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Dec 16, 2009
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Fuente: Americas QuarterlyA senior member of the agency tasked with protecting Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom was shot and killed yesterday in a coordinated attack involving multiple assailants in Guatemala City. The victim, ...
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Jan 5, 2010
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Indigenous Maya people are growing more active in preserving their cultural heritage. Current efforts by Maya organizers in Guatemala are the subject of Mayas Saving Maya Culture, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The ...
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Feb 18, 2010
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February 18, 2010Source: Latin American Herald TribuneGUATEMALA CITY – An environmental-advocacy group has asked the Guatemalan government to halt construction of a gas project at a Caribbean ...
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Mar 17, 2010
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When I left Guatemala in 1982 at the age of five, I joined the immigration tide of thousands of people fleeing Guatemala’s civil war, poverty, gangs, and corruption to cross the Mexican desert and enter the United States.
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Apr 26, 2010
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The Guatemala Human Rights Commission is leading a delegation on violence against women and femicide to Guatemala from August 7-15.
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Jan 10, 2011
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Based in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, this six-week program will provide students with a comprehensive overview of Mayan indigenous life in Guatemala, past and present, including opportunities for individual and group research through participant observation,
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May 3, 2011
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Part political thriller, part memoir, "Granito" takes us through a riveting, haunting tale of genocide and justice that spans three decades, two films, and includes the work of the National Security Archive, their role in the Guatemalan genocide cases, and the uncovering of documentation at the Guatemalan National Police Archive.
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Jun 27, 2011
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There are only a few spaces left for participants on our August delegation to Guatemala - and the application deadline has been extended to June 30! Apply today to participate in this ten-day immersion experience to understand the economic, social and political issues surrounding violence against women and femicide.
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Dec 21, 2011
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US Lawyer and human rights activist Jennifer Harbury has been pushing for justice in war crimes cases in Guatemala for over 20 years. She writes from Guatemala, calling for action at this key moment to denounce the Guatemalan military's attempts to impede the work of Attorney General Claudia Paz and the judicial proceedings underway in key cases.
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Feb 14, 2012
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Contact your Representative and ask to them to attend GHRC’s Congressional Briefing: Threats to Justice and a Return to Military Rule in Guatemala.