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A Review of 2012
Genocide cases Four ex-generals had been bound to proceedings for genocide and crimes against humanity. Nevertheless, on the 15th January 2012, the judge provisionally suspended criminal prosecution against Oscar Humberto Mejía Víctores because of his state of health and ordered… Read More ›
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Mayan Priests Denied Access to Ceremonial Places in Guatemala
Following on from the previous blog
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Mayan Oxlajuj Baktun: End of an Era, More of the Same.
“It is shameful on the part of the Guatemalan government to make the international community believe it is promoting the Mayan culture, when it continues to develop an aggressive policy of appropriation of our natural resources. This manifests itself in… Read More ›
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World Bank must pay for Guatemala ‘terror loans’
In the late 1970s and early ‘80s, Guatemala’s people lived through one of the most brutal periods of the twentieth century – a government-run terror campaign that turned the country into horror film. Recent research by Jubilee Debt Campaign has… Read More ›
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Golden Lie: Resistance against mining in Guatemala
“They lied to us, the gold man and the ministry of energy and mines lied to us about the project. They said we were crazy, that nothing was going to happen but we just found out about one year and… Read More ›
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Totonicapán rising – Letter to the President
We gave a short explanation of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán previously which you can read <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/totonicap%c3%a1n-rising/'iche Maya that has endured for hundreds of years, coordinating the indigenous mayorships of 48 communities, exercising self-governance in matters including environmental management… Read More ›
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Guatemala: Peaceful Resistance in the Face of Violence
We have featured the struggles in the communities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo before <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/third-month-of-resistance-against-a-radius-gold-owned-mine-in-guatemala/"Yoli" Oquelí, here. News that the communities had been awarded the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award also reached us and… Read More ›
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Totonicapán action
Regarding the massacre at Totonicapán, if people want to take action you can use the attached letter (click on ‘read more’ below) or sign up to the AVAAZ petition here.
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Totonicapán, Those Who Are No Longer With Us.
“On the night of October 4th, Totonicapán hospital was completely overshadowed by a halo of confusion and crying. A sour, toxic, acidic odour, the typical stench of tear gas, much alike to pepper – although much worse – was hanging… Read More ›
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Science, the Maya and the End of the World?
In the past year, the Maya have been on the news because the Mayan Long Count Calendar will reach the end of a cycle. Sensationalist news linked this end of cycle to a prophecy that warns us about the eminent… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 