Crackdown on human rights in Guatemala
The cancellation of the temporary residents’ permits of two volunteers from the organization Peace Brigades International last week by the Guatemalan Government is the latest in a crackdown on the...
View ArticlePeace Brigades activists granted permission to stay in Guatemala
Following on from my blog post last week about a crackdown on human rights organizations in Guatemala, I was really happy to hear that the residency permits of the two Peace Brigades workers have been...
View ArticleThe dirty side of the agribusiness industry
Earlier this week our team in Guatemala alerted us to a huge environmental disaster that’s unfolding along the La Pasión River in the north of the country.According to local sources, the Sayaxché...
View ArticleActivists Demand Justice for Killing of Guatemalan Environmental Defender
Last week, representatives from communities affected by palm oil expansion in Guatemala delivered a civil society petition with nearly 50,000 signatures to the Guatemalan Attorney General demanding...
View ArticleCan beekeeping end domestic violence?
Much has been said about the healing power of honey – so much so that someone has even written a book about it– but beekeeping ending domestic violence. Really?That’s exactly what happened in San...
View ArticleOne minute with Daniel Pascual, Leader in the Guatemala Indigenous Rights...
Daniel Pascual is a 42-year-old indigenous rights defender from Guatemala’s K’iche’ community. An activist from an early age, Daniel is the current coordinator of the Comite de Unidad Campesina (CUC),...
View ArticleAdvocates for Sustainable Palm Oil Are Ignoring Human Rights Violations in...
Last month the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) held its Latin America conference in Guatemala, where ActionAid works with indigenous communities that are losing control of their land to the...
View ArticleGuatemalan Palm Oil Activist’s Killers Still At Large A Year After His Death
A year ago today, Rigoberto Lima Choc was killed in Sayaxché, Guatemala.He was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle on the street in front of the Magistrate’s Court. Lima Choc had been an outspoken...
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