Guatemala: Judicial system in desperate need of reform
Suspension of the retrial of Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt has dashed hopes of justice and underlined the need for a radical shake-up of the judiciary.
Mining: ISDS – a licence to plunder
The iniquitous ISDS system allows mining companies to sue Latin American governments for massive amounts of 'compensation' every time their mining activities are blocked by local community opposition or environmental concerns.
Guatemala: the echo of pain
Documentary film by Ana Lucía Cuevas centres on a filmmaker's search for answers about what happened to her brother, his wife and child, all abducted during the Guatemalan Civil War.
GUATEMALA: A BISHOP SPEAKS OUT ABOUT DAMAGE CAUSED BY GOLDCORP’S MARLIN...
Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of the Diocese of San Marcos has written a hard-hitting report on the environmental, health and social damage caused by Goldcorp’s Marlin mine, located in his diocese.
Guatemala: defending land and water
In Guatemala, environmental defenders are criminalised, evicted, beaten, imprisoned and sometimes killed. It is one of the most dangerous places in the world for those who seek to defend their communities, lands and environment.
Guatemala: An inconvenient Attorney General
An interview with Claudia Paz y Paz, the prosecutor responsible for putting Efraín Ríos Montt on trial for genocide.
Growing inclusion of London’s Latin Americans
Latin Americans welcome decision by a growing number of London boroughs to recognise them as “an ethnic group”.
Guatemala: water defenders’ 10-year resistance
An attempted assassination, criminalization, and violent eviction in 2014 didn't stop the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in Guatemala, which won legal action suspending harmful mining activities.
Guatemala: environmental defenders of Lake Atitlán
The women of Tz’ununya’ Collective have struggled for eight years to defend and conserve Lake Atitlán by pushing for local authorities to stop the deterioration of the lake.