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• 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 ›

• Sign a petition – support important cases in Guatemala

  By Patrick Daniels on June 9, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We recently posted an item about Jennifer Harbury, in which in a recording of a talk she gave, she updates us on the status of the case of her husband. She has been pursuing the truth in the case of… Read More ›

• Short film about Violence against Women

  By Patrick Daniels on June 1, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We were recently contacted by Adrien Trocme from the project LA Ruta. In Adrien’s words "We are currently working on the project called La Ruta. We are informing our readers about the themes mentioned in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)… Read More ›

• Jennifer Harbury talks about the Bamaca case

  By Patrick Daniels on June 1, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The cynics amongst you might think that my title is a little ironic, and perhaps complain that Jennifer Harbury only talks about the Bamaca case. However, I would put a positive spin on it, as it seems to me to… Read More ›

• Massacre remembered – current struggles in mind?

  By Patrick Daniels on May 29, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Exactly 32 years ago today a massacre took place in the small town of Panzos, in Alta Verapaz. A group of campesinos had gathered in the town square to protest about the depredations of local landowners, among them the town’s… Read More ›

• Unionist threatened – urgent action

  By Patrick Daniels on May 29, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Amnesty International have just issued an urgent action on behalf of Delfina vicente Yac, a trades unionist at a garment factory in Guatemala City. She is being pressured to leave her job or quit the union, in terms which are… Read More ›

• Guatemalan Lynching; a symptom of postwar insecurity and racist leadership

  By Patrick Daniels on May 25, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Another great article from GSN accompanier Sam… Implications of the findings of the UN High Commission on Guatemala.   On Wednesday 24th of March 2010 the UN Deputy High Commissioner Kyung-wha Kang gave an analysis of the status of Guatemala’s… Read More ›

• ‘La isla – Archives of a Tragedy’

  By kevodell on April 26, 2010 • ( 0 )

  “From behind protective masks, almost two hundred, mostly young people look through and clean stacks upon stacks of papers and documents at long tables in a cold and run down building in Guatemala City. The mountains of folders are one… Read More ›

• “The palm has more right to water than us”

  By Patrick Daniels on April 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed that humans have a hierarchy of needs, from the most basic, required for our very survival, to what he called the need for self-actualisation. These needs are often visualised as a pyramid, with the most… Read More ›

• ILO asks Guatemala to suspend mining activities

  By Patrick Daniels on March 30, 2010 • ( 0 )

  "The Committee requests the Government to neither grant nor renew any licence for the exploration and exploitation of natural resources as referred to in Article 15 of the Convention while the participation and consultation provided for by the Convention are… Read More ›

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