Guatemala Solidarity Network

Recent Posts - page 88

• Women’s protests against mining get noticed in parliament

  By Patrick Daniels on March 18, 2010 • ( 0 )

  In a recent question asked to mark International Women’s Day in the House of Lords Guatemala was mentioned a couple of times. Baroness Thomas of Walliswood commented that it seemed to her that women are often more willing than men… Read More ›

• Guatemala mine ‘exploiting’ locals

  By kevodell on March 17, 2010 • ( 0 )

• ‘Our lives can be cut short at a stroke’

  By kevodell on March 17, 2010 • ( 0 )

  ‘This is a time of great tension because we know that at any moment, when we least expect it, our lives can be cut short at a stroke’. So titled an article by Danilo Valladares for Inter Press Service. As… Read More ›

• Guatemala has the justice it pays for.

  By kevodell on March 14, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Recently, Barbara Schieber in The Guatemala Times, published a piece which again highlighted the contradictions in Guatemala around state responsibility and state ability to tackle the endemic violence affecting that country. The Association of Bi-national Chambers of Commerce (ASCABI) has… Read More ›

• Another leader of FRENA has been murdered

  By Patrick Daniels on February 20, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Yet another director of the organisation FRENA (the Front for Resistance in Defence of Natural Resources and the Rights of the People) was murdered in San Marcos this week. According to a communiqué by the group URNG-MAIZ, Octavio Roblero was… Read More ›

• “Mining and Human Rights: Beyond The Challenge”

  By kevodell on February 20, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;… Read More ›

• And now for something completely different…

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

  The BBC is currently running a series of short programmes entitled ” A History of the World in 100 Objects”, which charts human development through artefacts to be found in the British Museum. The development of agriculture is unquestionably a… Read More ›

• Supreme Court reactivates Dos Erres case – action at last

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

  As we reported on 7 January the state of Guatemala was found to have so obstructed the progress of the case against those accused of the Dos Erres massacre that it constituted a denial of the right to justice. Following… Read More ›

• Guatemala: Eterna Primavera, Eterna Tiranía

  By kevodell on February 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  We have received word from Jean-Marie Simon that her book Guatemala: Eternal Spring – Eternal Tyranny will be republished in Guatemala this year. Originally published in 1988 by WW Norton, the new version will be in Spanish – Guatemala: Eterna… Read More ›

• El Paraíso de los Canallas

  By kevodell on February 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  ‘Guatemala means ‘Place of many trees’, but amongst the foliage are hidden the murderers, rapists and criminals. This country, known for the gentleness of its inhabitants, is home to hyenas. You count fifteen murders daily and the rapes multiply.’  … Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›