February 2012
Verdict in Lisandro Guarcax case
Poster for Tu Corazon Florece (Your Heart Flourishes) festival On Friday, February 10, 2012, a verdict was issued in the case of Lisandro Guarcax and 32 other victims. The accused were found guilty of charges [...]
Voluntary increase of royalties questioned
On January 26, 2011, following negotiations between the Guatemalan Government and the Union of Extractive Industries (GREMIEXT), a body which brings together, among others, the companies responsible for the exploitation of minerals in the country, [...]
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, [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
January 2012
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 [...]