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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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Intern Reflection: La curiosidad mató al gato?
As I sit here reflecting on my time in Rabinal with a cup of sweet black coffee in hand listening [...]
Intern Update: Macho Creek – More Than a Century of Resistance
The Q'eqchi' families living along the coastal stretch of Izabal in Eastern Guatemala have been here for over a century. [...]
2025 BTS Delegation to Guatemala: Chris’ reflection
After several days spent with IMAP (the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute) learning about permaculture, traditional and ancestral agricultural practices and how [...]
Get the latest from our blog
Intern Reflection: La curiosidad mató al gato?
As I sit here reflecting on my time in Rabinal with a cup of sweet black coffee in hand listening [...]
Intern Update: Macho Creek – More Than a Century of Resistance
The Q'eqchi' families living along the coastal stretch of Izabal in Eastern Guatemala have been here for over a century. [...]
2025 BTS Delegation to Guatemala: Chris’ reflection
After several days spent with IMAP (the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute) learning about permaculture, traditional and ancestral agricultural practices and how [...]
“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)
“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
“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)
“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
“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