Tag Archives: Maya

Breaking news: First arrest for genocide in Guatemala

Posted on 17 June, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

Via NISGUA: FIRST ARREST FOR GENOCIDE IN GUATEMALA Today, June 17th, General Héctor Mario López Fuentes was captured in Guatemala City, twenty-nine years after having initiated the execution of Plan Victoria 82, developed by the Army Chief of Staff and … Continue reading →

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Primeras noticias: Captura de General López Fuentes por genocidio en Guatemala

Posted on 17 June, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

PRIMERA CAPTURA POR GENOCIDIO EN GUATEMALA Hoy 17 de junio, a 29 años de haber iniciado la ejecución del Plan Victoria 82 elaborado por el Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército y el gobierno de facto de Efraín Ríos Montt, … Continue reading →

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Testimony of Polochíc Valley evictions and killings: video and mapping resources

Posted on 9 June, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

Last weekend I attended an event in Guatemala City where three Maya-Q’eqchi’ campesinos – rural workers – shared testimony of their experiences during and following the violent evictions of 12 Q’eqchi’ communities in the Polochíc Valley region of north-eastern Guatemala … Continue reading →

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Amnesty Intl. Urgent Action: Indigenous farmer killed in land conflict

Posted on 6 June, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

UA: 157/11 (Ver enlace para versión en español.) Index: AMR 34/005/2011 Guatemala Date: 1 June 2011 Date: 1 June 2011 URGENT ACTION INDIGENOUS FARMER KILLED OVER Land dispute On 21 May, Indigenous farmer , Oscar Reyes, was killed , and three other farm workers were injured, while tending … Continue reading →

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Community referendum May 20 in Sacapulas, Quiché

Posted on 18 May, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

This Friday, May 20, members of indigenous communities in the Guatemalan municipality of Sacapulas, Quiché department will hold a referendum to express their decisions regarding whether to permit mining and hydroelectric dam projects in their territories. The locally-organized referendum is … Continue reading →

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Oxlaju B’aktun: Grupo Sotz’il dances the Maya calendar

Posted on 6 April, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

With their newest theatrical-dance performance, “Oxlaju B’aktun,” the Maya-Kaqchikel arts collective Sotz’il engages with mythical prophecy, cultural tradition, and contemporary reality to explore the significance of the thirteenth 400-year cycle of the Maya calendar, which simultaneously closes a five-millenia epoch of civilization … Continue reading →

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“Report of an Injustice”

Posted on 21 March, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

Update March 21: Amnesty International Urgent Action 83/11: “Forced eviction of communities in Guatemala” On March 19, 2011, the 44th anniversary of the torture and murder of poet and guerrilla Otto René Castillo and his comrade Nora Paiz by the … Continue reading →

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Massive wave of evictions of indigenous rural communities in Guatemala

Posted on 17 March, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

Update March 21: Amnesty International Urgent Action 83/11: “Forced eviction of communities in Guatemala” 20 March: “Evictions in Polochic Valley Denounced” – Short article on NISGUA’s blog with information from a press conference held March 18 by the National Coordination of … Continue reading →

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Absence: poem for Catalina Mucú Maas

Posted on 16 March, 2011 by cascadiasolidaria

A friend writes: “The 8th of March was International Women’s Day. All day my inbox flooded with emails acknowledging the brave women who have campaigned over the years for equality and justice. Then the following day, I received a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Statement by the International Coalition Against Unjust Mining in Guatemala (CAMIGUA) regarding the human rights violations and violence occurred following a peaceful protest against Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipakapa, and the mining company’s disinformation campaign: Violence … Continue reading →

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