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• “The Scandal of Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean”

  By kevodell on May 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “In Guatemala’s case, the insidious effects of inequality are clear. There can be no suggestion that the continued and increasing suffering of Guatemala’s poor – most particularly its indigenous population – is due to a lack of resources or institutional… Read More ›

• “Dos Erres: the long road to justice”

  By kevodell on April 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “Dos Erres: the long road to justice” By Louisa Reynolds I In 1979, Juan Pablo Arévalo dug a well in his land, unaware of the fact that he was digging his own grave. His son, Saúl Arévalo, 54, takes off… Read More ›

• The Indigenous, Peasant and Popular March arrives to Guatemala City

  By kevodell on April 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “After 9 days and 212 kilometers, the Indigenous, Campesino and Popular March for the defense of Mother Earth, against evictions, criminalization, and in favor of Integrated Rural Development, arrived to the center of the Capital City. According to members of… Read More ›

• Justice comes for victims of massacre

  By kevodell on April 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This article, by Louisa Reynolds, was featured on the Latinamerica Press website, and provides some good background to the story. Court sentences another soldier who participated in Dos Erres massacre. Maria Ofelia Gómez Hernández will never forget Dec. 6, 1982…. Read More ›

• Q&A: ‘We Are on the Road to Overcoming Impunity’ in Guatemala

  By kevodell on March 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Danilo Valladares interviews Rosalina Tuyuc, winner of the Niwano Peace Prize. This was on the Global Issues website and is from Inter Press Service. ‘To achieve peace, it is necessary for the truth to come out, and for the victims… Read More ›

• Problems created by the GOLDCORP Marlin mine in San Marcos.

  By kevodell on March 11, 2012 • ( 0 )

  This is an article written by Monsignor Alvaro Ramazzini who is Bishop of the Diocese of San Marcos. It was originally published on the COPAE website and subsequently in albedrío. We we are grateful to Natasha da Silva for the… Read More ›

• Preliminary Hearing in Case against José Efraín Ríos Montt

  By kevodell on March 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  We are again grateful to NISGUA for the following piece. On Thursday, January 26, 2012, in a preliminary hearing, General José Efraín Ríos Montt was linked to the ongoing legal process for genocide and crimes against humanity by the first… Read More ›

• “Eternal life to our loved ones” – Interviews with AJR after Ríos Montt hearing

  By kevodell on March 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  We are grateful to NISGUA for the following piece. An initial court hearing for former General Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide, took place after ten years of work by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR). The day after… Read More ›

• A momentous week in Guatemala?

  By kevodell on January 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Certainly one with promise for human rights and the struggle against impunity. The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) has highlighted two major events – the stand out news that former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been charged with genocide and… Read More ›

• An appraisal of the Colom Presidency

  By kevodell on January 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  With Otto Pérez Molina inaugurated as the new President of Guatemala, The Guatemala Times published a thoughtful appraisal of the Presidency of Álvaro Colom. Not without faults, Colom had to navigate monumental hazards such as the worldwide economic crisis, several… Read More ›