The Art of Protest: Mario Valdez
The day after Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales ordered armored vehicles donated by the US to…
The work of assassinated CODECA leader Luis Marroquín
Learn about the work of Luis Marroquín, a Xinca organizer from Jalapa, Guatemala, who was…
Another activist is murdered in Guatemala: Luis Marroquín – Codeca regional coordinator
Luis Marroquín was murdered on May 9 in San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa, Guatemala. He was…
Q’eqchi’ Maya family protesting a mine suffers another murder
19-year-old Héctor Choc was beaten to death outside El Estor, Izabal, on March 31, Choc's…
Adobe is not poverty. It is resilience.
By Diana Pastor For many years adobe has been used in Guatemala as the construction…
Hunger caused by climate change is driving migration to the US
In 2010, US law enforcement arrested around 50,000 undocumented migrants at the border with Mexico.…
Causes and effects of Guatemala’s poor education system
Young people could make a lot of change. Why aren’t they? A young teacher explains…
Civic participation on the local level is fundamental to democracy
We must transform an illusory democracy based only on the vote to genuine democracy based…
The woman on the 25-cent coin and other voices from Guatemala’s genocide
Photo: Concepción Ramírez, the woman on the 25-cent coin. By Natali Kepes Cárdenas, Founder and…