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• Guatemalan forces disperse migrant caravan

  By kevodell on January 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Historic elite-level corruption in Honduras, narc-trafficking, and brutal internal violence, much of it state-sponsored, as well as the effects of climate change, especially as witnessed by the successive hurricanes that battered the country, Eta and Iota, within the unprecedented situation… Read More ›

• PBI-Guatemala visits the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya

  By kevodell on January 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Brent Patterson writes in the PBI-Canada website about a recent visit to La Puya – ‘La Comunidad en Resistencia’ – as part of their accompaniment of the community fighting against the corrupt imposition of a gold mine on their territory,… Read More ›

• Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads

  By kevodell on January 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Government data show acute malnutrition among the under-fives rose by 80% in Guatemala in 2020 compared to 2019. Sofía Menchú writes in Reuters website about a particular tragedy which is a recurring scandal in Guatemala – a country with very… Read More ›

• PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH law firm at hearing on the Hogar Seguro shelter fire

  By kevodell on January 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Brent Patterson has written in the PBI website about the accompaniment carried out by PBI with the Human Rights law firm, BDH, at the hearing on the Hogar Seguro shelter fire. In February 2019, 12 people were detained on charges… Read More ›

• Guatemala mine’s ex-security chief convicted of Indigenous leader’s murder

  By kevodell on January 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Sandra Cuffe writes in The Guardian about the guilty plea related to the killing of Adolfo Choc in 2009. A judge in Guatemala has accepted a guilty plea by the former head of security at Central America’s largest nickel mine… Read More ›

• ‘We demand the investigation and criminal punishment for the human rights’ violations committed on 21st November 2020’

  By kevodell on January 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  UDEFEGUA recently released a demand for justice against those responsible for the acts of violence carried out against peaceful demonstrators on the 21st November 2020. Any errors in translation are mine. The Protection Unit for Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala… Read More ›

• For Indigenous Reporters, Covering Protests, Land Disputes Can Lead to Arrest

  By kevodell on December 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Dalia Faheid writes on VOA News about some of the challenges facing indigenous journalists covering land disputes. For nearly three months Anastasia Mejía, a radio journalist and a member of the Maya K’iche’ indigenous group in Guatemala, has been under… Read More ›

• Report: Advances in Escobal Mine Consultation Overshadowed by Constitutional Crisis in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Ellen Moore introduces a new report published on the Earthworks website. More than two years after the court ordered a consultation with the Xinka Indigenous people over the future of the Escobal silver mine, the process has yet to move… Read More ›

• The consolidation of authoritarianism and the increase in attacks against people, organisations and communities that defend human rights

  By kevodell on December 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  UDEFEGUA recently released a briefing on the situation in Guatemala regarding attacks against human rights defenders. Any errors in translation are mine. The Protection Unit for Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (La Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de… Read More ›

• In Guatemala, Resignations are Not Enough

  By kevodell on December 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  “Guatemalan democracy fails by design to meet the needs of the poor majority, creating a foothold for corrupt parties while draining the government of legitimacy”. Nicholas Copeland writes in NACLA Report about the recent wide-ranging civic demonstrations taking place in… Read More ›

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