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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 Update: Putting in the Work for the Sake of the Trees
The Atitlán and Tolimán volcanoes, towering over IMAP fields. Putting in the Work for the Sake of the [...]
BTS condemns criminalization of Ancestral Authorities who put their bodies and their lives on the line for democracy
Luis Pacheco and Hectór Chaclán criminalized for their role in protecting democracy. Photo credit: Meme Solano via Prensa Comunitaria [...]
Ongoing eviction attempts, violence, and police repression in CCDA communities in Izabal
Ongoing eviction attempts, violence, and police repression in CCDA communities in Izabal The CCDA and a human rights commission [...]
Get the latest from our blog
Intern Update: Putting in the Work for the Sake of the Trees
The Atitlán and Tolimán volcanoes, towering over IMAP fields. Putting in the Work for the Sake of the [...]
BTS condemns criminalization of Ancestral Authorities who put their bodies and their lives on the line for democracy
Luis Pacheco and Hectór Chaclán criminalized for their role in protecting democracy. Photo credit: Meme Solano via Prensa Comunitaria [...]
Ongoing eviction attempts, violence, and police repression in CCDA communities in Izabal
Ongoing eviction attempts, violence, and police repression in CCDA communities in Izabal The CCDA and a human rights commission [...]
“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
“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
“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