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• Guatemala on Democracy Now

  By kevodell on September 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Two pieces on Democracy Now were broadcast recently regarding Guatemala. The first one features Jennifer Harbury and discusses, among other things, the first round of the Presidential elections and the role of Otto Pérez Molina in the disappearance of her… Read More ›

• Between a rock and a hard place…..

  By kevodell on September 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The results of the Guatemala Presidential elections, which took place on Sunday, 11th September, left two candidates to run-off on the 6th November. According to PlazaPública, Otto Pérez Molina gained 36.08% and Manuel Baldizón was second with 23.3%. Presidential elections… Read More ›

• ‘Headline Today: Guatemala’

  By kevodell on August 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  ‘Päivän otsikko: Guatemala’ (Headline Today: Guatemala) is a documentary from Finnish television from 1983 presenting events taking place in 1982 in Guatemala through the eyes of a US reporter and photographer.The reporter and journalist happen to be Allan Nairn and… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Food Crisis in the Polochic Exacerbates as Government Repression Continues

  By kevodell on August 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “The massive evictions of 800 families from 14 communities in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley, removing peasant agriculture in order to install the Chabil Utzaj sugar plantation, began on March 15, 2011. When we heard, we were surprised. Not because we have… Read More ›

• “I want someone to show me there was genocide”

  By kevodell on August 28, 2011 • ( 0 )

  An interesting blog entry came along on the Central American Politics blog page regarding the upcoming Presidential elections and stories about Otto Pérez Molina, the front runner. The elections are due to be held on that most of iconic dates… Read More ›

• Death Threats in Guatemala: The Dangers of Justice-Seeking

  By kevodell on August 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “Guatemala is a land of tremendous contrasts; a place of incredible beauty, wonderful people and heart-stopping terror. Our final evening on a recent Skylight Pictures visit to this “land of eternal spring” starts simply enough, but by the end of… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years in Prison for Role in 1982 Massacre – Democracy Now

  By kevodell on August 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

• Accused Sentenced to Over 6,000 Years for Dos Erres Massacre

  By kevodell on August 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

  More than 28 years have passed since the massacre of more than 200 men, women, and children in the small farming community of Las Dos Erres, Petén. For 17 years, survivors and family members of victims have struggled to bring… Read More ›

• The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN)

  By kevodell on August 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) is a London-based organisation that supports, publicises and learns from the struggles of women in Central America in the defence of their rights. “Our work is grounded in strong and active links with the… Read More ›

• Alfonso Bauer Paiz (1918-2011)

  By kevodell on July 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

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