A coalition six of international organisations have published a new report on the Right to Adequate Food (RtAR) and the situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala. The report, published in October, followed a third international mission to Guatemala, carried… Read More ›
A new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, Women on the Run, reveals why women are fleeing violence in Central America and Mexico and the obstacles they in face in their journey to be safe. Based upon in-depth interviews with 160… Read More ›
On October 26, the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP), a London-based NGO, hosted the Beyond Good Business conference aimed at advocating women’s rights in the context of natural resource extraction. The all-day event brought together an array of global… Read More ›
Last month, on October 25, Jimmy Morales won the Guatemalan presidential elections in a landslide victory. The new president, whose slogan was “not corrupt, not a thief”, strategically campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, earning himself 67.4% of the votes. Morales’… Read More ›
The BBC has reported on the struggle for food in eastern Guatemala as severe drought impacts thousands of farmers. In an area known as the Dry Corridor, the drought has turned fertile fields barren with many crops failing to grow…. Read More ›
Last month, on October 10, residents of Concepcion, Solola province, lynched to death a mayor accused of orchestrating a violent attack against his political opponent which left two teenage girls dead. Angry residents beat and set light to Bacilio Juracan,… Read More ›
Guatemala Human Rights Commission’s (GHRC) Winter 2014-2015 issue of El Quetzal highlights continued challenges regarding the defence of land rights and provides updates from a slew of important human rights cases. The issue also includes a report from their autumn… Read More ›
It is now five years since Adolfo Ich Chaman was brutally murdered during a violent eviction carried out on Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities on the 27thSeptember 2009. Mynor Padilla, former head of security for Hudbay Minerals/CGN, and former Colonel in Guatemala… Read More ›
Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, spearheaded the revival of the sanctuary movement this year, which looks to grant “sanctuary” to undocumented immigrants currently facing deportation by federal officials. It is in the heart of a Latino neighbourhood and physically… Read More ›
The August issue of El Quetzal, from Guatemala Human rights Commission (GHRC) is available. It highlights the struggle for reparations for the communities affected by the Chixoy Dam. This issue also highlights conflict over El Escobal Mine, the violent eviction… Read More ›
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