Full Coverage: Guatemala

27.03.2008 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.

26.02.2008 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.

07.02.2008 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.
From: Center for Justice & Accountability

20.11.2007 Four members of an election monitoring delegation reflect on Guatemala's recent presidential race and conclude that ongoing changes are "creating space for democracy."

30.10.2007 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.

05.10.2007 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.

02.10.2007 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.

17.09.2007 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.

11.09.2007 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.

30.08.2007 In an attempt to derail indigenous rights activist Rigoberta MenchuÂ’s political party ahead of September 9 elections, a party member and local council candidate was recently assassinated.

30.08.2007 An in depth look at the justice system of an indigenous community in Guatemala illustrates why traditional legal customs can be much more constructive and well-suited to some societies than conventional law enforcement structures. Guatemalan journalist Lucía Escobar explains.

28.08.2007 Twenty-five years after 177 indigenous women and children were massacred in central Guatemala, the search for justice is encountering red tape, a shortage of money and outright intimidation.

02.08.2007 Records and archives containing critical information about GuatemalaÂ’s 36 years of internal armed conflict, which resulted in 200,000 deaths and disappearances, were uncovered in an abandoned building last year. Now the uncovered information is helping families discover what happened to their loved ones.

13.07.2007 After more than 20 years of waiting, communities in the highlands of Guatemala are finally able to bury their loved ones -- victims of some of the most brutal violence of the countryÂ’s 36-year civil war.

03.07.2007 Once upon a time, Guatemala had a press that was censored by the state and few of its citizens had access to the internet. Today all that has changed.

10.01.2007 Los Acuerdos de Paz en Guatemala son un parte-aguas en la vida política, ya que a raíz de ese acontecimiento se liberaron procesos de lucha social antes prohibidos e inhibidos por sectores económicos y militares que gobernaron este país.

07.12.2006 There are many battles being fought in the name of social justice...some more pitched than others. In general, however, these struggles do not result in victory thanks to a petition, a candlelight vigil, or a ballot pull.

29.11.2006 Farmers helping their brothers, so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on the technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino.

28.11.2006 Dix ans après la fin de la guerre civile qui a ravagé le pays, le Guatemala n’est pas sorti de la violence. Il est vrai que les institutions elles-mêmes ont favorisé la culture d’impunité.

10.11.2006 Guatemala's Congress did recognize that CAFTA would have negative social effects, but did not specify how. The promise to legislate compensatory measures was an empty gesture to get the measure passed. To date, no studies have been carried out or legislation passed, but Congress continues to comply with Washington's demands.