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• A short reflection from Guatemala

  By kevodell on April 1, 2009 • ( 0 )

  I´ve been here on holidays for a few weeks now and what is unavoidable is the level of violence that is portrayed on the media, especially in the newpapers. It even seems difficult to make a count of the numbers…. Read More ›

• “That’s enough barbarism” wife of Human Rights Ombudsman attacked

  By Patrick Daniels on April 1, 2009 • ( 0 )

  On 26 March the wife of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Gladys Monterroso, also a lawyer and a politician in the Encuentro por Guatemala party was kidnapped for several hours and tortured before being released. As we reported before there has… Read More ›

• Do we need another anti-impunity commission?

  By Patrick Daniels on March 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

  You might think that the only anti-impunity measure that Guatemala needs is to have a justice system that works. However, that is simple to say and very difficult to bring about after “agents or former agents of the State have… Read More ›

• New film about Juana Mendez

  By Patrick Daniels on March 26, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Juana Mendez will be remembered in Guatemala as the first woman who succeeded in achieving a conviction against a serving police officer  for mistreating her in custody. During her detention at the police station in Nebaj she was raped and… Read More ›

• Edgar Fernando Garcia case – declassified US documents provide further insight

  By Patrick Daniels on March 24, 2009 • ( 0 )

  We reported earlier the breakthrough in the case of the disappearance of Edgar Fernando Garcia, a student and trades union activist who “disappeared” in 1984. A senior and an ex-police officer have been arrested, and warrants issued for the arrest… Read More ›

• Annual Westminster Hall Debate on Latin America

  By Patrick Daniels on March 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Every year members of the House of Commons devote time to a short debate about Latin America and the relations between the United Kingdom and the continent. A great deal of the debate was focussed on Bolivia, as some members… Read More ›

• The White Nun and the Tahitian Vanilla

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  What, you might wonder, have nuns to do with exotic spices, and even more so, what have either to do with Guatemala? The answer is orchids, in both cases they are plants which became important well beyond the dark, damp… Read More ›

• “I Will Not Yield”: Norma Cruz wins a Woman of Courage Award

  By Patrick Daniels on March 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Anyone with any interest in Guatemala cannot fail to be aware of the appalling wave of murders directed against women. While many more men are murdered each year the sadistic brutality with which women are often killed suggests a particular… Read More ›

• Groundbreaking Arrest Made in Guatemalan Disappearance Case

  By kevodell on March 11, 2009 • ( 0 )

  In a break in one of Guatemala’s most notorious human rights crimes, a Guatemalan police officer has been arrested in connection with the abduction and disappearance 25 years ago of labor activist Édgar Fernando García. The arrest, on 5th March,… Read More ›

• Defense Ministry Fails to Release Military Documents

  By Patrick Daniels on March 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  As reported recently by NISGUA Guatemala’s war survivors have, once again, been thwarted in their struggle to achieve justice. The Defense Ministry, in violation of an official court order, has neglected to hand over two military documents that would serve as evidence in the… Read More ›

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