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• Report: Advances in Escobal Mine Consultation Overshadowed by Constitutional Crisis in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Ellen Moore introduces a new report published on the Earthworks website. More than two years after the court ordered a consultation with the Xinka Indigenous people over the future of the Escobal silver mine, the process has yet to move… Read More ›

• The consolidation of authoritarianism and the increase in attacks against people, organisations and communities that defend human rights

  By kevodell on December 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  UDEFEGUA recently released a briefing on the situation in Guatemala regarding attacks against human rights defenders. Any errors in translation are mine. The Protection Unit for Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (La Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de… Read More ›

• In Guatemala, Resignations are Not Enough

  By kevodell on December 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  “Guatemalan democracy fails by design to meet the needs of the poor majority, creating a foothold for corrupt parties while draining the government of legitimacy”. Nicholas Copeland writes in NACLA Report about the recent wide-ranging civic demonstrations taking place in… Read More ›

• The Future of War Crimes Prosecutions in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Open Society Justice Initiative is ending its monitoring of grave crimes trials in Guatemala through its International Justice Monitor website. This is the final post. Guatemala Solidarity Network wishes to thank OSJI for its contribution to the struggle for… Read More ›

• Seven Incendiary Questions About Guatemala’s Political Crisis

  By kevodell on December 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The institutional crisis derived from the citizens’ rejection of the 2021 Budget has broader roots and ramifications. Among these is the excessive use of the police force, the conflict between decisions of the Executive and resolutions of the Constitutional Court… Read More ›

• Guatemala: #NoNosPela

  By kevodell on December 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Red Nation recently posted a podcast, guest-hosted by Giovanni Batz, and featuring Andrea Ixchíu, Floridalma Boj Lopez, and Alejandro Flores. They discuss the recent Guatemalan protests and uprising, which were sparked by the recent approval of a budget that… Read More ›

• PLQE – ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?

  By kevodell on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The latest ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?, in English, arrived from PLQE, the Spanish and K’iche’ school, based in Xela. Congress approves the largest national budget in history behind closed doors. The morning of November 17, officers from the National Civil… Read More ›

• The Afternoon Giammattei Unleashed the Fury

  By kevodell on November 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  If one looks at the images of the attacks on the Congress building last weekend, you can see perpetrators wielding expandable batons, normal police issue crowd control weapons. This, in addition to narratives highlighting state infiltration of the demonstration and… Read More ›

• Police Repress Protests

  By kevodell on November 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This weekend’s Guardian Weekly published a photo of the fire in the Congress building from last weekend, but without any context. It’s the now, ‘well-known’, photo with the protester in front, arms raised – typical, lazy ‘western’ corporate journalism. The… Read More ›

• Guatemalans rise to demand justice

  By kevodell on November 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Thousands of people took to the streets on November 21st, in Guatemala, to demonstrate against the corruption and greed of the members of Congress who, amongst other things, wished to increase their meals’ allowance at the expense of child malnutrition… Read More ›