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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.
About us
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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Cooperant update: Los Encuentros Commemoration
By: Meara Donovan, BTS cooperant (2026) “Mira, ¡un perro de Río Negro!” (Look, a Río Negro dog!) “¡Y un palo [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 12
By Emily Moore Today we went to visit the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala City. We spent the morning preparing our [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 11
By Sylvia Daigle Garcia Instead of learning on the ground, we returned to the academic side in our visit to [...]
Get the latest from our blog
Cooperant update: Los Encuentros Commemoration
By: Meara Donovan, BTS cooperant (2026) “Mira, ¡un perro de Río Negro!” (Look, a Río Negro dog!) “¡Y un palo [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 12
By Emily Moore Today we went to visit the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala City. We spent the morning preparing our [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 11
By Sylvia Daigle Garcia Instead of learning on the ground, we returned to the academic side in our visit to [...]
“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
“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)