2009-09. Barrio La Union Leader Killed by CGN’s Security Agents in El Estor
Adolfo Ich Chamán, community leader of CGN-evicted Barrio La Union, is murdered by mining company’s security personnel.
2009-08. Nueva Linda: 5 Years Seeking Justice
Members of Justice For Nueva Linda marked their 5th year living along the shoulder of the Champerico highway while seeking justice for a disappearance and a massacre.
2009-07. Tragedy at Toncontin: Army Shoots and Kills Protesters
At Toncontin Airport, Honduran security forces shoot and kill protesters awaiting the return of deposed President Zelaya.
2009-07. Mel, Our Friend, the People are with You!
Days after the coup d’etat against President Zelaya, thousands protest in Tegucigalpa.
2009-06. From Memory to Resistance: 10th Anniversary of HIJOS
For the second consecutive year, the armed forces did not parade through the historic center.
2009-05. San Miguel Ixtahuacan is Waking Up
Residents from San Miguel Ixtahuacán protest Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine by holding a protest march through Guatemala City’s business district.
2009-05. Rosenberg Video Unleashes Political Crisis and Deepens Social Division
Protests due to the Rosenberg murder video.
2009-03. Scorched Earth: The Rio Negro Massacre at Pak’oxom
27th anniversary of the massacre carried out to make way for the Chixoy hydro-electric project.
2009-03. The Great Kawinal: A City Submerged
Important Mayan center from the 12th century is inundated by the Chixoy hydro-electric dam. In a rare low water level, the remains are exposed.
2009-03. HIJOS: Public Poster Campaigns on International Women’s Day
HIJOS launches a public poster campaign commemorating detained-disappeared women.
2009-02. Mining Resistance Continues in El Estor: Barrio La Union
Two years after violent evictions, members of the community continue a pacific resistance.
2008-10. Mining in San Miguel Ixtahuacán: Conflict and Criminalization
Criminalization used to suppress local resistance movements.
2008-10. Americas Social Forum Guatemala 2008
The belief that ‘Another World is Possible’ forms an integral part of the movement.
2008-09. Water Tribunal Condemns Goldcorp… Again.
The Latin American Water Tribunal condemns another Goldcorp mining project.
2008-08. Lake Izabal: Majestic Life Source Flowing Towards its Death
Canadian Nickel mining company threatens to contaminate Guatemala’s lake Izabal.
2008-07. Garifuna Resistance against Mega-Tourism in Tela Bay
Mega-tourism project usurps Garifuna territories along the Honduran Caribbean coast.
2008-06. Never Again a Military Parade
HIJOS Guatemala achieves a victory: Military Parade is cancelled and March for Remembrance replaces it.
2008-05. Ambush-Protest at Mejia Victores’ Home
HIJOS organizes a protest in front of the Ministry of Defense and the residence of former General Humberto Mejia Victores.
2008-04. Monsignor Gerardi: 10 Years of Martyrdom
Tenth anniversary of the politically-motivated murder of Monsignor Juan Jose Gerardi.
2008-04. Grand Peasant March: 30 years of the CUC
The Indigenous and Peasant March for the Sovereignty of our People and the Defense of Mother Nature: 127 Km. in four days.
2008-04. Grand Peasant March: Faces and Details
The Indigenous and Peasant March for the Sovereignty of our People and the Defense of Mother Nature: 127 Km. in four days.
2008-03. Procession of the Laying Christ of the Calvary
Catholic faithful commemorate Easter through processions and festivities in Guatemala City’s center.
2008-03. Crisis along the Rio Dulce: The Death of Mario Caal
Military incursions into Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities in Izabal reminiscent of the war leave a local leader killed.
2008-02. Chupina Barahona, Death Does Not Absolve You
HIJOS publicly condemns the recently deceased German Chupina Barahona.
