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• Union Fenosa – from San Marcos to London

  By kevodell on May 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

  UNION FENOSA EN GUATEMALA by arenaentrelosdedos In the smoke and mirrors of global finance, private equity firms have had a major relationship in a majority of firms that defaulted on their debt in 2009 thereby contributing on a grand scale… Read More ›

• ‘Hungry for Justice’ – not guns

  By kevodell on May 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  At the 2000 UN Millennium Summit, world leaders from rich and poor countries alike committed themselves – at the highest political level – to a set of eight time-bound targets (Millennium Development Goals – MDGs) that, when achieved, will end… Read More ›

• Racism and the Race for Natural Resources

  By kevodell on May 5, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Here is a reflection from GSN accompanier Tanya. Entering 2011, an election year for Guatemala, political and social actors are being targeted more frequently and, in the midst of the increasing levels of violence, the land issue rages on. Human… Read More ›

• Francisco Goldman on WGBH

  By kevodell on April 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

  Here is an interesting and fascinating interview, by Maria Hinojosa, with Francisco Goldman on WGBH. He wrote several novels before his great non-fiction book, The Art of Political Murder, where he reconstructs and investigates the murder of Guatemalan’s human rights… Read More ›

• Ausencia – a tribute

  By kevodell on April 29, 2011 • ( 0 )

    Here is tribute to a young woman who had been part of the struggle for equality and justice in Guatemala. Catalina Mucú Maas was an outspoken and impressive young woman, a born leader with a warm smile. Catalina was… Read More ›

• Right to life Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 22, 2011 • ( 0 )

  “Today, illegal abortions are the leading cause of death among young women in Latin America. Whether they are performed in major cities or in the isolated countryside, these ‘back room’ abortions are leaving thousands of young women dead each year…. Read More ›

• ‘A state under siege: elites, criminal networks and institutional reform in Guatemala’

  By kevodell on April 3, 2011 • ( 0 )

  In this year of the Guatemala Presidential election, it is easy to get caught up on the violence and absurdities that generally characterise these events – it is reasonable to think of violence and absurdity being the ‘maldición guatemalteca’. Ironically,… Read More ›

• Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

  By kevodell on April 2, 2011 • ( 0 )

  I went to see the new film by Pamela Yates, who made the widely acclaimed When the Mountains Tremble in 1982. Twenty five years later, she revisits the genocide as, for the first time, indictments are called against the perpetrators…. Read More ›

• Elections – Guatemalan first couple to divorce

  By kevodell on March 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  As we have noted earlier here and here, it cannot be a huge surprise to note that the President and his wife are seeking to divorce so that Sandra Colom is legally entitled to stand for the upcoming Presidential election…. Read More ›

• National police force, paramilitaries and local big business join forces

  By kevodell on March 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  News from our friends in Banana Link highlights an event where the national police force, paramilitaries and local big business joined forces to brutally and criminally evict local farmers and their families in Alta Verapaz. We have mentioned before, here… Read More ›

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