Confusing court decisions and legal maneuvers seem designed to delay a verdict in the trial of a former military dictator accused in the deaths of indigenous civilians.
Guatemala’s government declared a state of emergency in four municipalities in the eastern highlands following clashes between police and anti-mining protesters.
US labor groups say Sae-A managers arranged an attack on unionists, while mainstream Nicaraguan unions say it’s a US conspiracy. Next stop for Sae-A is Haiti.
Indigenous survivors of the Guatemalan army’s “scorched earth” strategy in the 1980s say they will push to lift the suspension of a former dictator’s genocide trial.
A legal tool US advocates have used against human rights abusers for three decades is now "close to a dead letter" thanks to a Supreme Court decision.
Murders of activists continue while attention is focused on the trial of former dictator RĂos Montt and testimony against current president PĂ©rez Molina.
After 30 years of efforts by victims and advocates, former military dictator EfraĂn RĂos Montt is on trial for genocide—while the current president denies there was genocide in Guatemala.
A federal magistrate judge in Columbus, Georgia, sentenced "Nashua" Chantal to the maximum for trespassing at the US Army's Fort Benning base to protest the notorious SOA.
Teachers’ college students march 50 kilometers to protest new requirements for teachers; meanwhile, two grassroots leaders are murdered in just three days.
An international campaign is demanding that President President Otto PĂ©rez Molina provide land for indigenous campesino families expelled from their fields in the Polochic Valley.
A Guatemalan judge ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the killing of more than 1,700 Maya villagers.
Tourists are flocking to Mexico for the “end of the Maya calendar,” but Maya elders protest that they are barred from performing ceremonies at the archeological sites.
