María Guarchaj and Teresa Gonón write in Ojalá about the challenges facing communities that live by, and depend on, Lago Atitlán. While it is true that the lake has been suffering from environmental degradation, attempts to profit from technical responses… Read More ›
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The pedagogy of communal politics in Guatemala
A recent Opinion piece in Ojalá seeks to place the current national strike/blockade (paro nacional) within the context of oppression, indigenous solidarity and ages-old communal links. A communal mobilization of national scope has brought everyday impunity and extractivism in Guatemala… Read More ›
An uprising for democracy in Guatemala
Sandra Cuffe writes in Ojalá about the demonstrations taking place in Guatemala City in support of democracy and against the pacto de corruptos. These demonstrations are part of the national wave of strikes and blockades that have affected the country… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 