This post from the National Security Archive (NSA) website, by Kate Doyle with Megan DeTura. ‘The Historical Archive of the National Police of Guatemala (AHPN) is in trouble. This unparalleled collection of Guatemalan police records, renowned throughout the hemisphere and… Read More ›
Indigenous peoples
Former Guatemalan Army Chief Accused of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Forced Disappearance
By Jo-Marie Burt and Paolo Estrada, on the IJM website, earlier this week. Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office presented its indictments against two of the three senior military officials charged in a new grave crimes case regarding the Maya Ixil genocide,… Read More ›
Bloody Repression of Campesino Organisations
Manuel Pérez Hernández was shot dead on evening of the 6th November, in San Pedro Pinula, Jalapa. He left six children, the youngest of two months, who he was looking after when he was murdered. He was a member of… Read More ›
In Guatemala, Giant Kites Honor the Dead During Día de Los Muertos
By Michaela Trimble in Vogue “It’s late afternoon on October 31st, and a crowd is gathered at Sumpango Cemetery in the Sacatepequez state of Guatemala to arrange flowers and clean the tombs of their dead loved ones. The air is… Read More ›
‘There are ‘two Guatemalas’, and this is the one that doesn’t eat’
Alejandra Agudo presents this photo-reportage in El País. Some 23.4% of the population of Guatemala does not have the minimum needed to cover the basic food basket. In rural areas, where climate change destroys crops, it is worse. This is… Read More ›
The El Escobal Mine: a difficult judgement (Part I)
One year after the Guatemala Constitutional Court (CC) ordered the Guatemalan State to consult with the Xinca people on the issue of the El Escobal mine in San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, ACOGUATE has written on the order and… Read More ›
State of Siege extended by Guatemalan Congress
NISGUA reports that, on October 10, the Guatemalan Congress approved Jimmy Morales’ proposal to extend the state of siege in six departments for another 30 days. The 30-day state of siege imposes a night-time curfew in the northeastern provinces of… Read More ›
Who Benefits if the Guatemalan Congress Passes a Blanket Amnesty?
As Jo-Marie Burt and Paolo Estrada point out in the International Justice Monitor website, the Guatemala Congress is looking to give a full-blown amnesty for genocide and crimes against humanity and to free all those already convicted. Here, they… Read More ›
Killings Of Guatemala’s Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis
María Martin recently wrote on NPR For three days last week, thousands of Guatemalans blocked roads and major highways to protest the Central American country’s slide toward a constitutional crisis. The protest organizers included groups that have long… Read More ›
Bishop Gerardi was killed 20 years ago in Guatemala. The search for justice continues today.
By Jackie McVicar (published in America Magazine) “Monsignor Gerardi was a person who didn’t only relate with people in the poorest regions, not only with those most excluded,” says Nery Rodenas, but who also “sought reconciliation, peace and to recognize… Read More ›
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