The second wave of COVID-19 is sweeping the world. In the North, we expect impending vaccine shipments and the beginnings of massive vaccination campaigns. However, in Guatemala, the failed disbursement of governmental aid and continued government corruption has left the guarantee of vaccination for the most vulnerable in a precarious [...]
In Guatemala, human rights defenders continue to face threats of violence and criminalization for their human rights work. Many of them are Indigenous farmers who are working on issues of access to land and in defense of territory, like BTS partner: the Highlands Committee of Small Farmers (CCDA). Risks faced [...]
THE COMMITTEE OF PEASANT FARMERS of the HIGHLANDS of GUATEMALA - CCDA - In response to the Governor of Alta Verapaz, Delegates from the Land Fund (Fondo de Tierra), Secretary of Agrarian Issues and Presidential Commission for Human Rights (COPREDEH) Daniel Choc Pop, Q'eqchi community leader and CCDA organizer was [...]
Follow our blog during the 2016 BTS delegation and hear updates from participants during their two weeks in Guatemala. The 2016 BTS delegation members in Guatemala City. Sunday, May 1 Kaleigh Kingsbury As we arrived to Guatemala I felt a warm embrace. The love and energy that [...]
Reposted from the Halifax Media Co-op Political Crisis or Democratic Revolution? How coffee has sparked a shift in partisan politics in Guatemala by Jackie McVicar Maritimers may be familiar with Leo Juracan. When in exile from Guatemala, he toured Canada with the assistance of 'Breaking the Silence'. In Guatemala's recent [...]
Thanks to Projet Accompagnement Quebec Guatemala for these graphic Portraits of Resistance. Pablo Mateo tells his story about the genocide in Huehuetenango and the struggle for justice for genocide in Guatemala and Canada; Nuria Cordon Guerra tells her story of resistance since the time of Guatemala's conflict to today's [...]
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Hello everyone! We've had some busy past few days here in Guatemala, we are all safe, well fed and we are learning so much. On Sunday we visited the CCDA, where we learned all about the economic and political involvements of this incredible organisation and also saw demonstrations of fish [...]
Breaking the Silence “Alumni” Delegation to Guatemala – Deepening and Strengthening Relationships 2015 BTS delegates at the 2014 International Women's Day March in Guatemala City. In March 2015, a delegation of 15 BTS members will explore history, human rights and social justice in Guatemala. For the group, all [...]
National Coordinator of the CCDA, Leocadio Juracan, in Ottawa. First published in the Toronto Star: http.www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/07/09/building_schools_with_cups_of_joe_fiorito.html Building schools with cups of joe: Fiorito Two Guatemalan co-op workers came here to see what we are doing with the coffee they produce. By: Joe Fiorito Columnist, Published on Wed Jul [...]
