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• “We are the seeds that the State tried to kill, but now we bloom in the morning light”

  By kevodell on September 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes

  By kevodell on September 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Jody García and Nina Lakhani wrote in The Guardian, recently, on the case of Virginia Laparra, a leading senior anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala and the use of what is termed ‘lawfare’ being waged against anti-corruption members of the judiciary by… Read More ›

• The Case against Journalist José Rubén Zamora Was Built in 72 Hours

  By kevodell on August 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Julie López writes in El Faro English about the case of José Rubén Zamora, the founder and head of El Periódico, one of Guatemala’s premier news outlets. The president and director of Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, and… Read More ›

• Washington Post on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora of El Periódico

  By kevodell on August 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  An opinion piece in the Washington Post has attacked the decision of the Guatemala authorities to arrest the president and founder of the newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, for effectively speaking truth to power. “This is not a case against… Read More ›

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights orders urgent measures to protect victims and the judge in the Military Diary case

  By kevodell on August 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Jo-Marie Burt writes in WOLA about a resolution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ordering the State of Guatemala to protect Miguel Ángel Gálvez, the pretrial judge in the Diario Militar (Death Squad Dossier) case, and to guarantee… Read More ›

• The Guatemalan Link between Jalisco New Generation Cartel and FARC Dissidents

  By kevodell on July 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Julie López writes, in El Faro English, on the strengthening of narco-trafiking interests in Guatemala providing links between Colombia and Mexico, noting the influence at various levels of the Government and military. Northwestern Guatemala has been known for years as… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Judge under Threat after Ordering Trial in 1980s “Death Squad Dossier” Case

  By kevodell on July 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada have written a powerful piece in El Faro on the ‘Death Squad Diary’ case (Diario Militar) moving through the Guatemala justice system. It also talks of the bravery of the families of the victims and… Read More ›

• Fighting for Food Sovereignty in Guatemala

  By kevodell on July 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Chelsea Carrick writes in NACLA on Indigenous struggle and land rights in Guatemala, especially with reference to rising global food and consumer prices. On April 26 and 27, Guatemalans demonstrated throughout the country, blocking roads and demanding an end to… Read More ›

• Judge Galvez and his appointment with History

  By kevodell on June 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Carolína Vásquez Araya writes a powerful defense of the Judge, Miguel Ángel Gálvez, in her blog, El Quinto Patio. Miguel Ángel Gálvez is one of the last of the judicial hold outs against corruption and tyranny in Guatemala. You can… Read More ›

• We are Nature Defending Itself

  By kevodell on May 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Indigenous communities like the Maya K’iche people represent the alternatives to the Anthropocene. Their knowledge and culture can allow the rest of us to imagine a new future. Andrea Ixchíu Hernández writes in Culture Hack Labs about how the Maya… Read More ›

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