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• This land is Mayan

  By kevodell on June 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Indigenous communities in Guatemala, pushed off the land so biofuels can be cultivated, are struggling to survive – and it’s our fault”. On the 15th March 2011, 800 families from 14 communities in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley were forcibly evicted from… Read More ›

• Rubén Herrera Released from Prison!

  By kevodell on June 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  NISGUA reports, here, that Rubén Herrera, unjustly imprisoned since March 15 for his resistance to the Cambalam hydro-electric project, has been released from custody and cleared of all charges in one of two legal processes against him. While this case… Read More ›

• From Guatemalan Soil, Unearthing Evidence of Genocide

  By kevodell on May 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Miles O’Brien and Xeni Jardin report on the role of science and forensics in the Ríos Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. Here is a very good piece from PBS Newshour – “In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence… Read More ›

• State of Siege: Mining Conflict Escalates in Guatemala

  By kevodell on May 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “Fifty miles southeast of the capital, private security guards working for Vancouver-based mining firm Tahoe Resources shot and wounded several local residents on Saturday in San Rafael Las Flores, on the road in front of Tahoe’s El Escobal silver mine…. Read More ›

• In Guatemala, state violence is on trial but repression continues

  By kevodell on May 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “In Guatemala, the trial against former General Efraín Ríos Montt, who terrorized the country during his brief dictatorship in the early 1980s, continues. The general has been accused of killing hundreds of indigenous Guatemalans, and he is being tried on… Read More ›

• ‘La Puya’: The Rhythm of Resistance

  By kevodell on April 26, 2013 • ( 8 )

  On March 3rd, this year, La Comunidad en Resistencia celebrated its first anniversary of non-violent resistance to the attempt to start mining for gold between the municipalities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José Del Golfo, on the road between… Read More ›

• The Invisible Genocide of Women

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The Invisible Genocide of Women. by (Ofelia&Zurita) from Ofelia de Pablo & Javier Zurita on Vimeo. “More than 100,000 women were raped in the 36 years of the Guatemalan genocide in which at least 200,000 people died. In this video,… Read More ›

• Distorted Visions from Ríos Montt’s Trial

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  A piece in the Guatemala Times by Ingrid Nanne presents an interesting reflection on the trial of Ríos Montt. The racism that provided the space and motive for the brutality meted out to the indigenous since the Spanish first arrived… Read More ›

• String of Killings Leaves Five Guatemalan Activists Dead

  By kevodell on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  “While Guatemala attempts to bring former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to justice in a landmark genocide trial, deadly violence elsewhere in the country continues unpunished. In less than one month, five activists and human right defenders struggling against mining companies… Read More ›

• Luis Moreno Ocampo: the Meaning of the Rios Montt Trial

  By kevodell on March 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, made the following remarks today (March 19th 2013) as the trial of former generals Efrain Rios Montt and Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez began in Guatemala City: The judges,… Read More ›