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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...
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Published in: 50.50How women are building feminist human security in the Americas
Across the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaProtesting in Guatemala
Guatemala has witnessed massive social protests against President Jimmy Morales and the connivance of 107 lawmakers...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuatemala: the democratic challenge
After the unprecedented mobilizations which led to the overthrow of a corrupt president and vice-president,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPolitical eruption in Guatemala
Innovation cannot be understood without its context. Recent developments in Guatemala help to explain emerging...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTransforming justice for women in Latin America
More women are murdered in Latin America than any other region of the world. In Guatemala alone, more than five...
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Published in: 50.50Femicide in Mexico and Guatemala
Feminists in Mexico and Guatemala working on femicide also use the concept of ‘feminicide’ to draw attention to...
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Published in: 50.50Guilty: what the Sepur Zarco trial means for women’s rights worldwide
Survivors of wartime sexual violence in Guatemala have secured a landmark victory in the Sepur Zarco trial: a win...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatino high schoolers could be deported to "certain death"
Several North Carolina Latino high schoolers have been arrested and are expected to be deported, despite strong...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuatemala: first trial for systematic violations of indigenous women
The case of the indigenous women of Sepur Zarco, who have suffered from sexual violence, finally comes to court in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAren't we all Guatemala?
Jimmy Morales, a television comedian, has been elected to replace president Otto Pérez Molina, who resigned on...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuatemala in limbo
The impeachment and arrest of President Otto Pérez Molina is a shrewd move by the Guatemalan elites to save the...
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Published in: openSecurityGuatemala prosecutes a president, but progress falters
Guatamala's conviction of former president Efraín Ríos Montt set a precedent for holding heads of state accountable,...
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Published in: HomeWomen in prison: the particular impact of prison conditions
On life in prison generally, the most common complaints across five countries were about hygiene and space.
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Published in: HomeGarcía Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"
Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters,...