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• United by our traditions across the water

  By Patrick Daniels on April 1, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Traditional dancing is massive in Guatemala and other countries in Central America such El Salvador where the above documentary clip is from (El Salvador,”La Huella Prehispánica”, Documental). The more I discover about folkloric or traditional dancing, the more you see… Read More ›

• Information Society or Society of Knowledge?

  By Patrick Daniels on April 1, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Interesting presentation (by Cesar Hernandez M.) making the point, if I can paraphrase it, that a society that shares  information is one thing- but information is the product of technical impersonal processes. The next step is moving towards becoming a… Read More ›

• Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 15-27 March

  By Patrick Daniels on March 30, 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– CC deniega amparo a Efraín Ríos Montt –… Read More ›

• Belize-Guatemala border conflict mentioned in UK Parliament

  By Patrick Daniels on March 27, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Chris Ruane (PPS (Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government, Vale of Clwyd, Labour) | Hansard source To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the… Read More ›

• Maite Rico Up To Old Tricks

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

  Interesting to see Maite Rico (Co-author of Quien Mato al Obispo? with Bertrand de la Grange) continuing to court controversy and continuing as before in Guatemala and Mexico the now familiar habit of taking on popular political figures on the… Read More ›

• Debating Safe Water in Westminster Hall

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

  Mark Lancaster (MP for North East Milton Keynes, Conservative) Link to this | Hansard source “Last week, I was in Guatemala—as an aside, I must tell the Minister that many non-governmental organisations there fear that DFID is turning its back… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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