Región de Ixquisis – Foto ACOGUATE This article was published on the website of ACOGUATE in February 2017 and was translated by Lazara Morgan. The murder of Sebastian Alonso Juan took place during a peaceful demonstration on the 17th January… Read More ›
Culture
El Oriente
Guatemala’s El Oriente (Eastern land) is a region which has systematically been left aside by the state’s political and economic system. The population’s suffering is visible as they have one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the country. It… Read More ›
Guatemala: Saving Indigenous Radio
This short video is from ‘Amplifying Indigenous Voices: Cultural Survival’s Community Media Program’. Community radio has been a vital presence in Indigenous communities in Guatemala since the 1960s. Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala rely on community radio to keep their cultures,… Read More ›
Indigenous communities bring Guatemala to a standstill as Guatemalan congress refuses to recognise indigenous justice
Photo by Anna Watts Indigenous communities across Guatemala came together to bring the country to a standstill, blockading major crossroads and highways. This nationwide peaceful demonstration was protesting against the Guatemalan congress’s rejection of a constitutional reform that would legally… Read More ›
500 YEARS
“There is joy in dreaming about a new country, a country where we indigenous people, with our culture, our language, our spirituality, our worldview, can exist as part of this country.” – Daniel Pascual, Peasant Leader 500 YEARS is the story… Read More ›
Los Ancianos
Doña Sabina in her one-room village home. Without family who can support her, Sabina has very few possessions. At noon each day, she walks barefoot down sharp cobblestones to receive a meal at an elderly nutrition center run by Mayan… Read More ›
Guatemalan Environmental Defenders on the Front Line of a Global Struggle
Last month the killing of Honduran activist and winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize Berta Cáceres caused international outcry. Her highly publicised murder has called global attention to the many risks front line environmental defenders face every day, not only… Read More ›
When we were Young / There was a War
The website, “When we were Young / There was a War”, is an immersive bilingual documentary website that enlightens and engages viewers as they learn about the armed conflicts and their aftermaths in Guatemala and El Salvador. It includes poignant… Read More ›
Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls
Rebeca Lane | Photo: Cynthia Vance / Courtesy Rebeca Lane Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls By: Heather Gies for TeleSUR Rebeca Lane is a feminist rapper, poet, artist and activist based in Guatemala City whose art and resistance as… Read More ›
Nómada – bringing a vision for change
The launch of a book about Guatemala’s 2015 civil movement – 140 Days of Spring (140 Días de Primavera) In August 2014, Guatemala journalism welcomed a new arrival in the form of Nómada – a new on-line publication which provides… Read More ›
