The use of anti-terrorism and national security legislation and policies against Indigenous activists is becoming more and more common around the world, and especially in Latin America.

María Francisca García's daughters never really knew their father, Santos Nicolás Hernández. Less than a year apart, they were both babies when he was killed right here along the highway, when soldiers opened fire on indigenous protesters on October 4, 2012.

The Guatemalan army will obey a recent constitutional court ruling overturning the government's decision to ban an international anti-corruption commissioner, a Ministry of Defense spokesman confirmed to Al Jazeera, signalling a blow to President Jimmy Morales, who rejected the ruling.

Guatemalan judges have unanimously ruled that the country's military carried out genocide and crimes against humanity, but in a 2-1 decision acquitted former intelligence chief Jose Mauricio Rodriguez of any involvement.

Indigenous survivors of genocide gather outside the Guatemala City court complex, where judges are deciding whether to convict a former head of military intelligence of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Mientras miles de personas se sumaron ayer a megamarchas en todo el país, en  Quiché se realizó un paro departamental.

Thousands took to the streets in several major cities and small towns in Guatemala on Thursday, demanding the resignation of dozens of legislators and officials, including President Jimmy Morales.

For many Guatemalans, the government's recent actions hark back to the country's 36-year armed conflict that ended just 22 years ago.

Guatemalan activists and politicians warn of a breakdown in constitutional order following the government's rejection of a court ruling overturning the president's decision to ban an international anti-corruption commissioner from the country.

Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales’ vows to shut down an internationally backed anti-corruption panel have sparked a constitutional crisis and demonstrations across the country.

Thousands of indigenous Guatemalans blocked sections of the Pan-american highway on Monday, kicking off a week of marches, blockades and rallies to protest the government's decision to shut down an international anti-corruption commission in the country.

Indigenous authorities throughout Guatemala are united in their condemnation of the government’s actions against an international anti-corruption commission. They are calling for the commission to stay and hope it will branch out to investigate corruption networks of officials, military personnel and companies operating in Indigenous territories.

Tahoe Resources’ fiercely contested Escobal silver mine in Guatemala will remain idled for the time being. On Monday, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court upheld the suspension of the Nevada-based company’s mining licence, pending consultation with Indigenous Xinca residents of the surrounding area.

Human rights officials and activists have warned that the rule of law in Guatemala is under threat after a UN-backed special prosecutor was banned from re-entering the country – the latest in a series of clashes between the government and an international anti-corruption commission.

The trial of eight men charged with the murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres is right around the corner, but prosecutors may be heading to trial without important evidence. More than two dozen electronic devices seized in related raids as far back as 2016 were never subjected to analysis, according to an official response to Cáceres’s relatives from the Office of the Prosecutor for Crimes Against Life, a document that has not yet been made public.

It could be your morning coffee, your bananas, your sugar, or the palm oil found in approximately half of all packaged products at your grocery store, including breakfast cereals. Land and environmental defenders were killed in record numbers last year, and for the first time, agribusiness is tied to more killings than any other sector, according to a new report.

El proyecto hidroeléctrico Jilamito en el municipio de Arizona, departamento de Atlántida en Honduras, ha contado con una fuerte oposición. El asesinato del abogado Carlos Hernández y las presiones judiciales contra el alcalde Arnaldo Chacón y cuatro personas más preocupan en el país centroamericano.

Honduran officials are on trial for failing to consult Indigenous communities before authorizing the Agua Zarca dam, linked to Berta Cáceres murder. They are the first criminal trials of their kind in Honduras.

Hoy se cumple un año desde el asesinato de Carlos Maaz, un pescador Q’eqchi’ de 27 años de edad. La policía lo mató el 27 de mayo del 2017 en medio del violento desalojo de una protesta en El Estor, Izabal. A pesar de la criminalización de líderes de la Gremial de Pescadores Artesanales y periodistas, siguen exigiendo justicia.

One year after police shot and killed indigenous Maya Q'eqchi' fisherman Carlos Maaz during the eviction of a protest against mining pollution in Guatemala, no one has been brought to justice, but indigenous fishers' union leaders and local journalists face ongoing criminalization and threats.