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• Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe

  By kevodell on January 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “According to Roman Catholic tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared for the fourth and last time to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on December 12th, 1531, on the Tepeyac Hill in modern day Mexico City. Guatemalan faithful flock to Guatemala City’s Guadalupe… Read More ›

• Justice and Accountability news

  By kevodell on December 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Two recent items from NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) highlight the genocide cases and also the recent attacks against the Attorney General – the latter being part of a campaign against human rights defenders in general… Read More ›

• The children of Guatemala are starving

  By kevodell on December 11, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Natasha Pizzey-Siegert Paulina Noj sits with three of her eight children.    The children of Guatemala are starving By Natasha Pizzey-Siegert Half of Guatemala’s children are malnourished. Years of poverty, violence and underdevelopment are taking a toll on Guatemala’s most… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Archives on Decades of Police Terror Accessible Online

  By kevodell on December 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “Millions of documents from the Guatemalan national police archive, shedding light on torture, forced disappearances and murders committed during the1960-1996 counterinsurgency war in this country, are now available on-line thanks to a collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin.”… Read More ›

• “The Mine” – Guatemala City

  By kevodell on December 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “In Guatemala City, a place called "The Mine" can deliver both a means of survival and a grisly death. Every day, dozens of residents salvage a living by scouring the massive dump for scrap metal. Facing the threat of mudslides,… Read More ›

• “This land is ours”

  By kevodell on December 4, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “The villagers had no idea that their land had been nationalised in‭ ‬1984‭ ‬– a fact that was concealed from them for‭ ‬28‭ ‬years.‭ ‬They are perplexed,‭ ‬shocked,‭ ‬and angry. In the‭ ‬1980s the area was scorched with genocide and… Read More ›

• ‘As Firm as a Tree’

  By kevodell on October 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

      On July 7th 2010, gunmen entered the home of Diodora Hernández (above) and shot her in the eye. Diodora worked with a group of women active in defending community water resources from Canadian mining company Goldcorp. Goldcorp has… Read More ›

• Hunger in Guatemala

  By kevodell on October 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

  World Food Day was the 16th October and, to ‘celebrate’, Danilo Valladares wrote an article for Inter Press Service, found on Global Issues. The article was titled, ‘Guatemala: Little Headway against Rampant Malnutrition’. “ The Guatemalan population of 14 million… Read More ›

• Guatemala on Democracy Now

  By kevodell on September 16, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Two pieces on Democracy Now were broadcast recently regarding Guatemala. The first one features Jennifer Harbury and discusses, among other things, the first round of the Presidential elections and the role of Otto Pérez Molina in the disappearance of her… Read More ›

• Between a rock and a hard place…..

  By kevodell on September 13, 2011 • ( 0 )

  The results of the Guatemala Presidential elections, which took place on Sunday, 11th September, left two candidates to run-off on the 6th November. According to PlazaPública, Otto Pérez Molina gained 36.08% and Manuel Baldizón was second with 23.3%. Presidential elections… Read More ›

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