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• Hell is not a Metaphor for this Place

  By kevodell on March 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

  ‘Children killed by a disastrous state – we will not forget them’ “This is one of those columns that should never have to be written because the deaths of 40 children in a ‘safe’ Home, in the charge of the… Read More ›

• Indigenous communities bring Guatemala to a standstill as Guatemalan congress refuses to recognise indigenous justice

  By kevodell on February 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Photo by Anna Watts Indigenous communities across Guatemala came together to bring the country to a standstill, blockading major crossroads and highways. This nationwide peaceful demonstration was protesting against the Guatemalan congress’s rejection of a constitutional reform that would legally… Read More ›

• 500 YEARS

  By kevodell on February 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  “There is joy in dreaming about a new country, a country where we indigenous people, with our culture, our language, our spirituality, our worldview, can exist as part of this country.” – Daniel Pascual, Peasant Leader 500 YEARS is the story… Read More ›

• Will Ríos Montt ever stand trial for Dos Erres?

  By kevodell on February 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Jo-Marie Burt has been writing about the latest on whether José Efraín Ríos Montt will face trial in relation to the 1982 Dos Erres massacre, in which an elite unit of the Guatemalan army known as Kaibiles slaughtered over 200… Read More ›

• European Report Features Tahoe Resources as a ‘Harmful Investment’, Reveals Billion Dollar Funds Have Divested

  By kevodell on February 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Tahoe Resources is one of fourteen companies featured as a dangerous investment in the fifth edition of ‘Dirty Profits’ launched today in Hamburg, Germany and edited by the organization Facing Finance. The article posted on the Tahoe on Trial website… Read More ›

• Los Ancianos

  By kevodell on January 25, 2017 • ( 4 )

  Doña Sabina in her one-room village home. Without family who can support her, Sabina has very few possessions. At noon each day, she walks barefoot down sharp cobblestones to receive a meal at an elderly nutrition center run by Mayan… Read More ›

• Repression of communities defending their rights in the Micro Region of Ixquisis, San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango

  By kevodell on January 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Today, January 17, 2017, the communities of the Micro Region of Ixquisis, San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango, who defend human rights, their territory, life and natural resources, carried out a peaceful protest to express, once again, their rejection and disagreement with… Read More ›

• Former Guatemalan Soldier Charged With Massacring Civilians

  By kevodell on January 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  A U.S. resident has been linked to a 1982 attack on the village of Dos Erres in Guatemala that led to the deaths of about 250 children, women and unarmed men. Sebastian Rotella writes in ProPublica as part of an… Read More ›

• 20 years after peace accords, Guatemalans resist remilitarization of everyday life

  By kevodell on December 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Activists march holding a sign asking where are the disappeared during the anti-military march on June 30. (WNV/Jeff Abbott) On the Waging NonViolence website, Jeff Abbott writes about HIJOS and the right to remember and resist in Guatemala, especially the… Read More ›

• Take Action: Support Communities Resisting “Gunpoint Exploration” Mining Project

  By kevodell on December 18, 2016 • ( 0 )

  This from The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Across Guatemala, communities have innovated diverse strategies to protect and defend their lands and livelihoods. For the communities of San Juan Bosco and Casillas in southeastern Guatemala, the imposition of Tahoe… Read More ›