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• 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 ›

• Crumbling political support for Tahoe Resources in Guatemala

  By kevodell on September 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Former President Otto Pérez Molina poses with Escobal mine workers. Photo: Tahoe Resources This article was written and published by NISGUA, in collaboration with MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network. If the militarized security strategy that Tahoe Resources has used… Read More ›

• Guatemala’s Presidential Elections: A Choice Between Elite Interests

  By kevodell on September 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Andrea Ixchiu, from Prensa Comunitaria, gave an interview with The Real News days before the Guatemala Presidential elections and her analysis still stands in the lead up to the run-off, next month, between Jimmy Morales and Sandra Torres. While Jimmy… Read More ›

• La Puya – Intimidation and Resistance

  By kevodell on September 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  A great piece on La Puya was posted on the website for El Eco del Dolor de Mucha Gente, which we have featured here previously. It really is a fine resource. There some fine photographs here and the whole piece… Read More ›

• Guatemalans finally draw the line as tax scandal paves way for change

  By kevodell on September 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  In the UK Guardian, Ana Guisella Arellano makes the links between the theft and corruption of La Linea and the current tax regime in Guatemala. The country is the most populous in Central America, but the amount of tax collected… Read More ›

• 2015 Alice Zachmann Human Rights Award: Prensa Comunitaria

  By kevodell on September 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) have announced that this year’s Alice Zachmann Human Rights Award will be presented to the community media group Prensa Comunitaria (Community Press). GHRC selected Prensa Comunitaria for its commitment to grassroots journalism and its focus… Read More ›

• El Quetzal – Summer 2015

  By kevodell on September 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The latest edition of El Quetzal, the newsletter from Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) is now available. The focus, of course, is on the unfolding events that led to the resignation and arrest of President Otto Pérez Molina and the… Read More ›

• Elections and the Guatemala Spring

  By kevodell on September 2, 2015 • ( 2 )

  The crowds in front of the Presidential Palace on the 27th August 2015 calling on the President to resign. Photograph by Sandra Sebastián from Plaza Pública The latest presidential elections will be taking place this weekend barring any sudden intervention… Read More ›

• In Guatemala, New Crisis Unfolds in the Shadow of Past Crimes

  By kevodell on September 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The following, from Sophie Beaudoin, is taken from the International Justice Monitor website. Protests in Guatemala against the current government’s alleged links to a corruption scandal gathered steam this weekend, with protesters calling for the lifting of President Otto Pérez… Read More ›

• CAFTA’s Decade of Empty Promises Failed Guatemala and Haunts the TPP

  By kevodell on August 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  In the UK and the European Union, social justice campaigners are fighting the secret trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US – this deal is known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It is a… Read More ›

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