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• Top genocide lawyer assassinated in Guatemala City

  By Richard Arghiris on June 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The chief lawyer of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was gunned down in broad daylight last Wednesday 3 June. Francisco Palomo Tejada, 63, was driving home on a lunch break when two men on a red motorcycle pulled alongside his… Read More ›

• Music and Film news

  By kevodell on May 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Music | ‘Tiembla patriarcado, tiembla: Hip Hop, Rebeldía y, Equidad’ (Tremble, patriarchy, tremble: Hip hop, rebelliousness and equality) On March 8, a compiled work of 12 Latin American rappers was launched. “We are women, we are Hip Hop” began in… Read More ›

• ‘El Eco del Dolor de Mucha Gente (The Echo of Pain of the Many)’

  By kevodell on May 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  “For over 30 years, members of the Cuevas family have been campaigning for justice for our son and brother Carlos, disappeared in 1984, and our sister-in-law Rosario Godoy de Cuevas and their family, abducted and murdered at the hands of… Read More ›

• CAWN Newsletter – Spring 2015

  By kevodell on May 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) have just published their latest Newsletter and contains many interesting items and articles. They have included a first-hand account from a young female volunteer talking about her recent volunteer experience of volunteering in El… Read More ›

• Ayotzinapa – EuroCaravana 43 comes to London

  By kevodell on May 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  It is estimated that some 45,000 people were disappeared during the armed conflict in Guatemala. Family members of the disappeared are still waiting to find out what the State did to them – to find out the truth. The pain… Read More ›

• Popular Protests Challenge Corruption and the Political Establishment

  By kevodell on May 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  More good commentary regarding the demonstrations that have taken place in Guatemala over the corruption scandal that has led to the resignation of the Vice-president. Jeff Abbott reflects from the demonstrations that took place on the 16th of May (#RenunciaYaFase2)… Read More ›

• Corruption scandal sparks nationwide protests

  By kevodell on May 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  By Richard Arghiris More than 40,000 protesters swept through the streets of Guatemala City yesterday, Saturday 16 May 2015, to vent fury over the nation’s unfolding corruption scandal, which is set to become the country’s most severe political crisis since… Read More ›

• ‘Tell us a story with your mobile phone’

  By kevodell on May 12, 2015 • ( 0 )

  POY Latam (Pictures of the Year Latin America) was created in 2011 to celebrate the documentary and artistic photography of Latin America and has become the largest and most important competition in the region. Under the title, ‘Tell us a… Read More ›

• Vice-President resigns amid continued protests

  By kevodell on May 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Following on from the arrests in relation to the massive tax and customs fraud in Guatemala which seemed to ensnare the Vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, comes the news this week of her resignation (in the services of the people!). In announcing… Read More ›

• Dam protests met with repression in Ixil region of Guatemala

  By kevodell on May 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  This video footage compiled by Guatevision includes a selection of brief clips showing some of the protests and state response. On April 28th, a massive contingent of police was sent into the Ixil triangle in Guatemala to evict a road… Read More ›

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