Full Coverage: Guatemala
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Guatemala
06/23/2008
One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [United States] [Mexico] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/21/2008
Un mes después de la mayor redada de inmigración en un solo lugar de trabajo en la historia de los EE.UU., las familias de Postville todavía viven con el miedo de que regresen los agentes de inmigración.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [Mexico] [United States] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/17/2008
The aftermath of a recent immigration raid in Iowa demonstrates the human cost of removing migrant workers from their families and community, writes journalist Lynda Waddington.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check Related: [United States] [Children] [Labor] [Migration] [Business] [Civil Rights] [Religion] [Social Exclusion] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/13/2008
As food prices and hunger continue to rise worldwide, small farmers in Brazil, Guatemala, and Mexico are suggesting solutions quite different than the free trade policies endorsed at a recent UN food summit in Rome.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Mexico] [Brazil] [Agriculture] [Food] [Capacity Building] [Consumption] [Conservation] |
06/04/2008
Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.
Read moreFrom: Guttmacher Institute Related: [El Salvador] [Honduras] [Nicaragua] [Education] [Youth] [Health] |
05/19/2008
Although an official truce was declared in 1996, the rate of violent deaths in Guatemala continues at a pace similar to that of the genocidal 36-year civil war. Many believe this is due to the continuity of "'social cleansing' operations," writes Joy Agner.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Image: Rigoberta Menchú, a prominent Guatemalan rights activist fighting state oppression. © Radio Netherlands
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03/28/2008
"Ennen käsityöyhdistykseen liittymistä kyhjötimme kodeissamme. Nyt uskallamme liikkua ulkona ja ansaitsemme rahaa perheillemme", guatemalalainen mayanainen Nicolasa Raxtun, 30, kertoo.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Gender] [Indigenous Rights] |
03/27/2008
NEW YORK, Mar 27 (OneWorld) - There will likely be fewer wildfires and more trees for future generations if loggers abide by a set of international rules on forest management, says a new study by independent environmentalists.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Land] [Capacity Building] [Consumption] [Business] [Trade] [Conservation] [Forests] [Indigenous Rights] |
02/28/2008
Ihmisoikeustoimijoita vastaan hyökätään Guatemalassa keskimäärin joka toinen päivä. Heitä uhkaillaan, pahoinpidellään ja jopa murhataan. Tapauksia tutkitaan kuitenkin vain harvoin, ja syylliset jäävät lähes aina rankaisematta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen YK-liitto Related: [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] Image: © New Internationalist
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02/26/2008
In harrowing testimony, survivors recount the Guatemalan military's scorched earth campaign of the 1980s and 90s that forced indigenous communities to face death, life in hiding, or the confines of ghetto-like controlled villages.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America |
02/07/2008
A Spanish judge is currently hearing testimonies from Guatemalan survivors of genocide and other crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Guatemalan military against the Mayan population of this country during the 1980s.
Read moreFrom: Center for Justice & Accountability Related: [Spain] |
02/06/2008
Jopa kaksi kolmesta guatemalalaisesta kuuluu johonkin maan yli kahdestakymmenestä alkuperäiskansasta. Nyt Guatemalan intiaanilapset saavat kouluissa opetusta omilla kielillään, mikä vahvistaa monikulttuurisuutta ja ottaa intiaanit mukaan kehitykseen.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Education] [Indigenous Rights] Image: Mayaintiaanit ovat guatemalalaisten enemmistö.
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11/20/2007
Four members of an election monitoring delegation reflect on Guatemala's recent presidential race and conclude that ongoing changes are "creating space for democracy."
Read moreFrom: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee |
11/06/2007
Keskustavasemmistolainen Álvaro Colom lupaa yhdistää maan taistelussa äärimmäistä köyhyyttä vastaan. Köyhyysrajan alapuolella elää puolet guatemalalaisista.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Poverty] Image: © New Internationalist
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10/30/2007
Retired general and leading presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina may have played a role in numerous atrocities committed during the country's civil war, but Guatemalans appear to be overlooking the details, comments academic Ivan Briscoe.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America |
10/16/2007
Suomen suurlähetystön tuki on vauhdittanut guatemalalaisten kuurosokeiden pääsyä avoimille työmarkkinoille. Asenteiden on kuitenkin muututtava vielä paljon, sillä tilastojen mukaan Guatemalassa on lähes 2 000 kuurosokeaa lasta.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Education] [Disability] Image: © New Internationalist
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10/05/2007
Ten years ago in Guatemala, a group of Habitat for Humanity workers recognized the economic value of coffee to many Latin American families and founded Café Campesino. Tripp Pomeroy gives us a tour and history of this organic fair trade coffee company.
Read moreFrom: Co-op America Related: [United States] |
10/02/2007
While the two presidential candidates compete for votes in the politically important cities, Guatemala's large but quiet peasant population suffers from poverty, injustice and famine, comments columnist Saulo Araujo.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International |
09/17/2007
Though election day was relatively peaceful and smooth for Guatemala's first round of presidential voting last week, the campaign season was far from peaceful and now voters must choose between candidates who offer little more than political rhetoric, explains editor and activist Cyril Mychalejko.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America |
09/11/2007
The two leading presidential candidates will compete in runoffs later this year after what international lawyer Renata Avila saw as an exemplary showcase of democracy this weekend.
Read moreFrom: Global Voices Online |



