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• Execution of young people

  By kevodell on August 14, 2008 • ( 0 )

  We received very sad news from La Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes de Guatemala (ACJ), part of the International YMCA movement. The news concerned the assassination of three young men in the Amatitlán area. The communiqué from ACJ is introduced by… Read More ›

• Never Again a Military Parade

  By kevodell on July 17, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Since 1871, the Guatemalan people have been submitted to witness the armed forces caravan through their streets every June 30th – officially observed as Armed Forces Day. Nevertheless, starting in 1999, the HIJOS Collective (acronym for: Sons and Daughters for… Read More ›

• Letter to BBC Mundo

  By kevodell on July 2, 2008 • ( 0 )

  There was an interesting article on BBC Mundo the other day, about a compensation programme set up by the Guatemalan government. While this was of interest in its own right, a paragraph near the end of the article stopped me… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Five Sentenced to 780 Years for Río Negro Massacre

  By kevodell on June 12, 2008 • ( 0 )

  "After three years of bureaucratic suspension and six months of hearings, five ex-civil patrollers were sentenced to 780 years in prison by the Sentencing Tribunal in the highland county of Salamá on May 28." "The massacre of Río Negro women… Read More ›

• The Silent Violence of Peace in Guatemala

  By kevodell on June 1, 2008 • ( 0 )

  ‘Citizens in Guatemala have understood for years that the state continues to be a prime source of human rights abuses, and many Guatemalans are actively trying change change this, despite threats to their personal safety and few signs of amelioration…. Read More ›

• BBC Mundo – Feminicide in Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

  BBC Mundo has opened up this opportunity to ask questions of three Guatemalan women who are at the forefront of the struggle for justice in the case of feminicide in Guatemala.

• Crisis along the Rio Dulce in Guatemala: the death of Mario Caal

  By kevodell on April 5, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Photo of Mario Caal’s body as he was found: Anti-Imperialist Block “The imposing Rio Dulce (SweetRiver), a spectacular body of water which connects LakeIzabal with the Caribbean port city of Livingston, measures approximately 35 kilometers (or 22 miles) in length…. Read More ›