“Independent from the Occupy Movement in North-America and Europe, a movement of slum dwellers in Guatemala is occupying the street in front of Congress. They are protesting against the living conditions in the slums and a disfunctional housing policy. To… Read More ›
Poverty
The children of Guatemala are starving
Natasha Pizzey-Siegert Paulina Noj sits with three of her eight children. The children of Guatemala are starving By Natasha Pizzey-Siegert Half of Guatemala’s children are malnourished. Years of poverty, violence and underdevelopment are taking a toll on Guatemala’s most… Read More ›
“The Mine” – Guatemala City
“In Guatemala City, a place called "The Mine" can deliver both a means of survival and a grisly death. Every day, dozens of residents salvage a living by scouring the massive dump for scrap metal. Facing the threat of mudslides,… Read More ›
Hunger in Guatemala
World Food Day was the 16th October and, to ‘celebrate’, Danilo Valladares wrote an article for Inter Press Service, found on Global Issues. The article was titled, ‘Guatemala: Little Headway against Rampant Malnutrition’. “ The Guatemalan population of 14 million… 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 ›
‘Hungry for Justice’ – not guns
At the 2000 UN Millennium Summit, world leaders from rich and poor countries alike committed themselves – at the highest political level – to a set of eight time-bound targets (Millennium Development Goals – MDGs) that, when achieved, will end… Read More ›
A public-private stitch-up
I came across this interesting piece by Jorge Murga Armas on the always useful albedrío website (I especially acknowledge the power of its ‘mouse-over’ image). Las Tramas de las ‘alianzas público-privadas’ could be translated as The Intrigues of ‘public-private alliances’… Read More ›
Guatemalan Government Actions On Food Security Issue
Democracy Now! ran the following headline: “UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned the growing global food crisis has reached emergency proportions. Ban Ki-moon said the international community needs to take urgent action in order to avert a larger political… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 