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• Golden Lie: Resistance against mining in Guatemala

  By kevodell on December 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “They lied to us, the gold man and the ministry of energy and mines lied to us about the project. They said we were crazy, that nothing was going to happen but we just found out about one year and… Read More ›

• Totonicapán rising – Letter to the President

  By kevodell on November 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  We gave a short explanation of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán previously which you can read <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/totonicap%c3%a1n-rising/'iche Maya that has endured for hundreds of years, coordinating the indigenous mayorships of 48 communities, exercising self-governance in matters including environmental management… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Peaceful Resistance in the Face of Violence

  By kevodell on October 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  We have featured the struggles in the communities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo before <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/third-month-of-resistance-against-a-radius-gold-owned-mine-in-guatemala/"Yoli" Oquelí, here. News that the communities had been awarded the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award also reached us and… Read More ›

• Totonicapán action

  By kevodell on October 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Regarding the massacre at Totonicapán, if people want to take action you can use the attached letter (click on ‘read more’ below) or sign up to the AVAAZ petition here.

• 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 ›

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