Guatemalan presidential elections took place on Sunday. Hopes were low in the lead-up given a slate of far-right candidates backed by the Pacto de Corruptos (Covenant of the Corrupt), high-level bribery accusations, months of rival presidential candidates’ exclusions from the race, and a context of ever-increasing repression and criminalization. But [...]
Guatemala will hold elections on June 25. With none of the presidential candidates likely to receive the necessary majority to win outright, runoffs for president will almost inevitably be held in August. Candidates Blocked Several significant presidential contenders have been excluded from the race. Popular presidential candidate, Thelma Cabrera, was [...]
Escrito por: Maria Reyes El pasado 7 de junio, en el Congreso Guatemalteco la bancada Valor que dirige Zury Ríos hija Ríos Montt, presentó la iniciativa de ley 5920 o ley de consolidación de la paz y de la reconciliación, también conocida como “Ley de Amnistía”. La propuesta de ley [...]
Written by: Maria Reyes Leer en español aquí On June 7 in the Guatemalan Congress, the Valor party, led by Zury Rios (daughter of Rios Montt) presented Law 5920 for the consolidation of peace and reconciliation, also known as the "Amnesty Law". This proposed law is not new. In February [...]
By Lisa Rankin, BTS Guatemala Coordinator May 11, 2018 was the day the women had been waiting for; after years of gathering testimonies, psychosocial support, preparation and investigation, the National Civil Police and Public Prosecutor arrested six men, former military commissioners in Rabinal, accused of sexual violence during the Internal [...]
Read about other days in trial here. Guatemala City February 1, 2016 By Fabienne Doiron It was 7:30am in Guatemala City, dozens of people were lining up waiting for the courthouse to open. There’s often a line-up here, but this morning’s was longer, filled with women holding up white flowers, [...]
Expert testimony from Marlon Garcia (in Spanish only), who traveled to Nova Scotia in 2007 with his exhibit: Panzos 25 Years Later. Since he worked as forensic anthropologist and photographer with the Forensic Anthropologist Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG), he was asked to give his testimony during the genocide trial in [...]
Rabinal, Guatemala September 29th, 2014 By Eliza MacLaughlin. Eliza is BTS Accompanier with the ACOGUATE International Accompaniment Project. Eliza has been accompanying in Rabinal since she began her work with the project in May 2014. Eliza is originally from Prince Edward Island. Well hello to everyone again. A month and [...]
Guatemala City January 20, 2015 By Jackie McVicar Almost thirty-five years after the burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, former head of the Comando Six unit the now defunct Guatemalan National Police, Pedro Garcia Arredondo, was declared guilty yesterday of murder, attempted murder and crimes against humanity for [...]
Guatemala City, January 5, 2015 by Jackie McVicar The retrial of former military president Efrain Rios Montt and former head of military intelligence, Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, for genocide and war crimes opened this morning briefly before being suspended. The case file hadn't been sent to the 3 judges who would [...]
