Guatemala Solidarity Network

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• PBI Guatemala – latest Bulletin

  By kevodell on September 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Peace Brigades International (PBI) – Guatemala Project published their latest Bulletin recently. It is a very useful resource to follow the work they do and the context within which they do so. Water Shortages in Guatemala Members of the organizations… Read More ›

• El Mirador and the threat of Indiana Jones

  By kevodell on September 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The rule of “finders, keepers” has held true for most archaeological discoveries at least since museums, as we now know them, have existed. Collectors of foreign objects have been around, of course, as long as war, but the officialization of… Read More ›

• New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ claims over a gold-mining project in Guatemala

  By kevodell on August 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A new report exposes omissions and misrepresentations in a Nevada-based mining company’s more than $400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines… Read More ›

• Renewed ‘La Línea’ Investigations Further Implicate Guatemala Officials

  By kevodell on August 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Between May 2014 and April 2015, the criminal network known as “La Línea,” took in over 5.1 million quetzales ($666,000) in bribes, and the scheme cost the government at least 14.3 million quetzales ($1.85 million) in taxes. Alex Papadovassilakis writes… Read More ›

• The Case of “Lote Ocho”: Indigenous women hold corporations accountable for violence

  By kevodell on August 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Indigenous women in Guatemala are using the concept of extraterritorial obligations to hold corporations accountable for violence—and to set important precedents in human rights law. Andrea Bolaños Vargas and Andrea Suárez Trueba write an interesting and increasingly relevant article in… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Murderous Leap Backward Is Enabled by Trump

  By kevodell on August 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Benoit Pierre Amedee María, known as ‘Benito,’ pictured during a graduation ceremony at the Ixil University. Photo: Giovanni Batz/provided for The Globe Post On August 10, a French development worker was shot to death execution-style in rural Guatemala, one of… Read More ›

• Laguna Larga: Evicted families struggle to survive

  By kevodell on August 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Human Rights Ombudsperson’s Office and the law firm (BDH – Bufete de Derechos Humanos) demanded that the Guatemala state fulfilled its obligations under the ruling of the Inter-American Commisison for Human Rights (CIDH) with regard to the 111 families… Read More ›

• Three Urgent Policies For Achieving Sustainable Development in Guatemala

  By kevodell on August 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Decades ago, debates taking place among international organizations and countries around the globe were delayed in Latin America due to the dizzying implementation of neoliberalism. In Guatemala, these discussions were simply ignored: the country’s leaders faithfully believed in the directives… Read More ›

• Guatemala case reveals how corruption perpetuates itself in Central America

  By kevodell on July 28, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Eric L. Olson writes on the Univision News website about the ongoing attempts, by members of the Guatemala Congress, as well as the country’s business elite, to corrupt the judiciary.  Central America’s Northern Triangle Countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras have become… Read More ›

• Appointing Judges in Guatemala…From Prison

  By kevodell on July 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Guatemala is in the midst of a contentious legal battle, as networks of corrupt politicians and organized crime are trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to attack the country’s courts. They are also disrupting over 100 cases against government officials… Read More ›

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