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• UN Report on Central American Women’s Plight to Flee Violence

  By jenniferkennedy on November 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report, Women on the Run, reveals why women are fleeing violence in Central America  and Mexico and the obstacles they in face in their journey to be safe. Based upon in-depth interviews with 160… Read More ›

• US Congress To Guatemalan President: Halt Illegal Mining Operations at La Puya

  By kevodell on November 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  On October 26, 2015, 12 members of the US Congress sent a letter to Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre to raise concerns about abuses related to the El Tambor gold mine in San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala. The letter calls on… Read More ›

• Beyond Good Business: mining, women and human rights

  By jenniferkennedy on November 11, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On October 26, the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP), a London-based NGO, hosted the Beyond Good Business conference aimed at advocating women’s rights in the context of natural resource extraction. The all-day event brought together an array of global… Read More ›

• Guatemala: new president’s first few weeks in power

  By jenniferkennedy on November 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Last month, on October 25, Jimmy Morales won the Guatemalan presidential elections in a landslide victory. The new president, whose slogan was “not corrupt, not a thief”, strategically campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, earning himself 67.4% of the votes. Morales’… Read More ›

• Guatemala: banana workers, union news

  By kevodell on November 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Two pieces of news have been shared by Banana Link, regarding union workers and the banana sector in Guatemala. Union to Union solidarity at work The second year of Banana Link’s TUC Aid funded project to support the organising and… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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