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• Struggle for food as drought hits Guatemala

  By jenniferkennedy on November 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The BBC has reported on the struggle for food in eastern Guatemala as severe drought impacts thousands of farmers. In an area known as the Dry Corridor, the drought has turned fertile fields barren with many crops failing to grow…. Read More ›

• Lynchings and injustice in Guatemala

  By jenniferkennedy on November 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Last month, on October 10, residents of Concepcion, Solola province, lynched to death a mayor accused of orchestrating a violent attack against his political opponent which left two teenage girls dead. Angry residents beat and set light to Bacilio Juracan,… Read More ›

• The Spectre of Militarism

  By kevodell on October 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Dr. Rafael Cuevas del Cid was Chancellor of the National University of San Carlos of Guatemala, between 1970 and 1974 during extremely turbulent times. Maria Ruth del Rosario Cuevas Molina and Ana Lucía Cuevas Molina have penned a moving piece… Read More ›

• Chixoy Dam Reparations Payment Begins

  By kevodell on October 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  James Rodríguez has put together a new piece of photo-reportage regarding the first payments of the government reparations to the survivors of the massacres and forced displacements of communities in the Chixoy River basin. “On October 15, 2015, the Guatemalan… Read More ›

• Guatemalans face choice of former blackface comedian or ex-first lady

  By kevodell on October 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  “A former comedian best known for performing in blackface and an afro wig is the odds-on favourite to become Guatemala’s new president this Sunday when he faces a former first lady in the final stage of an election overshadowed by… Read More ›

• Indigenous peoples’ rights and hydro-electric projects in Guatemala: The case of the Ch’orti’ in Chiquimula

  By kevodell on October 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  We were born here, We did not come here Aquí hemos nacido, no hemos venido Machiwar kayopá temeyum Iranon kuxpon tará The indigenous Maya Ch’orti’ community in Chiquimula, Guatemala, is in conflict with the companies Las TresNiñas and Jonbo which… Read More ›

• ‘La Puya’ – an example of the defense of territory

  By kevodell on October 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Since 2012, the inhabitants of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc in Guatemala have organised themselves to defend their land through ‘La Puya’– a non-violent resistance movement, from where a strong network was created in order to stop… Read More ›

• What Does Guatemala’s Presidential Election Mean for Trials of Grave Crimes?

  By kevodell on October 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  In Guatemala’s national elections, held on September 6, no candidate achieved the necessary majority to win the presidency outright. The top two candidates, Jimmy Morales and Sandra Torres, will face each other in a runoff election on October 25. Sophie… Read More ›

• Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations

  By kevodell on October 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  A palm oil company remains at the heart of conflict in northern Guatemala, months after a mass fish die-off. A day after company operations were suspended pending further investigation into the incident, three community leaders were abducted and threatened by… Read More ›

• Indigenous activist murdered after exposing palm oil ‘ecocide’

  By Richard Arghiris on September 28, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On 18 September 2015, one day after the Reforestadora Palma de Petén S.A. (REPSA) palm oil factory was ordered closed for its contamination of the Pasíon River, an indigenous activist, Rigoberto Lima Choc, 28, was murdered outside a courthouse in… Read More ›

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