Guatemala Solidarity Network

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• Judge Aifán, from Exile: “My life was in danger in Guatemala”

  By kevodell on March 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  José Luis Sanz interviews Judge Erika Aifán after she had gone into exile after a long, and concerted, series of attacks on her integrity and the integrity of the Guatemala judicial system. It is available in El Faro, as is… Read More ›

• Forbidden Stories – Mining Secrets

  By kevodell on March 9, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Forbidden Stories presented Mining Secrets, a leak of thousands of documents, shared by hacking collective ‘Guacamaya Roja’, that comes from mining giant Solway in Guatemala. The leak of more than eight million company documents revealed how the mining company, operating… Read More ›

• Niñas / Somos el fuego

  By kevodell on March 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  What did they tell you when you arrived at the safe house? Welcome to pure hell. On the 8th March 2017, International Women’s Day, 56 young women and girls were locked in a 7m x 6.8m classroom at the Hogar… Read More ›

• ‘Abandons its people’: Guatemala’s malnutrition crisis deepens

  By kevodell on March 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  “Malnutrition is not just being hungry. Malnutrition is not having access to the basics of your human rights” Jeff Abbott writes in Al Jazeera about the scourge of malnutrition in Guatemala, especially among Indigenous peoples, and the complete indifference of… Read More ›

• Crackdown on Guatemala Prosecutors Intensifies Amid Presidential Corruption Claims

  By kevodell on March 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Alex Papadovassilakis writes in InSight Crime on the continuing hollowing out of independent prosecutors who have been tackling the rampant corruption and impunity that is gripping Guatemala. With cries of corruption mounting against Guatemala’s president, the country’s Attorney General, Consuelo… Read More ›

• ‘La Puya’: Ten Years Of Resistance, The Rhythm Continues

  By kevodell on March 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Ten years ago, on March 2nd, 2012, the communities of San José de Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, just north of Guatemala City, united and established a protest camp outside of the entrance of the El Tambor Gold mine, which… Read More ›

• Judicial Persecution of Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Increases

  By kevodell on February 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The latest update from Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) features the arrests of six prosecutors who were investigating high-level corruption. Since February 10, the Guatemalan Public Ministry has issued seven arrests warrants for attorneys connected to the former International Commission… Read More ›

• Remembering Sister Dianna Ortiz, Survivor And Advocate Against Torture

  By kevodell on February 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  “The miracle of my life is that out of unspeakable horror came a new mission in life.” Maria Martin writes in Religion Unplugged, a remembrance of Sister Dianna Ortiz, who passed away in February 2021. Sister Diana was a remarkable woman… Read More ›

• A Country At War Against Its Women

  By kevodell on February 25, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Cristina Chiquín writes in Quorum about the ongoing violence, and femicide, being waged against Guatemala’s women and girls, the links to the past, and the State’s absence in taking responsibility. It is a disturbing piece, as you might expect, and… Read More ›

• Audio – International court case pits mining interests against Indigenous land rights

  By kevodell on February 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Maria Martin hosts a short piece on NPR Radio on a court case being brought to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by the Maya Q’eqchi’ community of Agua Caliente Lote 9. She speaks with attorney Carlos Pop, representing the… Read More ›

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