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• We Lament the Resignation of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez

  By kevodell on November 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  CALDH, on behalf of the the Human Rights Convergence (la Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos), tweeted a statement in support of Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez who tendered his resignation and announced his exile. Any errors in translation are mine. You… Read More ›

• Clandestine Structures in Guatemala Consummate Witch Hunt against Judge of “Death Squad Dossier” Case

  By kevodell on November 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada write in El Faro English on the resignation of Miguél Ángel Gálvez as Guatemalan High-Risk Judge, and his announcement of exile. Corrupt officials and war criminals sought to make an example out of Gálvez, as… Read More ›

• Statement: The Situation of the freedom of expression in Guatemala at CIDH hearing

  By kevodell on November 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  NISGUA have translated and published a statement from Red Rompe el Miedo Guatemala (RRMG) whose members are Centro Civitas, Protection International, Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas, Asociación Sobrevivencia Cultural and Artículo 19. It is regarding the situation of the freedom… Read More ›

• The Lives of Those Who Died

  By kevodell on November 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Sergio Palencia Frener writes in NACLA about those who were killed during the Alaska (La Cumbre de Alaska) massacre in 2012. In the Mayan highlands of Guatemala there is a summit called Alaska. Known locally as Chuipatán, it is located… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s past unearthed: The search for the disappeared

  By kevodell on November 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Witness series on Al Jazeera features a film by Paula Monaco Felipe. A 40-year search for his disappeared father leads an Indigenous weaver into a world of forensic investigation. Carlos Poyon was just three years old when his father… Read More ›

• PBI – Becoming A ‘Brigadista’

  By kevodell on October 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Peace Brigades International (PBI) Guatemala Project is made up of volunteers, from many countries, who have gone through a long and detailed training which covers the situation in Guatemala as well as the work of international accompaniment that PBI… Read More ›

• Guatemala is Constructing a Religious Narco-State

  By kevodell on October 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Jeff Abbott has written a piece in The Progressive, for the “Other Americans” series, reflecting on the rise of right-wing evangelical forces in the once-Catholic majority nation which is reshaping its culture—and politics. As Christian nationalism rises within the Republican… Read More ›

• The Jungle Patrol: Fighting Illegal Loggers on the Guatemala-Mexico Border

  By kevodell on October 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Alejandro Melgoza and Alex Papadovassilakis present an important and fascinating report, on InSight Crime, into how a shadowy timber mafia, with ties to Asia, is illegally extracting precious wood on the Guatemala-Mexico border. They document how illegal loggers have ravaged… Read More ›

• Special Reports: Guatemala’s Downward Spiral

  By kevodell on October 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA (GHRC), and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLf) have, together, presented three reports into the challenges being faced by human… Read More ›

• FAO Report: Guatemala included among 19 countries with acute food insecurity

  By kevodell on October 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Ana Lucía González writes, in La Hora, about Guatemala being added to the list of ‘Hunger Hotspots’ compiled by the FAO/WFP. The report ‘Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook’ warns that… Read More ›