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• Right to life Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “Today, illegal abortions are the leading cause of death among young women in Latin America. Whether they are performed in major cities or in the isolated countryside, these ‘back room’ abortions are leaving thousands of young women dead each year…. Read More ›

• ‘A state under siege: elites, criminal networks and institutional reform in Guatemala’

  By kevodell on April 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  In this year of the Guatemala Presidential election, it is easy to get caught up on the violence and absurdities that generally characterise these events – it is reasonable to think of violence and absurdity being the ‘maldición guatemalteca’. Ironically,… Read More ›

• Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

  By kevodell on April 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I went to see the new film by Pamela Yates, who made the widely acclaimed When the Mountains Tremble in 1982. Twenty five years later, she revisits the genocide as, for the first time, indictments are called against the perpetrators…. Read More ›

• Elections – Guatemalan first couple to divorce

  By kevodell on March 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  As we have noted earlier here and here, it cannot be a huge surprise to note that the President and his wife are seeking to divorce so that Sandra Colom is legally entitled to stand for the upcoming Presidential election…. Read More ›

• National police force, paramilitaries and local big business join forces

  By kevodell on March 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  News from our friends in Banana Link highlights an event where the national police force, paramilitaries and local big business joined forces to brutally and criminally evict local farmers and their families in Alta Verapaz. We have mentioned before, here… Read More ›

• The Bamaca Case

  By kevodell on March 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  A new website/blog has been set up regarding the case of Efraín Bamaca, featured here before, which includes all the documentation relating to the case. The site also includes a declaration by Jennifer Harbury, relating to the case. The website… Read More ›

• Yo sí puedo

  By kevodell on March 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  More than 65,000 Guatemalans have learned to read and write since 2007 with the help of the Cuban literacy programme ‘Yo sí puedo’ (Yes I Can), which has been used in at least 28 countries worldwide, including 13 in Latin… Read More ›

• Martial Law, Repression, and Remilitarization in Guatemala

  By kevodell on March 11, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Simon Granovsky-Larsen has written about the State of Siege in Alta Verapaz in this article posted on the LAB website. It was originally posted on the NACLA site. It is another useful contribution to the discussion about the reasons for… Read More ›

• Central America Women’s Network – upcoming events

  By kevodell on March 11, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) have two events coming up worth your while if you can make them. 20th anniversary celebration! This year marks CAWN’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion CAWN will be hosting an evening of talks… Read More ›

• More on the State of Siege in Alta Verapaz

  By kevodell on February 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  More articles on the State of Siege in Alta Verapaz as well as a short film. The AFP film was made by Greg Brosnan who was also responsible for the Guatemalan immigrant film In the Shadow of the Raid, featured… Read More ›