Learn about the work of Luis Marroquín, a Xinca organizer from Jalapa, Guatemala, who was the Jalapa regional coordinator of..
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The US market for sugarcane and bananas has encouraged plantation owners on Guatemala’s Pacific Coast to drain rivers and grab..
We must transform an illusory democracy based only on the vote to genuine democracy based on an active and informed..
Blockade in Nahualá, Sololá, Guatemala. May 11, 2016. Photo by Ollantay Itzamná. Commentary by Ollantay Itzamná Nearly 20 blockades on..
Cover Photo: Berta Cáceres. Photo: Prachatai via Flickr By Nicole Tse In the wake of the recent tragedies in Honduras,..
A solidarity banner for Berta Cáceres in Guatemala City’s Constitution Square, 2016. Photo by Patricia Macías. “They follow me. They..
By Richard Brown Thousands of people from throughout Guatemala, mostly rural and indigenous men and women whose livelihoods depend on..
By Esteban Sacalxot When I was younger, my father would take my brother and me to the mountains, where together..
Over 80 organizations that make up the Popular Grassroots Assembly (Asamblea Social y Popular) have planned a march for water,..
By Leiria Vay — Comunicadora social de CODECA EM: See the Editorial Note for context. Threats and murder sow terror..