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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPreventing exploitation, exclusion and extraction: the ethics of gender-based violence research
Northern researchers should realise that they have a responsibility towards their local counterparts, both in terms...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe heirs of colonial suffering in Guatemala
About 80% of indigenous Guatemalans live in poverty – a situation exacerbated by the pandemic. Have we really left...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?
Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAll or nothing: a Green New Deal for Central America
The Trump administration is already campaigning for the upcoming elections and its main target is an easy fragile...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRedadas, ataques y homofobia electoral hacen temer peores tiempos a grupos LGBTIQ+ en Guatemala
Los dos candidatos presidenciales que se enfrentarán el domingo 11 en segunda vuelta se sumaron a campañas...
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Published in: 50.50After a surge in hate speech, and police raids, Guatemala’s LGBTIQ+ community fears the worst is yet to come
Both candidates in presidential elections this weekend have embraced homophobic campaigns. “It’s the Bolsonaro...
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Published in: HomeThe quiet coup that could devastate human rights in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales and his allies in business, politics and the military are racing to break the rule of law...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta2018 was the year crime became an ideology in the Americas
In spite of some valuable initiatives to stregnthen the rule of law and tackle impunity in the region, l2018 has...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaInSight Crime’s 2018 Homicide Round-Up
In its Homicide Round-Up, InSight Crime looks into the murder rates country by country and the factors behind them. Español.
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Published in: 50.50Evangelicals in Guatemala on verge of ‘legalising homophobia’
A "nefarious" bill on ‘life and family’ is the first-ever drafted by the country's evangelical churches, reflecting...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#JusticiaParaImelda: the difficult battle for women’s rights in Central America
Whilst we await the postponed trial of Imelda Cortez for the 17th of December, the battle to tear down legal...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA new caravan from Honduras heads for the American Dream
It remains to be seen if Mexico will allow this new caravan to pass safely through their country as they did last...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe indigenous people genocide case in Guatemala: justice delayed, justice denied?
There was a military structure that designed, planned and executed operations aimed at eradicating Guatemala’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuatemala: impunity as an objective
The President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales, accused of corruption, has decided to cave in. Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaImpunity reigns: threats to the historical archive of the national police in Guatemala
The future of one of the largest archives containing documents related to the 36 years of internal armed conflict in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe attack on the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala
Interview: Colombian lawyer Iván Velásquez Gómez has been the international commissioner against impunity in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHomo homini lupus est: trauma and child abuse in U.S. refugee policy
Terrified children kept in cages disturbed the world. And then, president Trump, on camera, resumed his cynical...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJustice retrieval in Guatemala has the face of a woman
Women are leading the efforts to return rights that have been snatched away, to reject fear and to re-evaluate the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrump-style Latin American leaders
Donald Trump met with Jimmy Morales, the President of Guatemala in a context of global resurgence of extreme...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe promised change in Guatemala is nowhere to be seen
Two years on, the government of Jimmy Morales is much discussed for its lack of direction and corruption is still...