The 31st January 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Guatemalan state attack on the Spanish Embassy and the massacre of 37 people. As well as a memorial, this highlights the barbarity of the regimes in this era. The… Read More ›
Month: January 2010
Atitlán – the cry of a lake
The writer, Aldous Huxley, famously wrote wrote of Lake Atitlán,“Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a… Read More ›
Guatemala: A Tax Code by and for the Oligarchs?
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‘Rosenberg case takes bizarre twist’
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Tensions in San Marcos
Wednesday 13th January saw the second murder in three months of a leader in the campaign for the nationalisation of electricity provision in the department of San Marcos. The murder comes following recent heightened tensions in the department, which culminated… Read More ›
Forwarded message: Screening of “Which Way Home” at Frontline Club, Paddington, 24th January
Which Way Home The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “ The Beast ”. Director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) tracks the stories of children… Read More ›
Forwarded message: Seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecu
Forwarded message from Kathy Dill: I am seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecú Osorio, whom I am nominating for the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. I am nominating him as an individual and speaking… Read More ›
SITRAPETEN eviction on NISGUA website
An urgent action has been posted on US organisation, NISGUA’s, website concerning the violent eviction of trade unionists from the central square in Guatemala City last month. For our post on the eviction (which includes links for further information) click… Read More ›
Interamerican Court finds against Guatemala in Dos Erres Case
After fifteen years of waiting for justice to be done in Guatemala the survivors and relatives of victims of the Dos Erres massacre have however received a favourable verdict elsewhere: the Interamerican Court of Human Rights found the state of… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 