“After 9 days and 212 kilometers, the Indigenous, Campesino and Popular March for the defense of Mother Earth, against evictions, criminalization, and in favor of Integrated Rural Development, arrived to the center of the Capital City. According to members of… Read More ›
Indigenous peoples
‘Headline Today: Guatemala’
‘Päivän otsikko: Guatemala’ (Headline Today: Guatemala) is a documentary from Finnish television from 1983 presenting events taking place in 1982 in Guatemala through the eyes of a US reporter and photographer.The reporter and journalist happen to be Allan Nairn and… Read More ›
In Guatemala, the oligarchs profit from the Maya civilisation
So titled is an interesting article by Grégory Lassalle on Le Monde Diplomatique’s Spanish website. The article uses the exhibition of Maya artefacts currently showing at the museum of Quai Branly, in Paris, to highlight the fact that oligarch businesses… Read More ›
Racism and the Race for Natural Resources
Here is a reflection from GSN accompanier Tanya. Entering 2011, an election year for Guatemala, political and social actors are being targeted more frequently and, in the midst of the increasing levels of violence, the land issue rages on. Human… Read More ›
It Was Heaven That They Burned
I came across this essay by Greg Grandin in The Nation which, apparently, was commissioned as a preface to a new edition of ‘I, Rigoberta Menchú‘. However, the essay was excluded. It is still interesting reading for those who have… Read More ›
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 ›
Jesus Tecu Osorio wins the 2010 Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award
You may have noticed that we put up a call for letters of support for Jesus Tecu Osorio as a nominee for the Baldwin Medal. Over the years GSN has had a great deal of contact with Jesus and we… Read More ›
Recognition: Yes, Reconciliation: Maybe, Justice: No
GSN volunteer Sam, who is currently in Guatemala working as an international accompanier recently sent us this report from a symbolic trial of those accused of perpetrating mass rape as a weapon of war during the armed conflict. On the days… 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 ›
The Attack on the Spanish Embassy
The 31st January 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Guatemalan state attack on the Spanish Embassy and the massacre of 37 people. As well as a memorial, this highlights the barbarity of the regimes in this era. The… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 