PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Monday [October 28], #PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm at the Public Hearing requested by the lawyer Moisés Galindo, who defends Officer Carlos Augusto Garavito Morán, accused of crimes of forced disappearance and duties of humanity in the #CREOMPAZ case. It should be noted that Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Tuesday [October 15], #PBIacompanies the women at the #Chinautla Poqomam Village Peaceful Resistance. At their meeting, they updated us about their upcoming activities and expressed their concerns regarding the safety situation of the community and defenders. They also shared with us their struggle for the recovery Read more…
On October 16, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Board of Directors of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- to the continuation of the oral and public debate of the #GenocidioIxil case. Today’s hearing consisted of the presentation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) of the first part of Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Monday [September 30] #PBIaccompanied the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula and the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque to a meeting in the governor’s office of Chiquimula in relation to the Trifinio plan. The meeting was also attended by community members from the municipalities Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “The day before yesterday [meaning on September 23], #PBIacompanies UVOC [Verapaz Union of Peasant Organizations] in the swearing in of the Ancestral Councils of the Maya Q’eqchi‘ and Poqomchi’ peoples of Purulhá, Baja Verapaz. The event took place in the Municipality of Purulhá. The creation of these Read more…
On September 13, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanies the San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community to the third public and oral debate hearing of an ancestral authority of San José Cubiletas criminalised for his work in defence of the territory. The prosecuted facts occurred on 27 August 2021 when personnel linked Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today, #PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People in their sit-in. We were informed about the threats and verbal aggression that members of the resistance frequently suffer. While we were at the encampment, many trucks passed by, contributing to noise and air pollution. We observed Read more…
The Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque has posted on Facebook: “Today, August 9, we celebrate the international day of indigenous peoples from our Mayan Ch’orti’ territory in the sacred place 11 aj y cruz de la ermita, in the indigenous community of Quezaltepeque. With the participation of the ancestral Read more…
Photo: The CCR observes water being taken from a river for a water-intensive sugar plantation; May 3, 2023. In this article published by Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom, former PBI-Guatemala field volunteer Lorna Ní Shúilleabháin contrasts the theory versus the reality of Indigenous rights in Guatemala. She highlights: “Approximately 43.75% of Read more…
Photo of Lucía Ixchíu from Latin America Bureau by Eliana Lafone. Lucía Ixchíu describes herself as: “K’iche, tree of the Forest, anti-patriarchal, cultural manager, journalist and indigenous storyteller, architect (Mayan in exile).” In this interview with Linda Etchart for Latin America Bureau, “Lucía explains that Guatemalan Indigenous peoples continue to Read more…