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• Indigenous Guatemalan Journalist Faces Charges after Reporting on Protest

  By kevodell on November 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Iñigo Alexander writes in the NACLA Report website. The arrest of Maya K’iche’ journalist Anastasia Mejía exposes the Central American country’s ongoing assault on press freedom. On 22nd September, Maya K’iche’ journalist, Anastasia Mejía was detained by the National Police… Read More ›

• Between a Volcano and a Pandemic

  By kevodell on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In the Shadow of Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego, a Community Displaced by War Struggles to Survive. James Rodríguez writes in El Faro about the challenges facing the community of La Trinidad in the Department of Escuintla, which was affected by… Read More ›

• The Legacy of How Guatemala Destroyed its Own Anti-Corruption Crusade

  By kevodell on October 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A few months ago, Insight Crime published an interview with Juan Francisco Sandoval, the head of FECI ( Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad – Special Prosecutor Against Impunity). The interview focuses on the continued machinations of those in power to… Read More ›

• Suitcases of Cash: Guatemala’s Faltering Anti-Corruption Efforts

  By kevodell on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Sandra Cuffe writes in El Faro about the find, in a wealthy gated community, in Antigua, Guatemala, of about USD $15M in both Guatemala Quetzals and US Dollars. The search was carried out by FECI (Fiscalía Especializada Contra la Impunidad… Read More ›

• #ElijoDignidad – I Choose Dignity.

  By kevodell on October 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Pamela Yates, the film maker from Skylight, has featured a short film, Cho Ukayib’al (To Look Deeply), as part of her contribution to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 12th. The film is by Andrea Ixchíu Hernández and the Colectivo Elijo Dignidad… Read More ›

• ‘I am tired of it’: Femicides spark outrage across Guatemala

  By kevodell on October 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Women are protesting in Guatemala after recent murders fuel sorrow and calls for action. Sandra Cuffe has written in Al Jazeera about a weekend of action in Guatemala where the recent murder of a university student has sparked sorrow, outrage,… Read More ›

• Evicting Lote Ocho

  By kevodell on October 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  How a Canadian Mining Company Infiltrated the Guatemalan State Max Binks-Collier has written a powerful piece in The Intercept about the corporate and state violence visited on the poor community of Lote Ocho. It was often when Rosa Elbira Coc… Read More ›

• PBI Guatemala – latest Bulletin

  By kevodell on September 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Peace Brigades International (PBI) – Guatemala Project published their latest Bulletin recently. It is a very useful resource to follow the work they do and the context within which they do so. Water Shortages in Guatemala Members of the organizations… Read More ›

• El Mirador and the threat of Indiana Jones

  By kevodell on September 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The rule of “finders, keepers” has held true for most archaeological discoveries at least since museums, as we now know them, have existed. Collectors of foreign objects have been around, of course, as long as war, but the officialization of… Read More ›

• New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ claims over a gold-mining project in Guatemala

  By kevodell on August 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A new report exposes omissions and misrepresentations in a Nevada-based mining company’s more than $400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines… Read More ›