One afternoon in 1994, during his senior year in college, Fredy Peccerelli sat at an anthropology conference in Atlanta and stared at the man onstage. Peccerelli had seen the renowned bone detective Clyde Snow before, but only in a textbook…. Read More ›
Justice
Panel Discussion Held to Discuss Children and Violence in Guatemala
The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), humans rights organisations, and members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations took part in a panel discussion last month (May 27) to discuss the issue of children and violence in… Read More ›
Former HudBay Mineral’s Head of Security Accused of Murder Gets Protection Detail
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 ›
Justice Comes Slowly for Guatemala’s Maya Achí
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 ›
Amatitlán and the ‘Magic Solution’ of salty water
A Guatemalan court has ordered that the former vice president, Roxanna Baldetti, be investigated for alleged corruption linked to the “magic solution” which she promised would clean up a polluted lake. The mysterious chemical, bought for millions of dollars from… Read More ›
‘La Puyita’ – La Puya goes to the Capital
“La Puyita” -‘Sorry for the inconvenience, we are fighting for the water of this and future generations – no to mining…’ The Comunidades en Resistencia at La Puya, have recently opened up a second point of resistance by taking their… Read More ›
Sepur Zarco: ‘I am here seeking justice’
There is really nothing to add here. From Plaza Pública.
Beneath the shawls, justice is served
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 ›
Reactions to Historic Sepur Zarco Judgment
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 ›
News from La Puya
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 ›
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