The Witness series on Al Jazeera features a film by Paula Monaco Felipe. A 40-year search for his disappeared father leads an Indigenous weaver into a world of forensic investigation. Carlos Poyon was just three years old when his father… Read More ›
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FAO Report: Guatemala included among 19 countries with acute food insecurity
Ana Lucía González writes, in La Hora, about Guatemala being added to the list of ‘Hunger Hotspots’ compiled by the FAO/WFP. The report ‘Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook’ warns that… Read More ›
Wounds Reopened: The Impacts of Democratic Backsliding on Human Rights in Guatemala
GHRC/USA led an Emergency Human Rights Delegation to Guatemala to document the impacts of the democratic backsliding and destruction of rule of law on human rights defenders. The delegation met with, among others, defenders, lawyers, journalists, Indigenous land defenders, and… Read More ›
‘The Indigenous Women of Guatemala had the Courage to Break the Silence’
Josefina Salomón and Sergio Ortiz Borbolla spoke with Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, a Senior Fellow at WOLA, about the historic importance of two gender violence trials, that of the Maya Q’eqchi’ women of Sepur Zarco, and of the Maya Achi women… Read More ›
“We are the seeds that the State tried to kill, but now we bloom in the morning light”
The latest Bulletin from PBI Guatemala features several articles as well as an update on their work. Stolen Chilhood – For some years now, walking through the streets of the historic center of Guatemala City, we are astonished by the… Read More ›
Amid Impunity Concerns, Guatemalan Courts Advance with War Crimes Cases
Jeff Abbott has written a piece for The Progressive, reflecting on the progress of the Diario Militar (“Death Squad Dossier”) case and its progress through the Guatemalan courts, and which is to reach a conclusion very soon. Mayarí de León… Read More ›
The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
Sandra Cuffe writes in The Intercept about the situation in El Estor and the global investigation that uncovered a multitude of documents highlighting corruption at the very highest level, impacting those that live there. It is a grim tale. Cristóbal… Read More ›
GSN Newsletter – Spring 2022
GSN is trialling a new Newsletter so here is the first and we hope you find it of interest. You can use the links above to read it and download it.
Remembering Sister Dianna Ortiz, Survivor And Advocate Against Torture
“The miracle of my life is that out of unspeakable horror came a new mission in life.” Maria Martin writes in Religion Unplugged, a remembrance of Sister Dianna Ortiz, who passed away in February 2021. Sister Diana was a remarkable woman… Read More ›
“Malnutrition in Guatemala is a political strategy”.
Noor Mahtani writes in El País, as part of their Planeta Futuro series, about the scourge of hunger among Indigenous children and the Government’s unwillingness to do anything that might change the future prospects of poor Guatemalans. Any errors in… Read More ›
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