A good friend went to see the premier showing in Guatemala City, back in April, of the film by Uli Stelzner that the blog featured previously, La Isla – Archivos de una tragedia (‘archives of a tragedy’). She sent me… Read More ›
Culture
Guatemalan Lynching; a symptom of postwar insecurity and racist leadership
Another great article from GSN accompanier Sam… Implications of the findings of the UN High Commission on Guatemala. On Wednesday 24th of March 2010 the UN Deputy High Commissioner Kyung-wha Kang gave an analysis of the status of Guatemala’s… Read More ›
‘La isla – Archives of a Tragedy’
“From behind protective masks, almost two hundred, mostly young people look through and clean stacks upon stacks of papers and documents at long tables in a cold and run down building in Guatemala City. The mountains of folders are one… Read More ›
And now for something completely different…
The BBC is currently running a series of short programmes entitled ” A History of the World in 100 Objects”, which charts human development through artefacts to be found in the British Museum. The development of agriculture is unquestionably a… Read More ›
Guatemala: Eterna Primavera, Eterna Tiranía
We have received word from Jean-Marie Simon that her book Guatemala: Eternal Spring – Eternal Tyranny will be republished in Guatemala this year. Originally published in 1988 by WW Norton, the new version will be in Spanish – Guatemala: Eterna… Read More ›
El Paraíso de los Canallas
‘Guatemala means ‘Place of many trees’, but amongst the foliage are hidden the murderers, rapists and criminals. This country, known for the gentleness of its inhabitants, is home to hyenas. You count fifteen murders daily and the rapes multiply.’ … Read More ›
Atitlán – the cry of a lake
The writer, Aldous Huxley, famously wrote wrote of Lake Atitlán,“Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a… Read More ›
Forwarded message: Screening of “Which Way Home” at Frontline Club, Paddington, 24th January
Which Way Home The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “ The Beast ”. Director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) tracks the stories of children… Read More ›
In the Shadow of the Raid
On Monday 4th January, The Frontline Club is screening the film ‘In the Shadow of the Raid’. Viewing the trailer, this looks like a powerful indictment of US immigration policy. "On May 12, 2008, immigration officials stormed a kosher meatpacking… Read More ›
An injustice and abuse of the law
Raul Figueroa Sarti is a well known, and well respected, human rights-focused publisher in Guatemala. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of F&G Editores. Its publications examine sensitive and important human rights issues that are not frequently covered in… Read More ›
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