On September 28, Cultural Survival and Sobrevivencia Cultural, (our sister organization in Guatemala), submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), to appeal the decision of Guatemala's Constitutional Court which violates Indigenous Peoples' rights through the country's telecommunications law that excludes Indigenous Peoples from operating community radio stations.
A new bill proposed by the right-wing political party in Guatemala would criminalize the use of the radio spectrum for any actors not authorized to do so. The bill aims to take community radio stations that are fighting for legal recognition off the air.
As a result of a more than a week of protests in Guatemala, the leaders of 11 different political parties in Congress signed resolution committing to "dialogue on concrete legislative actions" on pending legislation, including bills regarding 1) Rural Development, 2) Agriculture, 3) Community Media, 4) Indigenous Rights, 5) Sacred Sites, 6) Indigenous Community Lands
Guatemala, 5 de agosto de 2026. Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán (ambos de origen Maya K'iche'), expresidente y extesorero de la Junta Directiva de los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán, recuperaron su libertad este miércoles tras permanecer recluidos desde el 25 de abril de 2025 en la cárcel Mariscal Zavala. Un juez les otorgó medidas sustitutivas que les permitirán enfrentar el resto del proceso penal fuera de prisión.
By Kerstin Sabene
On July 2, 2026, I boarded a lancha, a small public boat from Panajachel to the Maya Tz'utujil village of Santiago on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, which has been the site of heightened tensions since the beginning of the year.
Por Sandra Peláez (Pasante de CS)
Por Carlos Escalante Villagrán (Maya K’iche’), Judiel López Cabrera (Maya Mam) y Anna Aziza Grewe
La medicina ancestral en la región de occidente de Guatemala se mantiene en constante investigación por parte de las personas del área maya mam y maya k’iche’, que son curanderos (yoq’ol o ajkun kech ak’alab’), comadronas (chujal o iyom) y guardianes del tiempo (ajb’kab o ajq’ij).
Por Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, Equipo de CS)
21 de abril de 2026, Nueva York