This is an article written by Monsignor Alvaro Ramazzini who is Bishop of the Diocese of San Marcos. It was originally published on the COPAE website and subsequently in albedrío. We we are grateful to Natasha da Silva for the… Read More ›
Justice
Preliminary Hearing in Case against José Efraín Ríos Montt
We are again grateful to NISGUA for the following piece. On Thursday, January 26, 2012, in a preliminary hearing, General José Efraín Ríos Montt was linked to the ongoing legal process for genocide and crimes against humanity by the first… Read More ›
“Eternal life to our loved ones” – Interviews with AJR after Ríos Montt hearing
We are grateful to NISGUA for the following piece. An initial court hearing for former General Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide, took place after ten years of work by the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR). The day after… Read More ›
A momentous week in Guatemala?
Certainly one with promise for human rights and the struggle against impunity. The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) has highlighted two major events – the stand out news that former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been charged with genocide and… Read More ›
Justice delayed – Justice denied
The story of Jesus Tecu Osorio and the massacres of the Chixoy Dam project have been followed and told here on GSN previously. Al Jazeera carries an opinion piece by Lauren Carasik and Grahame Russell on the continuing wait for… Read More ›
Justice and Accountability news
Two recent items from NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) highlight the genocide cases and also the recent attacks against the Attorney General – the latter being part of a campaign against human rights defenders in general… Read More ›
Guatemala: Archives on Decades of Police Terror Accessible Online
“Millions of documents from the Guatemalan national police archive, shedding light on torture, forced disappearances and murders committed during the1960-1996 counterinsurgency war in this country, are now available on-line thanks to a collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin.”… Read More ›
“This land is ours”
“The villagers had no idea that their land had been nationalised in 1984 – a fact that was concealed from them for 28 years. They are perplexed, shocked, and angry. In the 1980s the area was scorched with genocide and… Read More ›
‘As Firm as a Tree’
On July 7th 2010, gunmen entered the home of Diodora Hernández (above) and shot her in the eye. Diodora worked with a group of women active in defending community water resources from Canadian mining company Goldcorp. Goldcorp has… Read More ›
Guatemala: Food Crisis in the Polochic Exacerbates as Government Repression Continues
“The massive evictions of 800 families from 14 communities in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley, removing peasant agriculture in order to install the Chabil Utzaj sugar plantation, began on March 15, 2011. When we heard, we were surprised. Not because we have… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 