“Clodoveo Rodriguez, better known as Don Clodo in his native San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, has lived his 78 years in the arid community. Since late 2011, his home has literally been fenced-in by the neighboring Escobal silver mine,… Read More ›
Land
“Dos Erres: the long road to justice”
“Dos Erres: the long road to justice” By Louisa Reynolds I In 1979, Juan Pablo Arévalo dug a well in his land, unaware of the fact that he was digging his own grave. His son, Saúl Arévalo, 54, takes off… Read More ›
The Indigenous, Peasant and Popular March arrives to Guatemala City
“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 ›
Justice comes for victims of massacre
This article, by Louisa Reynolds, was featured on the Latinamerica Press website, and provides some good background to the story. Court sentences another soldier who participated in Dos Erres massacre. Maria Ofelia Gómez Hernández will never forget Dec. 6, 1982…. Read More ›
Problems created by the GOLDCORP Marlin mine in San Marcos.
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 ›
“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 ›
Accused Sentenced to Over 6,000 Years for Dos Erres Massacre
More than 28 years have passed since the massacre of more than 200 men, women, and children in the small farming community of Las Dos Erres, Petén. For 17 years, survivors and family members of victims have struggled to bring… Read More ›
Oil Companies and the Subservience of the Government
An interesting article by Emma Volonté found on Upside Down World suggests nefarious dealings of a resource extractive company in Guatemala. This should not necessarily be news as we have highlighted many times the workings of, for example, Goldcorp and… Read More ›