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• Guatemala’s Disappeared – Fault Lines

  By kevodell on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In 2017, Al Jazeera produced the film ‘Guatemala’s Disappeared’ as part of their Fault Lines series. It still resonates today especially with the current hearing into the Diario Militar case. The film features the work of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology… Read More ›

• ‘Huge step’: Relatives of Guatemala disappeared hope for justice

  By kevodell on June 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Retired military officials will stand trial on charges of disappearing and killing dissidents in 1980s during civil war. Sandra Cuffe writes in Al Jazeera about the Diario Militar Case (‘Death Squad Dossier’) and its effect on people who have been… Read More ›

• A light of hope in 37 years of impunity

  By kevodell on June 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Families of Victims of the Diario Militar Case published a statement in response to the events of the first week of the hearing, following the indictment and remanding in custody of six accused of crimes against humanity, and other crimes…. Read More ›

• Diario Militar: six retired military officers are indicted

  By kevodell on June 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Lourdes Arana wrote in La Hora, on the 9th June, on the latest note on the Diario Militar case where retired members of the armed forces were brought to court in relation to the ‘Death Squad Dossier’ (Diario Militar) case…. Read More ›

• U.S. Anti-Corruption Drive Faces Bleak Prospects in Central America

  By kevodell on June 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip as vice president, Kamala Harris pledged to tackle corruption as a root cause of U.S.-bound migration. Sandra Cuffe writes in The Intercept on the challenges facing the anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala against the… Read More ›

• Harris’ blunt message in Guatemala: ‘Do not come’ to U.S.

  By kevodell on June 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In a test of her fledgling diplomatic skills, the vice president sought to foster hope while also deterring migration from Central America. Sabrina Rodríguez writes in Politico about the recent visit of the U.S. Vice-President, Kamala Harris, to Guatemala and… Read More ›

• Historical Memory in the Digital Age

  By kevodell on June 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In Guatemala, truthtellers and preservers of the past face renewed hostility. Digitization projects help safeguard the archives of state violence. Daniel Alvarado, Carlos Juárez, and Brie Gettleson write in NACLA about the importance of technology in the preservation of historical… Read More ›

• Open letter to Mrs. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America

  By kevodell on June 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Jordán Rodas Andrade, the Guatemala Human Rights’ Ombudsman wrote the following to Kamala Harris, the U.S. Vice-President on her visit to Guatemala. Your Excellency Madam Vice President: I am pleased to address you certain that your visit to Guatemala is… Read More ›

• “Rootedness and the Decision to Migrate” – In Guatemala, Most People Wouldn’t Choose to Migrate, New Study Says

  By kevodell on June 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Nikki Gamer has penned a piece in Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on a report for a study carried out on what helps to keep Guatemalans rooted to their communities. The timing coincides with the visit to Guatemala of the U.S…. Read More ›

• The Real Root Cause of Central American Migration

  By kevodell on June 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  If the Biden administration is committed to aiding the region, it must first acknowledge the destructive role of U.S. interventionism. Amelia Frank-Vitale and Lauren Heidbrink have written a viewpoint in In These Times about how ineffective ‘development’ aid from the… Read More ›