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• Totonicapán, Those Who Are No Longer With Us.

  By kevodell on October 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “On the night of October 4th, Totonicapán hospital was completely overshadowed by a halo of confusion and crying. A sour, toxic, acidic odour, the typical stench of tear gas, much alike to pepper – although much worse – was hanging… Read More ›

• Science, the Maya and the End of the World?

  By kevodell on October 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  In the past year, the Maya have been on the news because the Mayan Long Count Calendar will reach the end of a cycle. Sensationalist news linked this end of cycle to a prophecy that warns us about the eminent… Read More ›

• Totonicapán rising

  By kevodell on October 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “The death toll of last week’s massacre of Maya K’iche protesters in Totonicapán continues to increase, with reports of up to 8 or 9 killed; at least 6 of the 34 people injured in the attack remain hospitalized. Initial evidence,… Read More ›

• Indigenous protesters killed in Totonicapán

  By kevodell on October 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Renata Avila writes on the Global Voices site that, “at least 7 civilians were killed, up to 32 were injured, and 35 were intoxicated on October 4, 2012, when combined armed forces violently removed demonstrators from Cuatro Caminos (”four roads”),… Read More ›

• Q&A: Guatemala’s Bold Attorney General Makes a Dent in Impunity

  By kevodell on October 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

  “Since Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey became attorney general in Guatemala in 2010, a string of crimes involving military personnel who fought leftwing guerrillas, drug traffickers and organised crime have been cleared up. The mild manner of this 46-year-old doctor… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Adolfo Ich Chamán

  By kevodell on September 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  James Rodríguez of MiMundo has put together this special multimedia entry commemorating the third anniversary of the murder of Adolfo Ich Chamán, Q’eqchi’ Mayan schoolteacher, recognised anti-mining leader, and land tenure activist from El Estor, Guatemala. Mr. Ich Chamán was… Read More ›

• Video Girls for Change

  By kevodell on September 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Participatory Video (PV) is a set of techniques to involve a group or community in shaping and creating their own film. The idea behind this is that making a video is easy and accessible, and is a great way of… Read More ›

• Criminalization and Violence Erupt in the Shadow of the Escobal Mine

  By kevodell on September 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  We have featured the struggles of San Rafael Las Flores against mining interests before both <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/goldcorp%e2%80%99s-legacy%3a-criminalization-and-mining-resistance-in-san-rafael-las-flores/' right to consultation in the face of the project and last week, in an unclarified series of events, violence erupted when security forces… Read More ›

• Santa Cruz Barillas wants its leaders back

  By kevodell on September 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Santa Cruz Barillas is a town in the Western Highlands in the Department of Huehuetenango and it has the misfortune to be the site of the Cambalam hydroelectric dam. The municipality has been the site of conflict since the issuing… Read More ›

• Out of land and nowhere to go: Occupying land in Cahabon, Guatemala

  By kevodell on September 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “Cahabon, like much of Guatemala, suffers from a high percentage of land disputes. At the moment it is estimated that 50% of the rural population who work small plots of land are waiting to be recognized as legitimate owners. The… Read More ›

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