Author Archives

• Justice in the Juana Raymundo Rivera case contributes to advancing the human rights of girls and women in the Ixil area

  By kevodell on July 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  ACOGUATE has published a piece about the femicide of Juana Raymundo Rivera and how justice has been found and applied in Ixil. For almost three years, the parents of Juana Raymundo Rivera have been seeking justice for the femicide of… Read More ›

• Revised NGO Law threatens freedom of association in Guatemala

  By kevodell on June 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Guatemala Solidarity Network (GSN) wishes to “express our profound concern regarding the amendments to Bill 5257, a law governing the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), that went into effect Monday, June 21st, following the Guatemalan Constitutional Court’s (CC) denial of… Read More ›

• The community of Chicoyogüito and their struggle for justice

  By kevodell on June 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  On the 28th July, 1968, the community of Chicoyogüito, in Alta Verapaz, was evicted from its lands in order to instal the former Military Zone 21 (ZM 21), which became a detention centre, as well as a site for massacres… Read More ›

• Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration

  By kevodell on June 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Victoria Sanford had an interesting opinion piece published in BarrioZona in advance of the visit to Guatemala of the United States Vice President, Kamala Harris. Following a virtual bilateral meeting last month with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala… Read More ›

• One man’s crusade to take on government corruption in Guatemala

  By kevodell on June 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Giselle Fernandez has a piece on Spectrum News NY1 about Juan Francisco Sandoval, the head of Guatemala’s Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad – FECI). FECI is one of the few institutions left in the country… Read More ›

• 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 • ( 1 )

  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 ›