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• Two pots, two stories: vignette on the looting of Guatemala’s Maya past

  By kevodell on April 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  ‘How does an ancient Maya vase end up in a UK museum?’ This is an interesting article by Donna Yates and tells the story of how two Maya vases ended up across the ocean. ‘In a situation where once the… Read More ›

• El Quetzal – Spring 2014

  By kevodell on April 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The spring issue of El Quetzal, from Guatemala Human rights Commission (GHRC) is available. It highlights current and upcoming challenges to judicial reform in Guatemala, as well as the role that women are playing in the country’s transitional justice processes…. Read More ›

• Defensora – the film

  By kevodell on April 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Defensora_PreviewTrailer from 6kidsProductions on Vimeo. Defensora is a documentary about a Mayan Q’eqchi’ resistance against mining in Guatemala. The story is set along the shores of Lake Izabal in the community of El Estor where a nickel mining company has… Read More ›

• Official Histories

  By kevodell on April 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  “Veterans of Guatemala’s long civil war recover the secret archive of the National Police, pulling together the missing parts of the country’s past, and of their own. In July 2005, investigators from Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office stumbled upon a… Read More ›

• Organizations in defense of territory denounce violence against their communities

  By kevodell on April 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    Late on Sunday, 13th April 2014, around 10:30pm, father and daughter activists involved in the resistance against Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine, Edwin Alex Reynoso and Merilyn Topacio Reynoso (above), were attacked by unknown suspects. Alex and Topacio were on… Read More ›

• Report on pressure to construct Xalalá dam amid strong local opposition

  By kevodell on March 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  NISGUA recently published the following summary of the report Pressure to construct Xalalá hydroelectric dam; Local opposition remains strong.   Nearly two years after the Guatemalan government announced its renewed interest in constructing the Xalalá Hydroelectric Dam, communities maintain strong… Read More ›

• Atlas of Environmental Justice

  By kevodell on March 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    The picture above is a shot from the Atlas of Environmental Justice and shows the current entries in that atlas of environmental conflicts in Guatemala. As is the way of these things, environmental conflicts in Guatemala are far from… Read More ›

• Doc House presents Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

  By kevodell on March 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  The Doc House team are putting on a special screening of Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, in London, followed by a masterclass with Pamela Yates & Paco de Onís Saturday 29th March, 2014 at 2:00pm Rich Mix Cinema 35-47… Read More ›

• Under the Volcano

  By kevodell on March 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  An anti-mining banner at the roadblock reads: “Defend our Mother Earth from the rats.” Guatemala sits atop a wealth of natural resources—nickel, gold, silver, and titanium—that lie beneath the country’s rich volcanic soil. In 1960, the Canadian-owned and -operated International… Read More ›

• ‘La Puya’: Two years against the mine

  By kevodell on March 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  We are all ‘La Puya’ Accompanied by great photographs from the 2nd anniversary celebrations at ‘La Puya’, from Sandra Sebastián, Oswaldo J. Hernández writes, Two years ago, just on the border between San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo,… Read More ›