In 2010, a modest Scottish publisher, Kettillonia, published a book of poetry, Drum of Stone, by celebrated Guatemalan Maya Kʼicheʼ poet Humberto Ak’abal, who sadly passed away just two years ago. The book presents poems in K’iche’, translated into English,… Read More ›
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13 young Guatemalans who left for a better future were slain in Mexico, families say
Kate Linthicum and Jeff Abbott write a very sad story in the Los Angeles Times, highlighting the frightening dangers posed to migrants heading north, through extremely hostile territory, to the United States. As 15-year-old Robelson Isidro left Guatemala this month,… Read More ›
Growing concerns regarding the situation of women human rights defenders in the northeast of Guatemala
Front Line Defenders recently made their concerns known about the situation of women human rights defenders in Guatemala and spoke about the challenges facing both Lourdes Haquelina Gómez Willis and Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo. Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned… Read More ›
Political Elites Seek Again to Infiltrate Guatemala’s High Court
Héctor Silva Ávalos has written an article, in InSight Crime, highlighting the current issue of the election of Mynor Moto to the Constitutional Court and his swearing in by Congress in spite of legal challenges against him. The new US… Read More ›
Guatemala Congress Ignores Integrity and Transparency
The Guatemala Congress, no friend of integrity, transparency nor the rule of law, has again chosen to ignore a ruling of the Constitutional Court in swearing in a new justice to that same Court. The Guatemalan Bar and Notaries Association… Read More ›
Guatemala mine’s ex-security chief convicted of Indigenous leader’s murder
Sandra Cuffe writes in The Guardian about the guilty plea related to the killing of Adolfo Choc in 2009. A judge in Guatemala has accepted a guilty plea by the former head of security at Central America’s largest nickel mine… Read More ›
For Indigenous Reporters, Covering Protests, Land Disputes Can Lead to Arrest
Dalia Faheid writes on VOA News about some of the challenges facing indigenous journalists covering land disputes. For nearly three months Anastasia Mejía, a radio journalist and a member of the Maya K’iche’ indigenous group in Guatemala, has been under… Read More ›
Report: Advances in Escobal Mine Consultation Overshadowed by Constitutional Crisis in Guatemala
Ellen Moore introduces a new report published on the Earthworks website. More than two years after the court ordered a consultation with the Xinka Indigenous people over the future of the Escobal silver mine, the process has yet to move… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
