NISGUA 2010 Tour, Seattle, Washington
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MARCH/MARZO 1-5Having some tourist fun with one of our most committed activists,Kaaren Johnson from Unitarian Universalist Central America Network/UUCANDivirtiendonos como turistas con una de nuestras activistas más comprometidas, Kaaren Johnson de la Red Uniteria Universalista con Centroamérica/UUCANOlympia, WashingtonPresentation at Evergreen CollegeOlympia, Washington Presentación en Universidad EvergreenA typical day on the tour, meeting with university audiences Un día típica [...]
Saliendo de Tucson, volando a Los Ángeles
Unos días buenos en Tucson, donde tuvimos la oportunidad de ver varios ex–acompañantes, conocer guatemaltecos locales y hacer nuevos contactos. Justo después de llegar fuimos de una vez a una reunión con jóvenes de la Organización Tierra y Libertad. Fue una conversación muy animado con el grupo de estudiantes universitarios, todas y todos líderes de sus comunidades y los primeros [...]
Leaving Tucson, flying to L.A.
Great few days in Tucson, where we had the opportunity to see several former accompaniers, meet Guatemalans in the area and make new connections. Upon arrival we headed straight to a meeting with youth from the Tierra y Libertad Organization (TYLO). The conversation was animated with the group of university students, all leaders from their communities and the first with [...]
Empezando la Gira
Después de unos problemas en el aeropuerto de Houston ayer y ni un minuto extra --más un chofer chistoso de esos vehículos de aeropuerto, quien nos ayudó lograr el vuelo-- llegamos bien a Albuquerque. Nos están cuidando super bien y con mucho amistad la ex-acompañante Renée y su compañero John. Don Pascual me dijo en la mañana que tenemos un [...]
Starting the tour
After some migration and customs glitches at Houston airport on Wednesday and no minutes to spare --plus a very funny golf cart driver who made all the difference-- we made our flight to Albuquerque. We are being very kindly taken care of by former accompanier Renee and her partner John. Don Pascual told me this morning that we have a [...]
Guatemala: Forced Disappearance and the Search for Justice in El Jute
The following was written by Josh McLeod, an international accompanier with NISGUA who accompanied the plaintiffs in El Jute. This article originally appeared on UpsideDown World. Original article can be found here. "We are fighting so that our kids won't ever have to know the pain of what we lived through and so that such violence is never repeated again." [...]