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War on Democracy - Guate cut

Bilingual education in Guatemala

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View Article  Urgent Action: Local community development worker killed
En la madrugada del 8 de diciembre, Felipe Álvarez, miembro del Consejo Comunitario de Desarrollo (COCODES) de la comunidad de Microparcelamiento El Naranjo, salió de su casa en El Naranjo para dirigirse en bicicleta a la granja en la que trabajaba. Su cadáver fue hallado por agentes de policía hacia las 5:45 de la mañana de ese mismo día en una cuneta, a unos 10 kilómetros al sur de su casa, de camino a la granja. Tenía un disparo en la cabeza y tres en la espalda.   more »
View Article  Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 30 November - 6 December
This excellent weekly report can't be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog.


INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Comision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala

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Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El Periódico, Guatemala Hoy
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CDHG
2 Av. 4-66, apto. C-4, zona 1.
Tel/Fax: (502) 22203576 /22534285
E-mail: cdhg@intelnett.com
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These are the headlines- for the full report click on 'more':

- Fundación Menchú denuncia anomalías en juicio contra líderes campesinos
- Caso masacre de las dos erres: FAMDEGUA señala complicidad de MP, CSJ y CC
- CNOC solicita a autoridades electas priorizar proyectos de seguridad alimentaria
- En Alta Verapaz, campesinos y ambientalistas protestan contra explotación petrolera
- Conmemoraron el Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el Sida; hay 120 mil personas infectadas
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View Article  Education: A Sign Of Friendship


I came across this interesting interview of a man called Abraham Ajiataz. His story reminded me of many other courageous Guatemalans I've met who've battled against the odds to get the education the deserve. Abraham now supports others to have the opportunity to do the same and have access to education. Here's more on the work of the Guatemala Friendship School Foundation:

The Guatemala Friendship School Foundation is a non-profit organization working to provide a quality education for those who otherwise couldn't afford to learn.Construction began in 1998 and since 2001 we have been operating a school called Instituto K'amawanik' in the highland village of Momostenango.

The school gives all students the opportunity to learn regardless of age, income, religion, or gender. We have educated over 100 students and our numbers are growing each month. The Guatemala Friendship School Foundation is dedicated to the support and continued growth of Instituto K'amawanik'.
View Article  Cultural heritage after years of cultural imperialism


Great to see 'Entremoles a Guate' still going and producing as informative programmes as ever on interesting projects in Guatemalan civil society. This episode looks in particular at the work going on in the Cinemateca Universitaria and the work of Walter Figueroa.

When I saw this painstaking work to preserve the heritage of Guatemala, I couldn't help thinking of the moment that haunts Guatemala and underlines the need for heritage. The fateful moment when Diego de Landa burnt countless manuscripts containing years and years of Mayan culture. This was cultural imperialism at it most criminal. A kind of cultural genocide.

It's hard to imagine what the Western world would have been like if say the Romans or the Persians had decided to burn every paper containing the old and new testaments of the bible- and then on a whim another power had burnt the entire work of Socrates, Plato, Homer and Archimedes. It's unimaginable- but this is what happened to the Mayans and was repeated all over Latin America.
View Article  Guatemala Human Rights Commission: Report 23-29 November
This excellent weekly report can't be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog.


INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Comision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala

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Fuentes directas CDHG, Prensa Libre, Siglo Veintiuno, El Periódico, Guatemala Hoy
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CDHG
2 Av. 4-66, apto. C-4, zona 1.
Tel/Fax: (502) 22203576 /22534285
E-mail: cdhg@intelnett.com
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These are the headlines- for the full report click on 'more':

- CC favorece a militares acusados de genocidio; deja sin efecto indagatorias
- Parlamento Europeo, preocupado por la pésima situación de los DDHH en Guatemala
- Organizaciones conmemoran Día de la No Violencia contra las mujeres
- Sectores opuestos a la minería exigen cese de imposición, represión y persecución contra comunidades
- Según informe de PNUD, Guatemala ocupa el último lugar en Desarrollo Humano
   more »
 

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