Author Archives

• Working in fear

  By kevodell on July 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Gildaneliz Barrientos writes on the D+C Development and Cooperation website about the challenges facing journalists in Guatemala including murder, threats and acts of intimidation. This is compounded by the lack of protection from the police. In what is unfortunately a… Read More ›

• The corruption epidemic in the Guatemalan justice system

  By kevodell on June 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Claudia Escobar Mejía writes, in the Global Americans website, about the ongoing, and increasing, infiltration and manipulation of the Guatemalan justice system by corrupt, and criminal, law-makers in the Guatemala Congress. The piece also explains the somewhat arcane process for… Read More ›

• #GuateRacista: Little stories that reveal the depth of racism in Guatemala.

  By kevodell on June 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This was a recent, and timely, post from Jody García on the Nómada website. Any errors in translation are mine. The murder of the Mayan spiritual guide, Domingo Chuc, stirred a twitter dialogue on racism directed at indigenous peoples in… Read More ›

• Domingo Choc Che – Savage Christianity in Petén

  By kevodell on June 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Domingo Choc Che was a Mayan spiritual guide, a medicine specialist and a traditional healer. He was murdered in his hometown of Chimay, in the Municipality of San Juan in Petén, some 230km north of the capital, Guatemala City. He… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s White Flags: COVID Community Response

  By kevodell on May 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  They say that viruses don’t discriminate, but as COVID-19 sweeps across the world it has become ever more clear that this is not the case. Populations who have faced historical discrimination and marginalisation are far more vulnerable to both the… Read More ›

• Three years after the fire that killed 41 girls in Guatemala

  By kevodell on March 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  By Frauke Decoodt – this English translation courtesy of Confidencial. “I don’t want anyone to wish me a Happy Women’s Day on March 8th,” recently said Brendy Cuy Urizar. Elsa Siquín Montafúr doesn’t celebrate this day either. Brendy is the… Read More ›

• Pamela Guinea: Cinema made in Guatemala

  By kevodell on March 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  It is very difficult to explain what is happening in Guatemalan cinema. How can a small country, without a cinema law and with so many conflicts, make such good cinema? Pamela Guinea is a Guatemalan film producer, and has worked… Read More ›

• NISGUA – February Solidarity Update

  By kevodell on March 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Highlights from NISGUA’s February 2020 Solidarity Update include: 21st Celebration of the Day of Dignification for Victims February 25th marked the 21st anniversary of the presentation of the UN-sponsored Historical Clarification Commission Report for Truth and Reconciliation. The report, Guatemala:… Read More ›

• In Resistance, there is Revival: Delegation Reflection

  By kevodell on March 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  From February 22-29th, a Canadian delegation visited communities and organizations resisting the Escobal mine in Guatemala. The delegation was organized by BTS and Mining Watch. Charlotte Connolly writes about the experience. The week-long delegation to the Escobal Mine, facilitated by… Read More ›

• Guatemala: violence against women

  By kevodell on March 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  On International Women’s Day gender equity is still a long way off. Nathalie Mercier, of Christian Aid, writes in LAB – Latin America Bureau. The 8th March is celebrated as International Women’s Day. However, in Guatemala for the past three… Read More ›