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• Guatemala’s Indigenous Communities Are Still Fighting for Their Rights

  By kevodell on September 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Jeff Abbott writes a column in The Progressive, The Other Americans, and this is from his latest piece. September 15 marks 200 years since the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica gained independence from… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s National Strike Demands Structural Change

  By kevodell on September 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Giovanni Batz writes in NACLA about the latest protests in Guatemala which build on years of popular struggle and which deepen demands for a plurinational state. In the last decade, national protests throughout Guatemala have symbolized a growing anger and… Read More ›

• Alianza Por Las Reformas – letter to G13

  By kevodell on September 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Alianza Por Las Reformas (Alliance For Reforms) is a coalition of 40 civil society organisations, diverse and democratic, which was formed in in 2017 to promote and advocate for different reforms necessary for a more just country. It brings… Read More ›

• GHRC – Human Rights Update

  By kevodell on September 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  GHRC recently published (3rd Sep ’21) its latest Human Rights Update. 2021 on Track to Be Worst Year for Human Rights Defenders in 20 Years According to the Unit for Protection of Human Rights Defenders of Guatemala (UDEFEGUA), in the… Read More ›

• To The Public

  By kevodell on September 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The former head of FECI, Juan Francisco Sandoval released a statement, from exile, in which he responded to attacks from the Attorney General. The statement is above and any errors in translation are mine. To The Public: The Attorney General,… Read More ›

• Threats to the rule of law in Guatemala are getting serious

  By kevodell on September 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Sanne Weber and Marlies Stappers recently wrote in Open Democracy about the ongoing challenges facing the rule of law and the protection of human rights from the corrupt elites. This year, which marks the 25th anniversary of the peace accords… Read More ›

• What difference does a union make?

  By kevodell on September 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In the Guatemalan banana industry the short answer is working about 12 hours a week less for over double the pay, and for women workers about one fifth the likelihood of being exposed to sexual harassment at work. Banana Link… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Government Is Defying Biden’s Anti-Corruption Efforts

  By kevodell on September 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Jeff Abbott writes a column in The Progressive, The Other Americans, and this is from his latest piece. The Guatemalan government, helmed by President Alejandro Giammattei, continues to impede the country’s institutions meant to combat official corruption. While these attempts… Read More ›

• International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

  By kevodell on August 31, 2021 • ( 0 )

  August 30th is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. We remember the estimated 45,000 people who were disappeared, according to the United Nations–sponsored Truth Clarification Commission (CEH), during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996) that took place in… Read More ›

• Biden Faces a Trade-Off: Stop Corruption, or Migration?

  By kevodell on August 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  President Biden promised to attack corruption in Central America head on, but that goal has taken a back seat to cooperating on stopping migrants from the region. Natalie Kitroeff writes in the New York Times about the challenges facing anti-corruption… Read More ›