Aumento voluntario de regalías cuestionado
El 26 de enero, 2011, tras negociaciones sostenidas entre el gobierno de Guatemala y la Gremial de Industrias Extractivas -GREMIEXT-, ente que aglutina, entre otros, a las empresas extractivas de minerales operantes en el país, fue acordado un aumento voluntario de las regalías a pagar por éstas al Estado guatemalteco conforme la clase de mineral extraído.Según un comunicado publicado en [...]
“Our Struggle Has Become Reality”: Former Dictator Rios Montt is Charged with Genocide
Thursday, January 26, 7:00 am, hundreds of community activists and human rights defenders gather outside Guatemala City’s national court to witness former dictator Efraín Rios Montt testify on the gross military atrocities and human rights violations that occurred during his de-facto presidency from 1982 to 1983. In solidarity, thousands more both in Guatemala and internationally intently follow the live coverage [...]
The General on trial
A personal reflection by Phil Neff, Guatemala Accompaniment Project Coordinator for NISGUAA cold evening fog had fallen over the Plaza of Human Rights outside Guatemala City's Court Tower, where two hundred survivors of massacres perpetrated by the Guatemalan Army waited, exhausted and anxious, for Judge Patricia Flores to deliver the court's verdict—would former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt be charged with [...]
Efraín Ríos Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
"Impunity is a perverse state that damages not only the victim, but society in general." - Judge Flores "We have to celebrate this historic event. Our struggle has become reality. It was worth it." - AJR activistLast night, Judge Carol Patricia Flores ruled that there was sufficient evidence to formally charge former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt with genocide. The U.S.-supported dictator ruled [...]
Ríos Montt Linked to Genocide Process
Statement from CALDH and AJRThe Court has restored hope to Guatemalan society, which has waited nearly 30 years for the atrocities committed against the Mayan people to be recognized. In an historic and momentous act for thousands of victims, Judge Carol Patricia Flores linked General José Efraín Ríos Montt, who functioned as head of state and one of the authors [...]
Ríos Montt ligado a proceso por genocidio
Comunicado de CALDH y la AJRLa Justicia le devuelve la esperanza a la sociedad guatemalteca que tuvo que esperar casi 30 años para que se conocieran las atrocidades cometidas en contra del pueblo maya. En un hecho histórico y trascendental para las miles de víctimas, la Jueza Carol Patricia Flores dejó ligado a proceso a uno de los autores del [...]