Another Defendant Set to Be Indicted in Rancho Bejuco Massacre Case, but Fails to Show up to Court

On December 10, ex-military commissioner and ex-mayor of El Chol, Nicolás Orrego Orrego, faced indictment for his role in crimes against humanity during the Rancho Bejuco massacre. The court date was set for nearly two years after Orrego's co-defendants were arrested and more than 42 years after the 1982 massacre [...]

2024-12-18T10:46:09-04:00December 18th, 2024|Truth, justice & impunity|

Artistic call-and-response, Guatemala-Canada: BTS at Antigonight

Artistic call-and-response, Guatemala-Canada: BTS at Antigonight By: Janette Fecteau, BTS Antigonish Committee member; Romi Fischer-Schmidt, New Hope Foundation Cooperant; and Ally Lord, New Hope Foundation Intern Saturday, September 14: Antigonight Art After Dark Festival in Antigonish/Nalikitquniejk unfolds, starring a spectacular installation exhibiting a months-long call-and-response between local and Maya Achí [...]

2024-09-26T08:00:29-04:00September 26th, 2024|Cooperant Program, General blog, Interns|

BBC Witness History interview with Jeremias Tecu

BBC Witness History interview with Jeremias Tecu More than 200,000 people were killed during Guatemala's 36-year internal armed conflict and of these, an estimated 45,000 people were forcibly disappeared. BTS Network member, Jeremias Tecu's two brothers were among the disappeared. They went missing after a family party in 1981. Jeremias [...]

2024-10-31T12:39:30-04:00September 23rd, 2024|General blog, In the News|

Cooperant Update: poem from tribunal tower 42 years into the future: will we have unlearned genocide?

poem from tribunal tower 42 years into the future: will we have unlearned genocide? April 24, 2024 By: Romi Fischer-Schmidt, New Hope Foundation cooperant This is a reflection on the experience of walking with four Maya Achi women survivors (Pedrina López Depaz, Paulina Ixpatá Alvarado, Máxima García Valey, Margarita Alvarado [...]

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