A palm oil company remains at the heart of conflict in northern Guatemala, months after a mass fish die-off. A day after company operations were suspended pending further investigation into the incident, three community leaders were abducted and threatened by… Read More ›
Justice
Crumbling political support for Tahoe Resources in Guatemala
Former President Otto Pérez Molina poses with Escobal mine workers. Photo: Tahoe Resources This article was written and published by NISGUA, in collaboration with MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network. If the militarized security strategy that Tahoe Resources has used… Read More ›
La Puya – Intimidation and Resistance
A great piece on La Puya was posted on the website for El Eco del Dolor de Mucha Gente, which we have featured here previously. It really is a fine resource. There some fine photographs here and the whole piece… Read More ›
Guatemalans finally draw the line as tax scandal paves way for change
In the UK Guardian, Ana Guisella Arellano makes the links between the theft and corruption of La Linea and the current tax regime in Guatemala. The country is the most populous in Central America, but the amount of tax collected… Read More ›
Elections and the Guatemala Spring
The crowds in front of the Presidential Palace on the 27th August 2015 calling on the President to resign. Photograph by Sandra Sebastián from Plaza Pública The latest presidential elections will be taking place this weekend barring any sudden intervention… Read More ›
In Guatemala, New Crisis Unfolds in the Shadow of Past Crimes
The following, from Sophie Beaudoin, is taken from the International Justice Monitor website. Protests in Guatemala against the current government’s alleged links to a corruption scandal gathered steam this weekend, with protesters calling for the lifting of President Otto Pérez… Read More ›
CAFTA’s Decade of Empty Promises Failed Guatemala and Haunts the TPP
In the UK and the European Union, social justice campaigners are fighting the secret trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US – this deal is known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It is a… Read More ›
Palm Oil Industry Tied to Ecocide in Guatemalan River
Jeff Abbott talks about ‘ecocide’ in the Peten, due to palm oil plantations. The Pasión River in northern Guatemala is a disaster area. Beginning on June 6, residents along the river in the municipality of Sayaxché, Peten, began to find… Read More ›
Corruption and impunity – Guatemalans are angry
“A massive tax fraud scheme exposed in Guatemala this April might once have been viewed as business as usual in a country that has struggled with corruption at the highest levels for decades. Instead, Guatemalans got angry.” Events in Guatemala… Read More ›
Forensic science in search of the ‘disappeared’
“During Guatemala’s internal armed conflict (1960-1996) almost 200,000 people are thought to have been killed or ‘disappeared’ at the hands of repressive and violent regimes. Those lives matter. Their families’ demands are clear: they want to know what happened to… Read More ›
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