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• 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 ›

• Human Rights Watch Film Festival

  By kevodell on February 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London on 23rd March until 1st April and features two films on Guatemala, both directed by Pamela Yates. When the Mountains Tremble was filmed in 1982. “In the early 1980s, death squads… Read More ›

• Presidential Merry-Go-Round

  By kevodell on February 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  We’ve noted before about the possible twists and turns in the forthcoming elections especially with regard to the legality, or otherwise, of the putative candidates. Now it seems, the candidature of Otto Pérez Molina has been called into question. According… Read More ›

• Maximón and the Worship of Saint Simon in Itzapa

  By kevodell on February 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

    If you have been to Guatemala, you may have visited one of the ‘holy’ sites in honour of Saint Simon, otherwise known as either Maximón or San Simón. James Rodríguez, of Mi Mundo, has left us with an interesting… Read More ›

• How to view the State of Siege in Alta Verapaz

  By kevodell on January 25, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The news from Guatemala, especially from Alta Verapaz, is something to dread in this year of election, especially with the notion that this will impact on the popular vote come November. The situation provides the ideal opportunity for someone to… Read More ›

• Presidential Election

  By kevodell on January 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  It is a curious fact for Guatemala Presidential elections that the person who came second in the previous elections will win the following one. This would mean that Otto Perez Molina will win and a poll in El Periódico gave… Read More ›

• Some facts of the Bámaca case

  By kevodell on January 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  We recently received a communication from Guatemala that contained a letter from Jennifer Harbury outlining the latest facts on the case of her late husband Efraín Bámaca and his assassination by the Guatemalan military. As you may know, this case… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Controversial Early Start to Election Campaign

  By kevodell on January 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “Guatemala’s election campaign got off to a controversial and premature start, with an evangelical pastor, a military officer, a former president, the president’s wife and the daughter of a general who led a coup emerging as presidential hopefuls, although three… Read More ›