“Guatemalan democracy fails by design to meet the needs of the poor majority, creating a foothold for corrupt parties while draining the government of legitimacy”. Nicholas Copeland writes in NACLA Report about the recent wide-ranging civic demonstrations taking place in… Read More ›
Criminalisation
The Future of War Crimes Prosecutions in Guatemala
The Open Society Justice Initiative is ending its monitoring of grave crimes trials in Guatemala through its International Justice Monitor website. This is the final post. Guatemala Solidarity Network wishes to thank OSJI for its contribution to the struggle for… Read More ›
Guatemala: #NoNosPela
The Red Nation recently posted a podcast, guest-hosted by Giovanni Batz, and featuring Andrea Ixchíu, Floridalma Boj Lopez, and Alejandro Flores. They discuss the recent Guatemalan protests and uprising, which were sparked by the recent approval of a budget that… Read More ›
PLQE – ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?
The latest ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?, in English, arrived from PLQE, the Spanish and K’iche’ school, based in Xela. Congress approves the largest national budget in history behind closed doors. The morning of November 17, officers from the National Civil… Read More ›
Indigenous Guatemalans Face Epidemic of Evictions
Jeff Abbott writes in El Faro about the challenges facing Indigenous communities involved in disputes over land, especially in this time of pandemic. The makeshift houses made of black plastic and bamboo line the road cutting through the lush green… Read More ›
Covid-19, Guatemalan immigration and deportations
Gio B’atz’ has written in Plaza Pública about the scale of deportations to Guatemala during the Covid-19 epidemic and the lies and deception being used to justified this profound abuse of human rights. Over four parts, the articles cover the… Read More ›
Indigenous Guatemalan Journalist Faces Charges after Reporting on Protest
Iñigo Alexander writes in the NACLA Report website. The arrest of Maya K’iche’ journalist Anastasia Mejía exposes the Central American country’s ongoing assault on press freedom. On 22nd September, Maya K’iche’ journalist, Anastasia Mejía was detained by the National Police… Read More ›
New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ claims over a gold-mining project in Guatemala
A new report exposes omissions and misrepresentations in a Nevada-based mining company’s more than $400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines… Read More ›
Appointing Judges in Guatemala…From Prison
Guatemala is in the midst of a contentious legal battle, as networks of corrupt politicians and organized crime are trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to attack the country’s courts. They are also disrupting over 100 cases against government officials… Read More ›
Bernardo Caal Xol is a prisoner of conscience – Amnesty International
Amnesty International has just recently declared the Q’eqchi’ Maya Indigenous leader and Guatemalan human rights defender, Bernardo Caal Xol, a prisoner of conscience, for having been wrongly imprisoned for more than two years. He had been defending the rights of… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 