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• ‘Water that will extinguish the flames’

  By kevodell on January 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  “Three and a half decades had to go by in order to achieve justice for a horrendous moment in the history of the country. At the time, television cameras recorded the burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala and showed… Read More ›

• CAWN Newsletter

  By kevodell on January 13, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The latest Newsletter from CAWN (Central America Women’s Network) is now out and worth spending time on. Contents include: • Women, Land Struggles and State Violence • On the eve of the Genocide Trial: Revival of hope for justice for… Read More ›

• Retrial of Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity

  By kevodell on January 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The retrial of Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity is due to start on the 5th January, tomorrow, in Guatemala. While the defense lawyers are doing what they can to delay or postpone the trial, or even… Read More ›

• Genocide trial due to resume next month

  By kevodell on December 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The latest news regarding the genocide retrial is that it is due to begin on the 5th January 2015. It is now almost 19 months since the initial conviction and subsequent annulment of the trial proceedings that had resulted in… Read More ›

• Mining interests in Guatemala challenged by indigenous direct democracy

  By kevodell on December 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  We featured a piece, here, recently by James Rodríguez about a Consulta that took place in Santa María Chiquimula. This is by Jeff Abbott on Waging Nonviolence. Conflicts over mining are expanding across Guatemala. According to a recent report by… Read More ›

• Spanish Embassy Case Nearing Close

  By kevodell on December 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  On October 1, 2014, 34 years after the deadly fire that killed 37 protesters, diplomats, and others, Guatemalan judges for the first time convened to consider the culpability of a state actor in the notorious 1980 siege of the Spanish… Read More ›

• Mayan Communities use Democracy as a Tool to Safeguard their Territory

  By kevodell on December 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The image above comes from an article by James Rodríguez (MiMundo.org) and refers to a consultation in Santa Maria Chiquimula, Totonicapán, Guatemala. The ballot reads: “Are you in favor of metal mining exploitation, the installation of geothermal energy generators, construction… Read More ›

• Voices of the Resistance – Tahoe on Trial

  By kevodell on November 15, 2014 • ( 0 )

  OYOW: VOICES OF THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN GUATEMALA (Special Assignment) from Maggie Padlewska on Vimeo. Maggie Padlewska shot the above film about the affect of the Tahoe Resources Escobal Mine in San Rafael Las Flores and the community resistance to… Read More ›

• Tahoe: Silencing opposition to corporate interests

  By kevodell on October 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  In a cheat sheet for Kevin McArthur on Tahoe Resources’ tactics to silence opposition in Guatemala, Jennifer Moore writes on rabble.ca about how Tahoe Resources, with the help of the Guatemalan government and the powerful Guatemala Chamber of Commerce, has… Read More ›

• Remembering Adolfo Ich Chaman

  By kevodell on October 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  It is now five years since Adolfo Ich Chaman was brutally murdered during a violent eviction carried out on Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities on the 27thSeptember 2009. Mynor Padilla, former head of security for Hudbay Minerals/CGN, and former Colonel in Guatemala… Read More ›