Central America

Guatemala: mineral interests behind massacre?

Indigenous authorities in the Guatemalan pueblo of Nacahuil reject government claims that a massacre there was the work of drug gangs, pointing to violence against mining opponents.

Central America

Guatemala: mining companies are dealt setbacks

Courts in Guatemala and Canada have issued important rulings in favor of anti-mining activists, and even President Pérez Molina has called for a moratorium on new licenses.

Central America

Guatemala: residents protest factory opening

Local residents in Sacatepéquez continue their six-year campaign against a cement processing plant, despite management’s effort to appease them with a Mayan ceremony.

Central America

Guatemala militarized after armed attack

Guatemala’s President Otto Pérez Molina inaugurated a new paramilitary force after an armed attack on a National Police post left eight officers dead and a commander abducted.

Mexico

‘Drug war’ dissent at OAS summit

More than 160 civil society organizations sent an open letter to the OAS summit, calling for alternatives to the “war on drugs” that guarantee respect for human rights.

Central America

Will OAS summit broach drug decrim?

The OAS summit in Guatemala opens in the wake of a ground-breaking report dissenting from the US-led “drug war” and broaching decrim and legalization strategies.

Central America

Guatemala: emergency over mining protests

Guatemala’s government declared a state of emergency in four municipalities in the eastern highlands following clashes between police and anti-mining protesters.