This excellent weekly report can't be found on the web- we publish it here with kind permission from CDHG on this blog.

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INFORME SEMANAL SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Comision de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala

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These are the headlines- for the full report click on 'more':

- Activistas temen nexos del ejército con estructuras paralelas
- Debido a amenazas, Sala Regional Mixta de Jalapa se inhibe de conocer caso
- Juzgado rechazó demanda de Rigoberta Menchú contra resolución de magistrados en caso de genocidio
- En informe de UNICEF sobre mortalidad infantil, Guatemala ocupa mismo lugar que años anteriores
- FRM presentó estudio sobre genocidio y discriminación
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Guatemalan musician Daniel Guarcha Gonzales with other companeros has made a marimba from ice for the music festival in Geilo, Norway. Reuters reports:

I usually resist posting anything about tourism- but this video presenting Totonicapan is really well made. It gives a great feel for the place for tourists with a high degree of authenticity and not the usual sales pitch.

You can see loads more like this on places in Guatemala including the Sierra de las Minas, Antigua, Chiquimulilla and many others from YouTube user Lezue.