Report back for Guatemala Coordinator Lisa Rankin From October 25-28, I had the opportunity to accompany the Nobel Women’s Initiative during the Guatemala leg of their tour to Central America. The Nobel laureates and delegation members first travelled to Honduras, where they met with human rights organizations and government officials. [...]
By Anissa Aldridge On Tuesday, May 8th, the BTS delegation arrived in Rio Negro. The following morning, the group hiked to Pacoxom, where we gained a more in-depth understanding of the various massacres that took place in that area. Pacoxom was the site of the March 13, 1982 massacre in [...]
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 [...]
Jesus Tecu and Isabel Osorio. For more than 10 years, the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Solidarity Network has had a relationship with Jesus Tecu Osorio and Isabel Osorio de Tecu and their family, in particular through the International Youth Internship Program as the network placed close to [...]
Isabel with 5 of her 8 children at their home in Pacux, Rabinal. Isabel was eleven years-old on March 13, 1982 when her grandmother Juliana Chen, 50, died at Pak’oxom with her one-year old sister, as well as several cousins and aunts. Isabel was in the nearby [...]
Friday, March 14 READ MORE BLOG POSTS Thursday we hiked from Rio Negro to Pacoxom to attend the 32nd anniversary of the Rio Negro massacre where 177 women and children of the Rio Negro community were murdered and surviving boys were psychologically traumatized by being taken as slaves by the [...]
From March 6-March 16, 11 members of the 2014 BTS Delegation traveled throughout Guatemala to meet with partners and learn about struggles of the past and present. As we began the delegation in Guatemala City, we began by learning about the long struggle for justice, and also the struggle to [...]
BTS delegates and their host families in Chimaltenango. From October 20 - November 2, the 2013 BTS delegation toured Guatemala to meet with Breaking the Silence partners. This included organizations and communities in Chimaltenago, San Lucas Toliman, Rabinal, Rio Negro, Santa Rosa and Guatemala City. Read more about [...]
Our day began with a small earthquake at 4:30 am. A reminder of the sheer power of the earth. We spent the night on mattresses on the floor at the Rio Negro Historical and Educational Centre. Many of us were ready to get up to begin the 6 am hike [...]
On Thursday, we visited the Foundation of New Hope school on the outskirts of Rabinal. It represents one of the few examples of an educational institution that tries to reflect an alternative path to development based on the needs of the poor and primarily indigenous families who represent the survivors [...]
