Tag Archives: Petén

GuateSec: Justice and security briefs

Posted on 26 February, 2013 by cascadiasolidaria

It has been a busy and disturbing couple of weeks in Guatemala, with a series of high-impact incidents of violence and developments in key legal cases of justice for human rights violations. GuateSec has collected relevant reports and offers preliminary … Continue reading →

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GuateSec: Militarization in retreat?

Posted on 15 October, 2012 by cascadiasolidaria

Totonicapán: Justice system moves, protest surges Nine Guatemalan military personnel were arrested last Thursday, charged with extrajudicial execution and other crimes in relation to the deaths of indigenous protesters on October 4. Preliminary investigation by the Public Ministry established individual … Continue reading →

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GuateSec: Militarization, U.S. Aid, and the War on Drugs

Posted on 26 September, 2012 by cascadiasolidaria

Guatemala and Honduras: Hammer and Anvil Staff Sgt. Robert J. Traxel, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was killed in Guatemala last July, struck in the head by a tree branch felled by helicopter draft. The … Continue reading →

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Mega-projects in the Petén and popular resistance

Posted on 6 December, 2010 by cascadiasolidaria

Following my recent editorial letter published online by the Seattle Times, I want to help make available some new documents prepared by Resistencia de los Pueblos, a collective of Guatemalan community members and activists accompanying their campaigns for the defense … Continue reading →

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Laguna del Tigre and Petén: State-sanctioned industrial development displaces people, degrades environment

Posted on 24 November, 2010 by cascadiasolidaria

The Seattle Times published on its website a letter I wrote in response to a deeply problematic article about  indigenous and peasant communities living in Protected Areas in the department of Petén, Guatemala.  In recent months, these communities have faced … Continue reading →

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