In order to resolve the conflict generated by the installation of the Spanish company Hidro Santa Cruz’s Cambalam I Hydroelectric Project in Santa Cruz Barillas, Guatemala, the organized civil society, groups related to the company, and government representatives intend to hold dialogues mediated by Catholic Bishop Álvaro Ramazzinni, a long-time supporter of communities’ rights in conflicts with foreign companies and the government.
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En este momento, tenemos desarrollos nuevos y emocionantes en nuestro Programa de la Radio Comunitaria. Hemos recibido tres subvenciones para hacer tres nuevos proyectos, las cuales van a proporcionar nuevas programaciones a las radios en nuestra red, fortalecer las conexiones entre las radios, mejorar sus programas, y ampliar nuestra red para incluir emisoras en Belice y en El Salvador.
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Cultural Survival’s Community Radio Program in Guatemala is looking forward to some very exciting new developments at this moment. We have received three new grants for three new projects that will provide new programming for the radio stations in our network, strengthen relationships and improve programming for the radio stations, and expand our network to include radio stations in Belize and El Salvador.
A veces un documental cree historia, más allá que solo documentarlo. Así es el caso con “Granito de Arena” (“Granito: How to Nail a Dictator”), el documental increíble que ayudó a condenar Ríos Montt en Guatemala por genocidio. En parte thriller política, en parte memorias, el documental nos transporta al pasado por una historia macabra e inolvidable del genocidio en Guatemala contra las Mayas indígenas, perpetrado por el anterior presidente Ríos Montt.
After spending over two months in prison under charges of terrorism, Rubén Herrera, community leader and outspoken activist against the Hydro Santa Cruz dam in Barillas, Huehuetenango, was released on Thursday May 30th due to a lack of evidence to the charges against him.
On Monday, May 20, 2013, Anselmo Xunic (Kaqchikel Maya), Guatemala Community Radio Program Manager for Cultural Survival and longtime Indigenous community radio activist, meet with James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the 12th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. The meeting with Rapporteur Anaya was a long-awaited opportunity for Xunic and the community radio movement to put a face on their struggle at the international level.
On Monday, May 20, just ten days after the historic conviction of ex-dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala has thrown out the ruling.
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