Al Jazeera • 15th October 2021

Guatemala’s growing palm oil industry fuels Indigenous land fight

Guatemala’s expanding palm oil industry faces resistance from Indigenous people fighting for land rights.

The Intercept • 30th July 2021

Guatemalan Communities Turn Out for Indigenous-Led Nationwide Shutdown

Guatemala’s attorney general fired a top prosecutor of corruption last week. Now, Indigenous peoples and social movements are calling for both her and the president to resign.

Al Jazeera • 26th February 2021

Guatemalan genocide survivors march for justice

Survivors of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war call on court to reverse closure of peace institutions.

The Guardian • 7th January 2021

Guatemala mine's ex-security chief convicted of Indigenous leader's murder

A court ruling brought a rare moment of justice in a long history of human rights violations linked to Canadian-owned companies.

Al Jazeera • 12th December 2020

‘We are more united’: Women lead calls for change in Guatemala

While the president's resignation remains a unifying demand among protesters, calls for much deeper change are growing.

The Intercept • 16th November 2020

Hurricane Eta Devastates Central America as U.S. Withdraws From Climate Accord

Indigenous communities in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala were among the hardest hit. Now another hurricane is arriving.

The New Humanitarian • 10th November 2020

For Indigenous people in Guatemala, self-help after Eta is the only way

In the Indigenous communities of Guatemala hardest hit by Hurricane Eta, early response to the disaster has come in the form of self-help.

VICE News • 28th October 2020

Genocide Survivors Say Guatemalan Government is Blocking Their Fight for Justice

To survivors, the government's shutdown of peace institutions is a retreat on promises it made as part of peace accords that ended the civil war.

Mongabay • 16th June 2020

Concerned for the future, indigenous Nicaraguans lament lost habitats

The onslaught of outsiders clearing land for pasture has only risen since Rama and Kriol communities received their communal title.

Mongabay • 10th June 2020

Nicaraguan beef, grazed on deforested and stolen land, feeds global demand

Multinational companies are at risk of sourcing Nicaraguan beef from illegal invasions of Indigenous lands.

Al Jazeera • 29th July 2019

Land, environmental activist killings surge in Guatemala: report

Guatemala is now among the most dangerous countries in the world for land and environmental activists, Global Witness said in a new report.

Al Jazeera • 21st June 2019

Guatemala survivors of wartime sexual violence fight for justice

Lawyers vow to appeal after judge rules against Maya Achi women who were raped by paramilitary patrolmen during Guatemala's civil war.

Al Jazeera • 16th June 2019

Guatemala arrests fugitive ex-military chief accused of genocide

Guatemalan police arrested a former military commander accused of genocide and crimes against humanity on Sunday after he showed up to cast his ballots in the general election.

Al Jazeera • 24th May 2019

Guatemalan village mourns death of teen who died in US custody

Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, 16, left his Guatemalan village to help his family. He died in US custody weeks later.

Al Jazeera • 26th February 2019

Indigenous Xinka march over contested Guatemalan mine

The Xinka say Pan American Silver, a mining company based in Canada, isn't compliant with a Constitutional Court ruling.

Al Jazeera • 13th February 2019

Guatemala war crime survivors challenge amnesty bill

Indigenous survivors of crimes against humanity committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war took action against a bill advancing in Congress that would set war criminals free.

Al Jazeera • 5th February 2019

Palm oil industry expansion spurs Guatemala indigenous migration

Death of Jakelin Caal in US custody highlights how land conflicts and displacement fuel flight from indigenous villages

Al Jazeera • 31st January 2019

Guatemalans protest against bill that would free war criminals

Guatemalans gathered Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1980 Spanish Embassy massacre, and to protest a bill under discussion in Congress that would set war criminals free and prevent future prosecution.

Earth Island Journal • 21st November 2018

Indigenous Leaders at Risk Amid Guatemalan Political Crisis

Indigenous leaders and human rights activists in Guatemala worry an ongoing political crisis over the fate of an international anti-corruption commission is sowing the seeds for increased and more generalized repression, and that it could place activists and community leaders around the country further at risk.

Truthout • 12th October 2018

Anti-Terrorism Laws Increasingly Used to Target Indigenous Activists

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.