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• A question of disappearance

  By Patrick Daniels on July 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  It is rare that Guatemala gets any attention in the chambers of Westminster, so I was pleased to see that a parliamentary question has been asked about it recently. During the fourteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council a… Read More ›

• An inside look into the exhumations of Guatemala: Panzos

  By Patrick Daniels on July 4, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The years between 1978 and 1982 were the most brutal of the Guatemalan civil war culminating in ethnic cleansing campaigns now labeled as Genocide by the UN truth commission (CEH).  With varying styles, the Romeo Lucas Garcia and Rios Montt… Read More ›

• LAB highlights new reports

  By kevodell on June 28, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We welcome back the Latin America Bureau (LAB) from their short absence and they have a website which is well worth a visit for all things Latin America. Two reports on Guatemala were highlighted recently on their website by Javier… Read More ›

• CICIG – a model for others to follow

  By Patrick Daniels on June 26, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The lamentable resignation of Carlos Castresana, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, better known by its initials as CICIG, has focussed attention on this important body. We should not forget how unique it is, as you can… Read More ›

• Guatemala heeds CIDH and orders suspension of mining

  By Patrick Daniels on June 24, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Right on the deadline given by the Interamerican Commission of Human Rights (CIDH, in Spanish) for compliance, the Guatemalan government has responded positively to their request that mining activities at the Marlin mine be suspended. Earlier in the year the… Read More ›

• Selecting a new Attorney General

  By kevodell on June 20, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We received a message from laguatemalgringa notifying us of guatemalavisible – which styles itself as a collaborative effort to bring together the will, energy and enthusiasm of diverse civil society groups seeking to strengthen the Guatemalan justice system. We noted… Read More ›

• A public-private stitch-up

  By kevodell on June 20, 2010 • ( 0 )

  I came across this interesting piece by Jorge Murga Armas on the always useful albedrío website (I especially acknowledge the power of its ‘mouse-over’ image). Las Tramas de las ‘alianzas público-privadas’ could be translated as The Intrigues of ‘public-private alliances’… Read More ›

• Disaster relief for victims of Agatha

  By Patrick Daniels on June 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

  It cannot have escaped your attention that Guatemala has been afflicted by natural disasters recently, reflecting its position in both a tectonically active and hurricane prone region. It is rare that Central America features in the news on Radio 4,… Read More ›

• Support CICIG

  By Patrick Daniels on June 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

  You will have already read on this website about the unfortunate resignation of the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, known as CICIG. One of the matters which provoked Carlos Castresana to finally throw in the towel… Read More ›

• Head of CICIG resigns

  By kevodell on June 13, 2010 • ( 0 )

  News this last week from Guatemala centred on the resignation of Carlos Castresana, head of CICIG, the UN International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. It seems to me that CICIG had been important in providing some measure of hope for… Read More ›

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