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TAKE ACTION: Tell Canadian Authorities to Call on New Guatemalan AG to Review, Resolve and Provide Reparations for Criminalization Cases
New Attorney General and Head of Public Prosecutor's Office, Gabriel García Luna Context As of May 2026, Guatemala has a new Attorney General (AG), Gabriel García Luna, ending Consuelo Porras's tenure at the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP). Under Porras, the MP was used to criminalize justice officials, human [...]
Cooperant update: Uncovering the Mysteries of Miércoles de Chilate
By: Meara Donovan, BTS Cooperant (2026) If you’re reading this, it’s likely that miércoles de chilate doesn’t ring a bell. Since my first day in Rabinal a whole 9 months ago, I’ve heard about the famously celebrated occasion. But what is it? Where does it come from? And why is [...]
Solidarity Letter: 9th Anniversary of the Peaceful Xinka Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Casillas, Santa Rosa
Dear members of the Peaceful Xinka Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Casillas, Santa Rosa, We, the undersigned international organizations, express our deepest respect and admiration for the nine years that you have maintained the resistance camp and for the over fifteen years that you have been organizing to exercise [...]
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 de Río Negro!” (And a stick from Río Negro!) The students are joking around as our packed van pulls through the gates, inching towards the Chixoy hydroelectric dam and the [...]
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 questions together and going over the specific topics we wanted to discuss. After two weeks in Guatemala, there were so many things we wanted to talk about but we decided [...]
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 Guatemala. We’ve seen how working and learning on the ground is vital for us to fully understand international development; however, today we were able to get the chance to remember [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 10
By Rojette Asingayan On our tenth day of the delegation, we had a slower and later morning than usual. While some headed for breakfast on foot, the others took the van. It was really cool seeing a bit of what the everyday-life looked like for the locals of Mataquescuintla. For [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 9
By Tek Omod We started the day with an early breakfast before heading out at 7:30 a.m. for the three-hour drive to Mataquescuintla. Along the way, we stopped at a mine blockage, where community members shared their work. Many of them volunteered their time to monitor and control the petroleum [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 8
By Roda Obang We started off our morning with breakfast. This was our last meal at IMAP. During breakfast all of us were discussing how great it was at IMAP! After breakfast, we gathered together and Javier gave a lesson on Maya cosmovision dates. He began by reviewing the sacred [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 7
By Amélie Charbonneau We started the day off with a beautiful breakfast of cut up watermelon and cantaloupe, banana pancakes (our favourite), and some Greek yogurt with fresh cut fruit. Afterward we headed to the Nahual circle for our daily lesson on the Maya calendar. Today’s day was 8 E [...]