Mary Jo McConahay writes in the National Catholic Reporter on the trial of former Gen. Manuel Benedicto Lucas García on charges of genocide. Lucas has already been convicted of crimes against humanity, for the massacre of more than 1,200 Indigenous… Read More ›
Solidarity in Action
Long Live La Puya: Organizations Around the World Celebrate 12 Year Anniversary of La Puya Peaceful Resistance
It is now 12 years since the peaceful resistance of La Puya came into being in response to the attempt to set up a gold mine north of Guatemala City and against the wishes of the local people. The ‘La… Read More ›
Guatemala: From uncertainty to hope
PBI UK takes a closer look at what a new presidency might mean for Indigenous human rights defenders Christina Challis writes on the PBI-UK website about what the new Presidency, of Bernardo Arévalo, might hold for Indigenous human rights defenders…. Read More ›
GHRC – El Quetzal
The Winter edition of El Quetzal, from The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC), has recently been published. It features the leadership of Guatemala’s Indigenous in the struggle to defend democracy with pieces by Marta Estela Gutiérrez Montúfar and Isabel Solis…. Read More ›
PBI Guatemala – Call for Volunteers Now Open
Peace Brigades International Guatemala is seeking dedicated individuals to volunteer on their field team! Join PBI Guatemala and work alongside passionate human rights defenders at the forefront of land, access and labour rights struggles in local communities and across Guatemala…. Read More ›
Can Guatemalans Save Their Democracy?
Graciela Mochkofsky writes in The New Yorker on the current challenges facing Guatemala and democracy and posing that question. Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, who won a landslide victory in August, is scheduled to take office on January 14th, but nobody… Read More ›
Marching With the President and VP-elects for Democracy and a New Direction for Guatemala
Rights Action have posted a short photo essay from the Dec. 7th march through the streets of Guatemala City in support of democracy and against the ‘Pacto de Corruptos’. On December 7, thousands of Guatemalans – Indigenous and ladino –… Read More ›
One Month Remains for Guatemala to Preserve Its Democracy
Álvaro Montenegro writes in El Faro English on the continued attempts by the corrupt to avoid the swearing in of Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera as the next President and Vice-President. The countdown continues until January 14th next. In what… Read More ›
The other Guatemala stands up for democracy
Indigenous people are rallying to defend the country’s constitution and uphold the election of Bernardo Arévalo as president Sergio Ramírez writes an Opinion, in El País English, on the challenges facing democracy in Guatemala and the resistance to corruption being… Read More ›
“We are not trespassers: this is our land”: Agrarian Conflict & Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Alta Verapaz
Peace Brigades International UK (PBI-UK) recently held a launch of a report drawn up by a group of international human rights lawyers who travelled to Alta Verapaz earlier this year on a fact-finding mission. They went there to to meet… Read More ›