Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Correspondent(s)
A NATIONAL STRIKE led by Indigenous Guatemalans, as well as an institutional crisis over the peremptory firing of anti-corruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval, are shaking that Central American country.
Sandoval, forced to flee the country after his firing, has been investigating (...)
, by LINARES Luis
It’s a fact that always comes as a surprise. Guatemala, a country that ranks at the bottom in Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of development and prosperity indicators, has an enviable unemployment rate : 2.9 per cent in 2012 and 2.5 per cent in 2019.
In a developed country, this (...)
, by KINOSIAN Sarah
As trusted individuals in a Guatemalan culture rooted in religion, pastors and priests play a role in the booming business behind immigration.
Early in the morning, Antonio knelt before an altar with white candles and a small statue of the Virgin Mary and prayed for a miracle.
It was still (...)
, by VIDAL John
A farmers’ leader shot in the back is one of 18 activists killed this year, targeted for opposing evictions, logging and mining
Land rights protesters demanding the resignation of President Jimmy Morales in Guatemala City in 2017. Photograph: Esteban Biba/Epa-Efe/Rex Shutterstock
At 9am on (...)
, by FoE
Join Friends of the Earth International in calling for the release of nine political prisoners in Barillas, Guatemala, who are due before a hearing on November 26.
Click here to send a mail to the Guatemalan authorities: http://action.foei.org/page/speakout/demand-the-immediate-release-of-the-priso
, by Collective
Rubén Herrera was arrested as he left his house in Huehuetenango district, Guatemala on March 15 this year. He is still in prison more than two months later.
Rubén has been an active community organiser, working on many environmental and social justice campaigns and bringing together networks (...)
, by FEELEY Dianne
WHILE THE COUP in Honduras was successful, in Guatemala an attempted “cold” coup unraveled. Rodrigo Rosenberg was murdered on May 10, 2009; the following day the media ran a video filmed shortly before his death. In it Rosenberg stated that if he were killed, President Alvaro Colom and his wife (...)
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