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• Amatitlán and the ‘Magic Solution’ of salty water

  By kevodell on March 16, 2016 • ( 0 )

  A Guatemalan court has ordered that the former vice president, Roxanna Baldetti, be investigated for alleged corruption linked to the “magic solution” which she promised would clean up a polluted lake. The mysterious chemical, bought for millions of dollars from… Read More ›

• ‘La Puyita’ – La Puya goes to the Capital

  By kevodell on March 16, 2016 • ( 0 )

  “La Puyita” -‘Sorry for the inconvenience, we are fighting for the water of this and future generations – no to mining…’ The Comunidades en Resistencia at La Puya, have recently opened up a second point of resistance by taking their… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls

  By kevodell on March 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Rebeca Lane | Photo: Cynthia Vance / Courtesy Rebeca Lane Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls By: Heather Gies for TeleSUR Rebeca Lane is a feminist rapper, poet, artist and activist based in Guatemala City whose art and resistance as… Read More ›

• Sepur Zarco: ‘I am here seeking justice’

  By kevodell on March 8, 2016 • ( 2 )

  There is really nothing to add here. From Plaza Pública.

• Beneath the shawls, justice is served

  By kevodell on March 8, 2016 • ( 0 )

  The women raise their hands on hearing the verdict (Sandra Sebastián) “The Guatemalan justice system has said it was not a lie. Sexual violence within the Sepur Zarco military outpost was real. More than ten women had to wait 34… Read More ›

• Reactions to Historic Sepur Zarco Judgment

  By kevodell on March 4, 2016 • ( 0 )

  On February 26, 2016, High Risk “A” Tribunal in Guatemala convicted military officers Esteelmer Reyes Girón and Heriberto Valdez Asig of sexual violence and domestic and sexual slavery against 15 Maya Q’eqchi’ women, as well as several counts of homicide… Read More ›

• News from La Puya

  By kevodell on March 3, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Yesterday, March 2, 2016,the Comunidad en Resistencia at La Puya celebrated their fourth year of peaceful resistance against the El Tambor gold mine. This anniversary was especially momentous, coming just after the Guatemalan Supreme Court’s February 22 ruling to suspend… Read More ›

• Sepur Zarco – Guilty Verdict

  By kevodell on March 3, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Women survivors of Sepur Zarco stand and raise their hands in acknowledgement of the guilty verdict and sentence. Photo: EPA (NISGUA) The 26th February marked an historic day for both Guatemala and the world in the struggle to seek justice… Read More ›

• Guatemala – trade unions in the firing line

  By kevodell on February 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Noé Ramirez Portela, General Secretary of the Izabal Banana Workers’ Union of Guatemala (SITRABI) visited the UK from 26 to 28 November 2015, during which he met UK trade unionists, government and opposition officials and journalists. He also spoke at… Read More ›

• Sepur Zarco: Landmark Sexual Violence Case in Guatemala

  By kevodell on February 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Image from the Sepur Zarco trial taken by Nelton Rivera On Monday, February 1, the landmark Sepur Zarco trial opened in Guatemala City before High-Risk Court A. It is first time that a case of sexual violence related to Guatemala’s… Read More ›