Guatemala Solidarity Network

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• 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 ›

• The Future of War Crimes Prosecutions in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Open Society Justice Initiative is ending its monitoring of grave crimes trials in Guatemala through its International Justice Monitor website. This is the final post. Guatemala Solidarity Network wishes to thank OSJI for its contribution to the struggle for… Read More ›

• Seven Incendiary Questions About Guatemala’s Political Crisis

  By kevodell on December 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The institutional crisis derived from the citizens’ rejection of the 2021 Budget has broader roots and ramifications. Among these is the excessive use of the police force, the conflict between decisions of the Executive and resolutions of the Constitutional Court… Read More ›

• Guatemala: #NoNosPela

  By kevodell on December 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Red Nation recently posted a podcast, guest-hosted by Giovanni Batz, and featuring Andrea Ixchíu, Floridalma Boj Lopez, and Alejandro Flores. They discuss the recent Guatemalan protests and uprising, which were sparked by the recent approval of a budget that… Read More ›

• PLQE – ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?

  By kevodell on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The latest ¿Que pasó en Guatemala?, in English, arrived from PLQE, the Spanish and K’iche’ school, based in Xela. Congress approves the largest national budget in history behind closed doors. The morning of November 17, officers from the National Civil… Read More ›

• The Afternoon Giammattei Unleashed the Fury

  By kevodell on November 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  If one looks at the images of the attacks on the Congress building last weekend, you can see perpetrators wielding expandable batons, normal police issue crowd control weapons. This, in addition to narratives highlighting state infiltration of the demonstration and… Read More ›

• Police Repress Protests

  By kevodell on November 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This weekend’s Guardian Weekly published a photo of the fire in the Congress building from last weekend, but without any context. It’s the now, ‘well-known’, photo with the protester in front, arms raised – typical, lazy ‘western’ corporate journalism. The… Read More ›

• Guatemalans rise to demand justice

  By kevodell on November 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Thousands of people took to the streets on November 21st, in Guatemala, to demonstrate against the corruption and greed of the members of Congress who, amongst other things, wished to increase their meals’ allowance at the expense of child malnutrition… Read More ›

• Hurricanes continue to batter Guatemala. Poverty (and poor government planning) are making things worse.

  By kevodell on November 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  With little response from the government, “Only The People Save The People” has become the rallying cry. Jackie McVicar writes in America Magazine of the challenges facing the community of Chicoyou in the wake of Hurricane Eta, which struck Central… Read More ›

• Indigenous Guatemalans Face Epidemic of Evictions

  By kevodell on November 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Jeff Abbott writes in El Faro about the challenges facing Indigenous communities involved in disputes over land, especially in this time of pandemic. The makeshift houses made of black plastic and bamboo line the road cutting through the lush green… Read More ›

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