By Frauke Decoodt – this English translation courtesy of Confidencial. “I don’t want anyone to wish me a Happy Women’s Day on March 8th,” recently said Brendy Cuy Urizar. Elsa Siquín Montafúr doesn’t celebrate this day either. Brendy is the… Read More ›
It is very difficult to explain what is happening in Guatemalan cinema. How can a small country, without a cinema law and with so many conflicts, make such good cinema? Pamela Guinea is a Guatemalan film producer, and has worked… Read More ›
Highlights from NISGUA’s February 2020 Solidarity Update include: 21st Celebration of the Day of Dignification for Victims February 25th marked the 21st anniversary of the presentation of the UN-sponsored Historical Clarification Commission Report for Truth and Reconciliation. The report, Guatemala:… Read More ›
From February 22-29th, a Canadian delegation visited communities and organizations resisting the Escobal mine in Guatemala. The delegation was organized by BTS and Mining Watch. Charlotte Connolly writes about the experience. The week-long delegation to the Escobal Mine, facilitated by… Read More ›
On International Women’s Day gender equity is still a long way off. Nathalie Mercier, of Christian Aid, writes in LAB – Latin America Bureau. The 8th March is celebrated as International Women’s Day. However, in Guatemala for the past three… Read More ›
‘Helen’, by Agencia Ocote, is the audiovisual profile of one of the most important women in the fight for human rights in Guatemala and Central America: Helen Mack. This documentary, by Julio Serrano Echeverría and Alejandra Gutiérrez Valdizán, builds a… Read More ›
Laura Robinson, from Breaking the Silence (BTS), accompanied the Rabinal Legal Clinic and The New Hope Foundation School to what had been used as a clandestine cemetery in Xococ, a town outside of Rabinal. It was the 38th anniversary of… Read More ›
“In 2020, more than a decade after assailants hacked her husband with a machete and shot him in the head, Angelica Choc is still fighting for justice. A teacher and respected leader in their Maya Q’eqchi community in eastern Guatemala,… Read More ›
It is now just three years since the fire in the Virgin of the Assumption ‘Safe/Secure’ Home (Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción) in San José Pinula, some 25 km from Guatemala City. While their lives can never be returned,… Read More ›
Amnesty International have launched an urgent action in response to the threatened new law. ‘On 11 February the Guatemalan Congress enacted Decree 4-2020 (formerly known as Bill 5257). This initiative imposes undue restrictions, controls and sanctions on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)…. Read More ›
