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• CABARET FOR NICARAGUA: a night of magic, music, mirth…

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Here’s a shout out for our compañeros over at the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign: Saturday April 12th- CABARET FOR NICARAGUA- a night of magic, music, mirth & merriment with:  JOHN HEGLEY“scandalously talented: funny, moving, musical poetry”ROB NEWMAN“sharp as a razor political… Read More ›

• Fear for safety: Aída del Rosario López Cordero

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Fear for safety: Aída del Rosario López Cordero PUBLIC: AI Index: AMR 34/008/2008 Human rights defender Aída del Rosario López Cordero, who has been involved in attempts to bring two police officers to justice for the rape of an indigenous… Read More ›

• Land Conflict in Guatemala: Work of Mercy Corps

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Part 2: Land Conflict Mediation This film by Nathan Golon for Mercy Corps looks at their work in land conflict mediation in Alta Verapaz. We’ve linked to Nathan’s work before on this blog. It’s great to see him continuing to… Read More ›

• Campesino Activist Killed in Livingston, Izabal

  By Patrick Daniels on March 16, 2008 • ( 0 )

  While much coverage was given in the foreign press about the hostage taking and subsequent release of four Belgian tourists in Izabal, nothing was mentioned about the death of Mario Caal Bolón. Here’s a press release from the Comite de… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 7 – 13 March

  By Patrick Daniels on March 15, 2008 • ( 0 )

  This excellent weekly report can’t be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog. INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOSComision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala =======================================Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 29 February – 6 March

  By Patrick Daniels on March 8, 2008 • ( 0 )

  This excellent weekly report can’t be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog. INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOSComision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala =======================================Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El… Read More ›

• Accompanying in Santa Maria Tzeja: “It was life or death so we kept moving”

  By Patrick Daniels on June 22, 2007 • ( 0 )

  Written by Kimberly Kern Dear friends and family, These last four months living in Guatemala and working as a human rights accompanier with the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) has already been an amazing experience. The relationships I have… Read More ›

• Declaracion de Iximche’

  By Patrick Daniels on March 31, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I haven`t seen much international press (English speaking) so I thought it was important to post this final declaration here. Once we get it in English we`ll post it here. III ï Cumbre Continental de Pueblos y Nacionalidades Indigenas del Abya… Read More ›

• Urgent Action: Fear For Safety of Leonardo Ramirez

  By Patrick Daniels on March 3, 2007 • ( 0 )

  This is a recent urgent action from Amnesty International: 1 March 2007 UA 49/07 Fear for safety GUATEMALA Leonardo Ramirez (m), President of the New San Jose las Lagrimas Association (Asociacion Nueva San Jose las Lagrimas) and member of the… Read More ›

• Concepcion Tutuapa, San Marcos, Blocks Mine Development

  By Patrick Daniels on February 17, 2007 • ( 0 )

  We”ve just received this news about the decision by Concepcion Tutuapa, San Marcos, to deny the granting of a license for exploration with a view to developing a mine for metals in the area: Notas Informativas sobre Mineria de MetalesA… Read More ›

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