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• 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 ›

• An Undocumented Guatemalan Finds Sanctuary In An Arizona Church

  By kevodell on October 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, spearheaded the revival of the sanctuary movement this year, which looks to grant “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants currently facing deportation by federal officials. It is in the heart of a Latino neighbourhood and physically… Read More ›

• El Quetzal – August 2014

  By kevodell on September 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The August issue of El Quetzal, from Guatemala Human rights Commission (GHRC) is available. It highlights the struggle for reparations for the communities affected by the Chixoy Dam. This issue also highlights conflict over El Escobal Mine, the violent eviction… Read More ›

• Activists prompt Guatemala U-turn on GM crops

  By kevodell on September 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Guatemalan lawmakers throw out a law concerning the property rights of GM crops, after widespread protests against what many saw as a guarantor of corporate interests over local small farmers. This article recently published in Eye on Latin America celebrates… Read More ›

• What’s at Stake in the Border Debate

  By kevodell on August 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The vital TomDispatch has a piece by Aviva Chomsky, titled ‘America’s Continuing Border Crisis’ discussing the recent ‘news’ of migrants coming from Central America to the United States. It was only news because the media decided that it was (isn’t… Read More ›

• To Move Forward

  By kevodell on August 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  A piece by Simone Dalmasso accompanies some great photographs and was published recently in Plaza Pública. In 1957, the mayor of Nebaj described the socioeconomic situation of the people in the area, “..the majority of the indigenous people of this… Read More ›