Rights Action, a Washington-based Human Rights NGO, has reported that last Thursday (May 18) a Guatemalan judge ruled that Hudbay Mineral’s former head of security, Mynor Padilla, will be provided with police protection. Padilla stands accused of murdering Adolfo Ich,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
In 1982, over 400 Maya Achí men, women, and children were murdered for opposing a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Chixoy River. The next year, the completed Chixoy dam flooded more than 30 Maya Achí communities. In 2014, the… Read More ›
“For us, nature is a central part of life. The plants, the corn, the trees, the animals, everything that humans needs to live. The earth, the mountains, the rivers, all that is life. Humanity cannot exist without nature.” This is… Read More ›
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 ›
The women raise their hands on hearing the verdict (Sandra Sebastián) “The Guatemalan justice system has said it was not a lie. Sexual violence within the Sepur Zarco military outpost was real. More than ten women had to wait 34… Read More ›
On February 26, 2016, High Risk “A” Tribunal in Guatemala convicted military officers Esteelmer Reyes Girón and Heriberto Valdez Asig of sexual violence and domestic and sexual slavery against 15 Maya Q’eqchi’ women, as well as several counts of homicide… Read More ›
Yesterday, March 2, 2016,the Comunidad en Resistencia at La Puya celebrated their fourth year of peaceful resistance against the El Tambor gold mine. This anniversary was especially momentous, coming just after the Guatemalan Supreme Court’s February 22 ruling to suspend… Read More ›
Women survivors of Sepur Zarco stand and raise their hands in acknowledgement of the guilty verdict and sentence. Photo: EPA (NISGUA) The 26th February marked an historic day for both Guatemala and the world in the struggle to seek justice… Read More ›
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