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The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) is a voluntary network of people in the Maritimes who began to organize in 1988 to support the efforts of Guatemalans struggling for political, social, and economic justice.
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The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) is a voluntary network of people in the Maritimes who began to organize in 1988 to support the efforts of Guatemalans struggling for political, social, and economic justice.
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Another Defendant Set to Be Indicted in Rancho Bejuco Massacre Case, but Fails to Show up to Court
On December 10, ex-military commissioner and ex-mayor of El Chol, Nicolás Orrego Orrego, faced indictment for his role in crimes [...]
Cooperant Update: Impunity is a Canadian issue, too: Remembering Adolfo Ich Chamán’s death for resisting a Canadian mine in Guatemala
By: Romi Fischer-Schmidt, New Hope Foundation Cooperant Cooperant Update: Impunity is a Canadian issue, too: Remembering Adolfo Ich Chamán’s death [...]
Speaking Tour: Grounds for Resistance – Xinka Voices Against Canadian Mining
Xinka Parliament representative, Amilvar Urías Sanchez will be joining the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network for a tour [...]
Get the latest from our blog
Another Defendant Set to Be Indicted in Rancho Bejuco Massacre Case, but Fails to Show up to Court
On December 10, ex-military commissioner and ex-mayor of El Chol, Nicolás Orrego Orrego, faced indictment for his role in crimes [...]
Cooperant Update: Impunity is a Canadian issue, too: Remembering Adolfo Ich Chamán’s death for resisting a Canadian mine in Guatemala
By: Romi Fischer-Schmidt, New Hope Foundation Cooperant Cooperant Update: Impunity is a Canadian issue, too: Remembering Adolfo Ich Chamán’s death [...]
Speaking Tour: Grounds for Resistance – Xinka Voices Against Canadian Mining
Xinka Parliament representative, Amilvar Urías Sanchez will be joining the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network for a tour [...]
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s
“Breaking the Silence means listening to those who’ve been silent for far too long, and once the silence is broken, it is amazing what you can hear.”
Scott Zoltok, Intern at the New Hope Foundation (2012-2013)
“Peace is possible – a peace that is born from the truth that comes from each one of us and from all of us. It is a painful truth…it is a liberating and humanizing truth…It is a truth that challenges each one of us to recognize our individual and collective responsibility and to commit ourselves to action.”
Bishop Gerardi, April 24, 1998
“Breaking the Silence means listening to those who’ve been silent for far too long, and once the silence is broken, it is amazing what you can hear.”
Scott Zoltok, Intern at the New Hope Foundation (2012-2013)
“Peace is possible – a peace that is born from the truth that comes from each one of us and from all of us. It is a painful truth…it is a liberating and humanizing truth…It is a truth that challenges each one of us to recognize our individual and collective responsibility and to commit ourselves to action.”
Bishop Gerardi, April 24, 1998
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s