November 10. 2019 It's a beautiful day in Guatemala! Many of us journeyed here from Eastern Canada, through an earlier-than-we'd like snowstorm. The sun and blue skies that greeted us were a very welcome change! We all-with the exception of one group member, to join up with us a touch [...]
We are excited to announce the 2019 winner of the Topacio Reynoso Pacheco Youth Award is Festivales Solidarios (or Solidarity Festivals), a group of Indigenous and Meztizo youth who use art and social media in resistance to defend territory, historical memory and raise awareness of political prisoners in Guatemala. The group began its work in [...]
Join BTS for our 2019 delegation to Guatemala from November 9 to 21, 2019. This year's thematic delegation will focus on our partners' struggles for the access and protection of land and territory. This delegation will be particularly timely as it follows the June elections in Guatemala, with officials taking [...]
This article originally appeared in The Chronicle Herald here. A sign reads: “I am from San Rafael Las Flores and the mine only brought social conflict to our communities.” - Contributed STACEY GOMEZ For years, people throughout the Maritimes have been advocating for the creation of an independent [...]
El Premio Topacio Reynoso Pacheco para Jóvenes se presenta anualmente a un grupo juvenil guatemalteco que trabaja para proteger el medio ambiente y su comunidad, combinando arte, música y resistencia. Este premio fue creado en 2016 para honrar la vida y lucha de Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, artista y activista ambiental [...]
