

Farmer Vicente Gomez Gutierrez's livelhood is threatened by falling coffee prices [Marcella Haddad]

Mexican maize farmer

Cheap flour flooding the market means collapsing income for maize farmers like Juan Valencia Rosada [Marcella Haddad]

A Mexican electronics sector worker

A Mexican electronics sector worker, sacked for speaking publicly about poor working conditions [Marcella Haddad]

Jorge Barajas

Jorge Barajas of CEREAL with sacked electronics worker, Ramona. [Marcella Haddad]

Little girls in church

Morning prayers at the Church of the Virgin of Guadelupe, Chiapas, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

Man being blessed

Nacho Hernandez Perez being blessed at a ceremony installing him as village leader, Chiapas, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

Lupita

Lupita Perez Soria, former electronics worker sacked for speaking out, thanks CAFOD supporters for supporting the 'Clean up your computer' campaign. [Marcella Haddad]

Mario Monroy with coffee sacks

Mario Monroy, Director of CAFOD partner SIPRO, which carries out public education and sells fairtrade goods [Marcella Haddad]

Hernán Quezada

Hernán Quezada of VIHas de Vida [CAFOD]

Perla and mother

Perla and her mother, Ana, who is a computer worker in Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

Man with candles

Outgoing village leader Manual Guzman Jimenez at a ceremony installing new leaders, Chipas State, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

Boy with tomatoes

This Mexican boy's family are coffee farmers, and have been badly hit by the coffee price collapse. [Marcella Haddad]

Mexican children

Zenaida and Leonardo collect water lilies in the River Jol, Chiapas, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]

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Young demonstrator outside the World Trade Organisation Summit meeting in Cancun, Mexico. [Alison Marshall]

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Young children in Mexico play with their pet chicken [Marcella Haddad]

Monica electronics worker

"I truly think that people are better off in prison than we were." Monica used to make parts for IBM & Hewlett Packard products. [Marcella Haddad]

Sylvia electronics worker

Sylvia lost her job after fighting for her rights in an electronics factory. [Marcella Haddad]

Pedro Reyes

Pedro Reyes of CEREAL in Mexico gives advice to electronics workers. [CAFOD]

Paty electronics worker

Paty wasn't paid the wage she deserved for being a skilled worker in an electronics factory [Marcella Haddad]

Onécimo Hidalgo

Onécimo Hidalgo of CIEPAC works with rural indigenous communities in Southern Mexico [CAFOD]

Norma Castañeda

Norma Castañeda of Equipo Pueblo coordinated a campaign asking people to vote on whether they supported the proposed FTAA. [CAFOD]

RMALC representatives

RMALC representatives visit CAFOD: L-R Onecimo Hidalgo, Norma Castañeda, Antonio Villalba and Maria Atilano [CAFOD]

Antonio Villalba

Antonio Villalba from Mexico's Authentic Labour Front [CAFOD]

Maria Atilano

Maria Atilano, RMALC coordinator [CAFOD]

Mexican marchers with banner

Zapatista guerrillas and Mexican indigenous groups march for indigenous rights [Marcella Haddad]

Carlos Rodriguez and Dulce Maria Cruz Vazquez

Carlos Rodriguez of CEREAL and Dulce Maria Cruz Vazquez of the National Union of Petrol Workers at the World Social Forum 2005 [CAFOD]

Seven-year-old Pedro with his dog

Seven-year-old Pedro with his dog. Many from his community in Mexico seek work in the US but CAFOD partner Fomento is helping migrant workers improve their situation [Sarah Smith-Pearse]

Children by candlelight, Mexico

Children by candlelight, Mexico [Marcella Haddad]