Santa Cruz Barillas is a town in the Western Highlands in the Department of Huehuetenango and it has the misfortune to be the site of the Cambalam hydroelectric dam. The municipality has been the site of conflict since the issuing… Read More ›
Justice
Out of land and nowhere to go: Occupying land in Cahabon, Guatemala
“Cahabon, like much of Guatemala, suffers from a high percentage of land disputes. At the moment it is estimated that 50% of the rural population who work small plots of land are waiting to be recognized as legitimate owners. The… Read More ›
Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award
GSN is pleased to pass on the news that the communities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo have been announced as the winners of the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award. The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC)… Read More ›
Capitalising on Natural Disasters in Guatemala
“In a country as vulnerable to natural disasters as Guatemala, a “state of public calamity” is frequently declared – to the joy of contractors, which find a good opportunity to line their pockets. Tourists visiting this mountainous Central American country… Read More ›
Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge against Mining Law
“Today [July 20th 2012], Guatemala’s Constitutional Court will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the 1997 mining law for failure to consult with the country’s indigenous peoples who make up more than half the population. The lawsuit, filed by… Read More ›
The spoils of an undeclared war
How Guatemala’s ‘War on Drugs’ is being used as a front to clear land for oil companies We mentioned previously about the Guatemala Government’s subservience to global corporate interests, namely that of French oil company Perenco. An article by Dawn… Read More ›
Divide and rule in the land of gold
We have featured the pain and hardship that has affected the people of San Miguel Ixtahaucán in the Western Highlands as they struggle against the everyday power of global capital. Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine has been the cause of much sorrow… Read More ›
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
“In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efraín Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war against the country’s Mayan people in the 1980s — and Pamela Yates’ 1983 documentary, When… Read More ›
‘We find Goldcorp guilty ‘
The Peoples’ International Health Tribunal delivered its verdict on the 15th July 2012 in San Miguel Ixtahuacán – “we find Goldcorp guilty for its activities in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, which we find to be seriously damaging to the health… Read More ›
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