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• 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 ›

• The Attack on the Spanish Embassy

  By kevodell on January 30, 2010 • ( 1 )

  The 31st January 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Guatemalan state attack on the Spanish Embassy and the massacre of 37 people. As well as a memorial, this highlights the barbarity of the regimes in this era.   The… Read More ›

• Atitlán – the cry of a lake

  By kevodell on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  The writer, Aldous Huxley, famously wrote wrote of Lake Atitlán,“Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a… Read More ›

• Guatemala: A Tax Code by and for the Oligarchs?

  By kevodell on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

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• ‘Rosenberg case takes bizarre twist’

  By kevodell on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

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• Tensions in San Marcos

  By Patrick Daniels on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Wednesday 13th January saw the second murder in three months of a leader in the campaign for the nationalisation of electricity provision in the department of San Marcos. The murder comes following recent heightened tensions in the department, which culminated… Read More ›

• Forwarded message: Screening of “Which Way Home” at Frontline Club, Paddington, 24th January

  By Patrick Daniels on January 23, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Which Way Home The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “ The Beast ”. Director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) tracks the stories of children… Read More ›

• Forwarded message: Seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecu

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

  Forwarded message from Kathy Dill: I am seeking letters of recommendation for human rights defender Jesus Tecú Osorio, whom I am nominating for the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award. I am nominating him as an individual and speaking… Read More ›

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