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U.S. pressures Guatemala on labor front
This is the first labor case ever brought by the United States against a trade agreement partner. -
Guatemala’s Crippled Peace Process: A Look Back on the 1996 Peace Accords
Even with years of attention by the United Nations, Guatemala continues to be far from achieving the stability envisioned in the original peace agreement. As Guatemala approaches the fifteen year anniversary of the Peace Accords this December, the country remains just as far from implementing the Peace Accords as it had been when the agreement was first signed -
Central American Nations Seek ‘Plan Central America’
US State Department official: “After this tour, if we find we have a shared perspective in the region, we hope it will allow us to develop a new structure which could develop more collaboration between countries in the Mesoamerican region, as well as other countries in the hemisphere that offer their support and participation" -
Violence in Guatemala: Daniel LeClair’s story
Photographer Daniel LeClair works for Reuters and has been based in Central America since 1999, but is now facing the possibility that he will have to leave. -
The school of Latin America’s dictators
Since so many alumni are notorious human rights abusers, the US military should close its deadly School of Americas -
Coup University: SOUTHCOM and FIU Team Up on Counterinsurgency
As it has done with great success throughout the past century, the U.S. military continues to find ways to use the academy and anthropological concepts to whitewash its imperialist actions in the service of U.S. corporate profits. -
Constant War in Latin America
The United States of America Presents... -
U.S. Apologizes to Guatemala for Syphilis Experiments
The United States government apologized Friday to Guatemala for the “abominable” experiments in which U.S. scientists deliberately infected with syphilis and gonorrhea some 700 Guatemalan prisoners and mental patients in the 1940s. -
Peer-Peer Organizer Training Initiative
You are invited to be part of a pilot curriculum for young organizers interested in la lucha solidaria. An 8 week peer-led training from Oct 18th/19th- Dec 6th/7th. Participant preferences will determine whether we meet on Monday or Tuesday evenings and start time. Topics (may) include (depending on participant survey): The organizing model of the [...] -
NISGUA: Recruiting GAP Accompaniers!
We will be hosting our next accompanier training, January 2011 in the Bay Area, California, and we are eager to get the word out and recruit for the new round of GAP applicants!
