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• Annual Westminster Hall Debate on Latin America

  By Patrick Daniels on March 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Every year members of the House of Commons devote time to a short debate about Latin America and the relations between the United Kingdom and the continent. A great deal of the debate was focussed on Bolivia, as some members… Read More ›

• The White Nun and the Tahitian Vanilla

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  What, you might wonder, have nuns to do with exotic spices, and even more so, what have either to do with Guatemala? The answer is orchids, in both cases they are plants which became important well beyond the dark, damp… Read More ›

• “I Will Not Yield”: Norma Cruz wins a Woman of Courage Award

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Anyone with any interest in Guatemala cannot fail to be aware of the appalling wave of murders directed against women. While many more men are murdered each year the sadistic brutality with which women are often killed suggests a particular… Read More ›

• Defense Ministry Fails to Release Military Documents

  By Patrick Daniels on March 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  As reported recently by NISGUA Guatemala’s war survivors have, once again, been thwarted in their struggle to achieve justice. The Defense Ministry, in violation of an official court order, has neglected to hand over two military documents that would serve as evidence in the… Read More ›

• CICIG issues its First Report

  By Patrick Daniels on November 10, 2008 • ( 0 )

  The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, better known by its Spanish initials CICIG, has now been operating for a year. It was created following an agreement between the United Nations and the Guatemalan government, charged with investigating clandestine organisations… Read More ›

• Latin American Women and Gender Abuse in the UK – Conference

  By Patrick Daniels on November 6, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Our visitor from Guatemala, Iduvina Hernandez, will speak at the first ever conference on Latin American Women and Gender Abuse in the UK on 25 November. The event has been organised by the Latin American Women’s Rights Service, starts at… Read More ›

• Human Rights Updates

  By Patrick Daniels on November 2, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Here are a few items of human rights news from the last few weeks. Xamán case Twelve years after first bringing a civil case against the perpetrators of the massacre in Xaman a hearing has been held. On September 25… Read More ›

• Extrajudicial Execution in Guatemala raised in Parliament

  By Patrick Daniels on November 1, 2008 • ( 0 )

  The member of parliament for Buckingham, John Bercow, has asked a question about the numbers of recent extrajudicial executions in Guatemala. I’m glad to see that Guatemalan issues are raised in parliament, despite the fact that the UK’s diplomatic representation… Read More ›

• Pre-tour event at Movimentos at the Salmon and Compass

  By Patrick Daniels on October 28, 2008 • ( 0 )

  In a special pre-tour event on 6 November at 7pm, GSN will be presenting the film ‘Estrellas De La Línea’ / ‘The Railroad All Stars’ along with Movimientos at the Salmon and Compass, as part of a special event to… Read More ›

• GSN Speaker Tour – Calendar

  By Patrick Daniels on October 28, 2008 • ( 0 )

  As reported earlier GSN is organising a speaker tour from 8 to 26 November by Iduvina Hernandez. More detail about Iduvina is provided below, and following that the current calendar of events all over the UK, which you might be… Read More ›