This page contains a directory of links to organizations, news, information and analysis about Guatemala.
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Activist and Solidarity Organizations

• Campaign for Labor Rights
  A project of the Nicaragua Network Education Fund, is a bridge between local activists and many of the major organizations initiating campaigns for labor rights around the world and here at home.

• Casa Alianza
  An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

• The Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA)
  A voice advocating for social and economic justice and self-determination of the peoples of the Americas.

• Equipo Nizkor
  Provides clear, precise and timely information about human rights issues.

• Foundation For Human Rights in Guatemala - Chicago
  Maintains a comprehensive list of solidarity resources online as well as current articles and interviews.

• The Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA (GHRC).

  Works on issues of impunity and femicide with an educational and advocacy focus.

• Guatemala News and Information Bureau

  Bay Area organization dedicated to advocacy and education around justice struggles in Guatemala.

• The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC)
  An association of national and local US-based grassroots Latin America and Caribbean solidarity groups, many of which have long histories of working with grassroots organizations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

• The Latin America Working Group (LAWG)
  A coalition of over sixty religious, human rights, policy, grassroots and development organizations. Since 1983, the coalition has been striving for U.S. policies that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in the region.

• Red por la Paz y Desarrollo de Guatemala
  A New York based organization that provides news and commentary relevant to Guatemala.

• Refugee Media Project

        Produces audio-visual materials to educate about the lives and struggles of immigrants, including torture survivors living in the U.S.

• Rights Action
  A non-profit, tax-exempt organization supporting human rights and community based development work in Guatemala, Chiapas (Mexico) and Honduras.

• Rochester Committee on Latin America
  Solidarity organization from Rochester New York.

• School of the Americas Watch
  a group dedicated to closing the US Army School of Americas, based in Fort Benning, Georgia, which trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics.

• US Labor Education in the Americas Project

• The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
  Promotes policies by the United States and multilateral institutions that advance human rights, democracy and social justice in Latin America.

• Witness for Peace
  A faith-based, politically independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to acting in accordance with principles of nonviolence. They undertake advocacy campaigns and nonviolent actions, and accompany people seeking justice. WFP offers delegations and volunteer work opportunties.

Human Rights Organizations in Guatemala

• Centro para la Accion Legal en Derechos Humanos
  A human rights NGO that defends the civil and political rights of all Guatemalans.

• Comité de Unidad Campesina 

        A campesino (farmworker) organization that works to defend land rights and opposes harmful trade policies. 

• Mesa Global
  A coalition of organizations and individuals resisting globalization and neoliberalism.

• MINUGUA
  The United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights in Guatemala.

• Myrna Mack Foundation
  Analysis and resources on Myrna Mack case and of general human rights situation in Guatemala.

• Oficina de Derechos Humanos Arzobispado de Guatemala
  Very involved in ongoing human rights trials and the defense of human dignity and peace. Also contains information about Monseñor Gerardi.

• Peace Brigades International has compiled an extensive list of organizations in Guatemala including labor, indigenous, women's, human rights as well as commercial associations.

• Trópico Verde
  Protecting human rights through environmental advocacy.

• Alianza por la Vida y la Paz
  A coalition of organizations that value life and peace more than free trade.

• FONAPAZ
  A government organization focused on social and economic development, with special interest in eradicating poverty.

• ADIVIMA
  Association for the Integral Development of the Victims of Violence in the Verapaces, Maya Achí/ Asocaición para el Desarollo Integral de las Victimas de la Víolencia en las Verapaces, Maya Achí.

Social and Political Information about Guatemala

• Centro de Estudios de Guatemala
  Analysis and daily highlights from the Guatemalan media.

• University of Texas - Latin American Network Information Center
  Provides access to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet world, and to provide Latin Americanists around the world with access to information on and from Latin America.

• Migrante Blog

    Documents Willy Barreno's trip from Guatemala through the U.S., discussing migration as it relates to trade and globalization.

• Incidencia Democrática
  Weekly and daily news reports with analysis.

• Inforpress
  Weekly online or paper updates in Spanish, covers all Central America; weekly online or paper Central America reports in English; also does occasional special reports.

• Communities Ecology and Mining
  Information on the social and political impacts of mining on Guatemalan communities.

• Jennifer Harbury Archive
  Paul Van Rompay frequently updates this information about human rights in Guatemala. An archive of past CERIGUA news briefs is also found here.

• Just the Facts on U.S. Military Aid to Guatemala

• Z Mag's List of Sites Relating to Guatemala
  An amazingly comprehensive compilation of sites regarding the human rights situation in Guatemala, past and present.

Art and Film about Guatemala

• Voice of a Mountain  
• A stunning documentary that was released in 2008 about Santa Anita, a community of former combatants that now
  runs a fair trade cooperative. The documentary very powerfully describes the community's history, as well as their current struggles for justice.

Guatemalan Newspapers available online

• albedrio

• Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala

• El Periódico

• La Hora

• Prensa Libre

• Siglo XXI

Social and Cultural Organizations:

• Mayan Links

• Arte Maya Tz'utuhil

• Minerva Spanish School and Cultural Center

• Spanish Language Schools in Guatemala