BTS 2025 Delegation to Guatemala: Sowing Seeds of Justice in San Lucas Tolíman October 26 to November 5, 2025 BTS 2024 Delegation participants visit IMAP. Photo credit: IMAP Join us next year for the BTS 2025 Delegation to Guatemala, taking place October 26th to November 5th in [...]
Monday May 13, 2024 A Day Spent With Mother Earth Today started off with an omelette español and watermelon juice for breakfast, it was delicious! Then off we went to IMAP. What an amazing day today was, so much learning & so many fun tips and tricks to take back [...]
Sunday May 12, 2024 A Day Spent at the Markets This morning we woke up a little later than normal as the activities that were planned were nearby our hotel, which is the Pavarotti School in San Lucas Toliman. After a very yummy breakfast of eggs, beans, plantains and melon [...]
Buenos Días everyone! It has been an action packed first week so I haven’t had much time (or service) to send updates but there will be more to come from the group as the second half of the trip is a little lighter for both scheduling and travelling. I can’t [...]
May 11, 2024 Buenas tardes desde Guatemala! I am one week into the delegation and I struggle to find words to describe how great the people are here and how absolutely gorgeous this country is! I am feeling grateful beyond measure to have been included in this amazing adventure. Today [...]
Mothers Day and Mining Resistance The delegation visits Colís. Friday, May 10 was Mother’s Day here in Guatemala and the day that we went to go visit Colís, which is a community that has been in resistance to mining for some years. We had an early start to the day [...]
The delegation visits the Rabinal Community Legal Clinic offices. Today was an emotional one in many ways. We heard of the genocidal attacks on the Maya people from three perspectives. One perspective was from Isabel Osorio, wife of Jesus Osorio Tecu, who survived the attacks to flee into [...]
We arrived in Guatemala late last night (May 4) and stayed at the Casa San Benito in Guatemala City. After a breakfast of tortillas, beans, eggs and papaya, we loaded into our mini-bus and drove to the town of Rabinal, the centre of the Maya Achí community. In the afternoon, [...]
What’s it all about? The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) invites you to learn about the struggle for social and economic justice and human rights in Guatemala. Although this delegation is physically and emotionally demanding, it offers an opportunity to open oneself deeply to the struggles of Guatemalans [...]
Third in a series by Jim HodgsonRead the second post here Many supporters of Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking The Silence Network (BTS) and other solidarity groups across Canada know Leocadio Juracán and the organization he has been part of since 1989: the Comité Campesino del Altiplano – CCDA (Highlands Committee of Small [...]
