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• ‘The US School that Trains Dictators and Death Squads’

  By kevodell on December 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  On November 22, 2015, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas (SOA) to memorialise the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives at the hands… Read More ›

• Lessons in Resistance From La Puya, Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Richard Ring wrote in Counterpunch about his visit to La Puya in 2014 and looked for lessons that he could take home from the Comunidad en Resistencia. – No religious or political distinctions. Everybody drinks water. – Women in front,… Read More ›

• Resource Extraction Destroys Guatemala Social Fabric

  By kevodell on December 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Sandra Moran marches alongside other activists to demand respect for women’s rights and end to violence against women. | Photo: Facebook / Sandra Moran Resource extraction projects destroy the land and social fabric, and both are fundamental for the lives… Read More ›

• Tahoe Resources’ Former Security Manager Flees Justice

  By kevodell on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  News was recently released that Alberto Rotondo, Tahoe Resources’ former security manager, had escaped police custody. Rotondo is accused of having ordered private security guards to attack peaceful protestors outside the Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala on April 27, 2013,… Read More ›

• Nómada – bringing a vision for change

  By kevodell on November 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The launch of a book about Guatemala’s 2015 civil movement – 140 Days of Spring (140 Días de Primavera) In August 2014, Guatemala journalism welcomed a new arrival in the form of Nómada – a new on-line publication which provides… Read More ›

• Report – “Under Siege: Peaceful Resistance to Tahoe Resources and Militarization in Guatemala”

  By kevodell on November 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  “Almost from the moment Canadian-US mining company Tahoe Resources acquired the Escobal silver project from Goldcorp over five years ago, the company and the Guatemalan government have used repression, criminalization, and, ultimately, militarization to try to silence peaceful resistance to… Read More ›

• The International Justice Monitor – latest

  By kevodell on November 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The International Justice Monitor (a project of the Open Society Justice Initiative) keeps a watchful eye on the justice system in Guatemala. Here is a short summary of their latest posts, all written by Sophie Beaudoin. Sepur Zarco Trial to… Read More ›

• US Congress To Guatemalan President: Halt Illegal Mining Operations at La Puya

  By kevodell on November 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  On October 26, 2015, 12 members of the US Congress sent a letter to Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre to raise concerns about abuses related to the El Tambor gold mine in San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. The letter calls on… Read More ›

• Guatemala: banana workers, union news

  By kevodell on November 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Two pieces of news have been shared by Banana Link, regarding union workers and the banana sector in Guatemala. Union to Union solidarity at work The second year of Banana Link’s TUC Aid funded project to support the organising and… Read More ›

• The Spectre of Militarism

  By kevodell on October 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Dr. Rafael Cuevas del Cid was Chancellor of the National University of San Carlos of Guatemala, between 1970 and 1974 during extremely turbulent times. Maria Ruth del Rosario Cuevas Molina and Ana Lucía Cuevas Molina have penned a moving piece… Read More ›