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2000-07-13 04:00:00 PDT El Tesoro, Guatemala-- Sabina Hernandez, a Mayan peasant, can never forget what the Guatemalan army did to her family and community 20 years ago. "They burned down all our ...
Guatemala endured a bloody civil war that lasted 36 years, and by its conclusion in 1996, the UN estimated 200,000 had died — more than 80 percent of them from Indigenous Mayan communities.
Outside the window, a storm gathers over Lake Atitlan. Inside, more than 50 women activists, including Guatemalan indigenous land defenders, international feminist leaders and a Nobel Peace Prize ...
Mayan indigenous people protest against the government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on the day he gives an address to Congress in Guatemala City, Monday. Santiago Billy/AP hide caption ...
An Indigenous demonstrator holds up a leader baton during a protest on the Pan-American Highway in Totonicapán, Guatemala, on July 29, 2021. Photo: Moises Castillo/AP ...
PERALTA: Guatemala has had Indigenous presidential candidates in the past. The Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu ran in 2007 and 2011, but she only got about 3% of the vote.
A Guatemalan court sentenced five men to a total of 150 years in prison for rape and crimes against humanity, ... These Indigenous Women Are Fighting to Bring Their Rapists to Justice; ...
The classes begin just after sunrise, as dozens of Indians gather in a hillside camp in the heart of this country’s mist-shrouded highlands.Guatemala’s blue-and-white flag is raised over a ...
Guatemala's Debora Fadul, one of the 'Top 100' world's best chefs, is on a mission to showcase Indigenous produce and farmers in a country where racism and discrimination persist.
The Indigenous Mayan Achi women plaintiffs in the case are from villages around the municipality of Rabinal in Baja Verapaz department, about 176km (109 miles) from the capital, Guatemala City.