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		<description><![CDATA[1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Guatemala Declares Emergency as Mining Riots Turn Violent 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 5 CAMPESINO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS IN THE PETEN MURDERED 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; PIECE FROM SEATTLE TIMES ON DRUG WAR IN MEXICO 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; GREAT NEW PIECE ON GUATEMALAN MIGRATION FROM GSN&#8217;ER SUSANNE JONAS 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; INTERVIEW WITH GSN&#8217;ER JONATHAN MAUPIN ON FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER IN GUATEMALA 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Wuqu&#39;...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Guatemala Declares Emergency as Mining Riots Turn Violent</p>
<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 CAMPESINO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS IN THE PETEN MURDERED</p>
<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PIECE FROM SEATTLE TIMES ON DRUG WAR IN MEXICO</p>
<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GREAT NEW PIECE ON GUATEMALAN MIGRATION FROM GSN&rsquo;ER SUSANNE JONAS</p>
<p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTERVIEW WITH GSN&rsquo;ER JONATHAN MAUPIN ON FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER IN GUATEMALA</p>
<p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wuqu&#39; Kawoq&#39;s Kaqchikel language field school</p>
<p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXCELLENT NEW BOOK ON GANGS IN GUATEMALA BY GSN&rsquo;ER DEBORAH LEVENSON</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Guatemala Declares Emergency as Mining Riots Turn Violent</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/guatemala-mining-idUSL2N0DJ2R520130503" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/<wbr>article/2013/05/03/guatemala-<wbr>mining-idUSL2N0DJ2R520130503</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/guatemala-declares-emergency-as-mining-riots-turn-violent.html" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/<wbr>2013-05-02/guatemala-declares-<wbr>emergency-as-mining-riots-<wbr>turn-violent.html</wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">May 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Guatemala declared an emergency in four southeastern towns on Thursday, suspending citizens&#39; constitutional rights in an area where deadly protests over a proposed silver mine have erupted in recent weeks.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Guatemalan President Otto Perez announced the move in an effort to quell protests targeting the mine belonging to Canadian miner Tahoe Resources Inc. Two people have been killed in the demonstrations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The company&#39;s security guards shot and wounded six demonstrators on Saturday, said Mauricio Lopez, Guatemala&#39;s security minister.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The next day, protesters, who say the Escobal silver mine near the town of San Rafael Las Flores will contaminate local water supplies, kidnapped 23 police officers, Lopez said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">One police officer and a demonstrator were killed in a shootout on Monday when police went to free the hostages, said Lopez.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">&quot;I am not going to allow this to continue,&quot; Perez told reporters. &quot;We have conducted a six-month investigation in this area with the attorney general&#39;s office for various criminal activities.&quot;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Police and military raided the four towns on Thursday, arresting 15 people suspected of kidnapping, weapons theft and destruction of private property.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Tahoe said in a statement it regretted the injuries to protesters caused by rubber bullets, but denied any responsibility for the deaths.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">&quot;Our investigation has shown that only non-lethal measures were taken by our security,&quot; the company said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">The 30-day &quot;state of emergency&quot; will suspend citizens&#39; rights to bear arms and assemble peacefully. It also gives authorities the power, without a warrant, to search residents suspected of crimes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">Mining in Guatemala accounts for about 2 percent of gross domestic product. The country&#39;s largest gold mine, the Marlin mine owned by Canada&#39;s Goldcorp Inc, is expected to produce up to 200,000 ounces this year.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 CAMPESINO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS IN THE PETEN MURDERED</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;">&nbsp;See attached AND BELOW FOR WAYS TO ACT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/taxonomy/term/14153" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>frontlinedefenders.org/<wbr>taxonomy/term/14153</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/22568/action" target="_blank">http://www.frontlinedefenders.<wbr>org/node/22568/action</wbr></a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PIECE FROM SEATTLE TIMES ON DRUG WAR IN MEXICO</p>
<p>&nbsp;from Washington Post/Seattle Times</p>
<p>&nbsp;How do you &ldquo;create a sociopath&rdquo;?&nbsp; Harvest of violence?&nbsp; Link to School of the Americas?</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020902455_mexicoobamaxml.html" target="_blank">http://seattletimes.com/html/<wbr>nationworld/2020902455_<wbr>mexicoobamaxml.html</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GREAT NEW PIECE ON GUATEMALAN MIGRATION FROM GSN&rsquo;ER SUSANNE JONAS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">&nbsp;, &quot;Guatemalan Migration in Times of Civil War and Post-War Challenges&quot; for the Migration Policy Institute&#39;s special series&nbsp;<a href="http://my.migrationpolicy.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=2CUcv9U2HSmSbL%2BgCFWa1t%2F3c37gEQEM" target="_blank">Regional Migration Perspectives: Trends, Patterns, and Policies in Central America, Mexico, and the U.S</a>. Link to my Guatemala article is:<br />
		<a href="http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=939" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>migrationinformation.org/<wbr>feature/display.cfm?ID=939</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INTERVIEW WITH GSN&rsquo;ER JONATHAN MAUPIN ON FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER IN GUATEMALA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Interesting interview with Jonathan Maupin on the history and future of the community health worker movement in Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2013/05/02/the-history-and-future-of-community-health-workers-an-interview/" target="_blank">http://www.globalhealthhub.<wbr>org/2013/05/02/the-history-<wbr>and-future-of-community-<wbr>health-workers-an-interview/</wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wuqu&#39; Kawoq&#39;s Kaqchikel language field school</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;KAB&#39;LAJUJ&nbsp;EY</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Wuqu&#39; Kawoq I Maya Health Alliance&#39;s Summer 2013 Kaqchikel Maya Field School<br />
		DATES:&nbsp;Tuesday, June 4 &#8212; Friday, June 14, 2013<br />
		LOCATION:&nbsp;Tecp&aacute;n, Guatemala&nbsp;<br />
		STUDENT FEE:&nbsp;$830</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DESCRIPTION:&nbsp;Native Kaqchikel-speaking teachers provide students with 7 hours per day of small-group language lessons&nbsp;and&nbsp;one-on-one practice. The student fee covers tuition, lodging in the homes of Kaqchikel families,&nbsp;and&nbsp;all meals. (Airfare, textbooks,&nbsp;and&nbsp;other expenses are covered by the student.) Upon arrival to Tecp&aacute;n you will be greeted by Ana Lopez de Mateo, Resident Director,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Meghan Farley Webb, Academic Director.</p>
<p>		This course is hosted by Wuqu&#39; Kawoq I Maya Health Alliance,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the content is tailored especially for those who wish to work with Kaqchikel communities or collaborate with WK on future projects. For more information see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wuqukawoq.org/maya-culture-and-language/kablajuj-ey-language-school" target="_blank">http://www.wuqukawoq.org/<wbr>maya-culture-and-language/<wbr>kablajuj-ey-language-school</wbr></wbr></a>.&nbsp;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;DEADLINES:&nbsp;$100 non-refundable deposit due May 10, 2013; $730 due May 20, 2013. Checks may be made out to Wuqu&#39; Kawoq,&nbsp;and&nbsp;sent to: PO Box 91, Bethel, VT 05032. Or submit your payment online,&nbsp;and&nbsp;be sure to indicate that it is for the&nbsp;KE&nbsp;language school:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wuqukawoq.org/" target="_blank">www.wuqukawoq.org</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:&nbsp;<br />
		Meghan Farley Webb, Academic Director</p>
<p>	<a href="mailto:mfwebb@ku.edu" target="_blank">mfwebb@ku.edu</a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.75in;">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXCELLENT NEW BOOK ON GANGS IN GUATEMALA BY GSN&rsquo;ER DEBORAH LEVENSON</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adios-Nino-Gangs-Guatemala-Politics/dp/0822353156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367857035&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Deborah+Levenson" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Adios-<wbr>Nino-Gangs-Guatemala-Politics/<wbr>dp/0822353156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=<wbr>UTF8&amp;qid=1367857035&amp;sr=8-1&amp;<wbr>keywords=Deborah+Levenson</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.<br />
		Associate Professor<br />
		Department of Anthropology<br />
		Baylor University<br />
		(254) 710-6226&nbsp;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE TRIAL IS BACK ON, THOUGH A RECESS HAS BEEN GRANTED http://www.riosmontt-trial.org/ 1.       GSN MEETING SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED! 2.       Civil society urges Obama to address human rights on eve of Central American summit 3.       COMUNICADO de prensa &#8220;represión&#8221; San Rafael, Jalapa, Guatemala 4.       Vandalism to a Sacred Site in San Pedro la Laguna 5.       query...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THE TRIAL IS BACK ON, THOUGH A RECESS HAS BEEN GRANTED <a href="http://www.riosmontt-trial.org/" target="_blank"> http://www.riosmontt-trial.org/</a></p>
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<p>1.       GSN MEETING SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED!</p>
<p>2.       Civil society urges Obama to address human rights on eve of Central American summit</p>
<p>3.       COMUNICADO de prensa &#8220;represión&#8221; San Rafael, Jalapa, Guatemala</p>
<p>4.       Vandalism to a Sacred Site in San Pedro la Laguna</p>
<p>5.       query from a journalist re deportee contacts in Guatemala</p>
<p>6.       URL New Book Presentation Racismo, capital y Estado en Guatemala</p>
<p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt;">7.       REPLY TO FOUNDATION AGAINST TERORRISM PAID AD</p>
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<p>1.       GSN MEETING SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED!</p>
<p>Attached is a preliminary draft of the GSN Summer Meeting schedule. The planning committee did their best to group everyone around their requested topics. If you were omitted and you want/need to present, please contact either Tom Offit <a href="mailto:Thomas_Offit@baylor.edu" target="_blank">Thomas_Offit@baylor.edu</a> or Todd Little-Siebold <a href="mailto:tlittle-siebold@coa.edu" target="_blank">tlittle-siebold@coa.edu</a> ASAP and we will do our best to remedy the situation</p>
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<p>2.       Civil society urges Obama to address human rights on eve of Central American summit</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">For Media release</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Contact Kelsey Alford-Jones, GHRC/USA</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20529-6599" target="_blank">(202) 529-6599</a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">April 30, 2013</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Washington, DC &#8211; Over 150 international, regional and local organizations from 10 countries have come together to address presidents from the US and Mesoamerica on the eve of their summit.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Organizations have expressed concern about rising rates of violence and call on governments to “acknowledge that failed security policies that have militarized citizen security have only exacerbated the problem, and are directly contributing to increased human suffering in the region.” Examples from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and the United States demonstrate that militarization has weakened public institutions, led to thousands of civilian deaths, and has done nothing to decrease transnational organized crime or make citizens safer.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Organizations also expressed concern about regional economic policies and stressed that “the imposition of large-scale extractive projects on marginalized communities does not constitute ‘development’.” Instead, they write, it has resulted in further impoverishment, forced displacement, environmental destruction and an increase in government repression of social movements that oppose such projects.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Finally, the letter draws connections between failed security and development policies and forced migration. Violence and harmful multinational development projects, they say, leave many with “few options other than to migrate to the United States in search of safety and economic opportunity. Meanwhile, the United States has criminalized and detained immigrants in ever-greater numbers within its own borders.”</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The human rights, immigrant rights and civil society organizations from across the region asked their governments to stop the flow of weapons across the U.S.-Mexico border; to protect human rights defenders; to end military involvement in citizen security initiatives; and to address failed security, development and immigration policies through a strengthening of public institutions and the rule of law.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">“We must first and foremost make the protection of fundamental human rights – economic and social, civil and political –a focal point of this SICA gathering and future regional dialogues,” they said.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Simultaneous press conferences were held in Mexico, Guatemala and other countries.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">President Obama will be meeting with Presidents from the region from May 2-4, first in Mexico City, and then in San Jose, Costa Rica. JASS (Just Associates), the America&#8217;s Program, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission-USA and the Latin America Working Group collaborated to present the letter to the White House and other decision makers.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Read the full text of the letter in English and Spanish <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghrc-usa.org%2Fresources%2Fpress-room%2Fletter-to-mesoamerican-heads-of-states-sica-carta-a-presidentes-mesoamericanos-sica%2F" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p>3.       COMUNICADO de prensa &#8220;represión&#8221; San Rafael, Jalapa, Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Comunicado de prensa por represión San Rafael las Flores, Santa Rosa y Santa María Xalapán, Jalapa.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">La Marcha Indígena Campesina y Popular manifiesta a la opinión pública nacional e internacional su indignación por los hechos de terror, violencia y represión emprendidos por el actual Gobierno y se solidariza con las víctimas y las luchas legítimas del Pueblo Xinka en la defensa de sus tierras y territorio. El actual Gobierno, pese a que se han realizado 8 consultas de buena fe, las cuales han tenido un total rechazo a la exploración y la explotación minera, recientemente ha autorizado la explotación de minerales en el Municipio de San Rafael las Flores, en favor de la Empresa Minera el Escobal. Las comunidades aledañas han ejercido su derecho a la manifestación pacífica para defender sus tierras, territorio, el agua y la vida de sus comunidades, las cuales son demandas justas y legítimas; dichas comunidades se aglutinan en el parlamento Xinka las cuales están ubicadas en los departamentos de Santa Rosa, Jutiapa y Jalapa; pese a que la manifestación ha sido en todo momento pacifica, estas han y están siendo objetos de una represión brutal y sistemática por parte del actual gobierno, su ministro de gobernación y Policía Nacional Civil -PNC-.Más recientemente en abril fueron desalojados con uso excesivo de fuerza policial, golpeando ahombres, mujeres, ancianos, niños y niñas, teniendo como saldo a 26 comunitarios detenidos ilegalmente por acusaciones falsas, los cuales han quedado libres por falta de deméritos . Desde hace dos meses un contingente de alrededor de 80 PNC está al servicio de la empresa minera como guardias de seguridad. Actualmente hay una incursión militar y policial de agentes de la PNC con el argumento mediático llegan al lugar aparentemente “para contrarrestar” la extorsiones de mareros en las comunidades, pero el único fin es servir a las instalaciones de la empresa minera, culpando a los líderes del parlamento Xinca de secuestro y hasta de asesinato para poder desalojar y romper con una organización comunitaria ancestral que vela por el cuidado de la vida. A pesar que en el marco de la Marcha Indígena y campesina desde el año pasado quedo instaurada una mesa dialogo entre gobierno y las comunidades Xincas en la que se asumió como Gobierno tres compromisos: respetar títulos ancestrales de sus territorios, autonomía de los territorios indígenas y el respeto a las instituciones y autoridades de Santa María Xalapan, los cuales claramente se están siendo violentados por parte de las fuerzas represivas de la PNC. Por ello exigimos: Que pare la agresión sistemática y violenta por parte del Estado y sus fuerzas represivas encabezadas por el ministro de gobernación Mauricio López Bonilla, intervención que queda demostrada por múltiples acciones, tales como el reacomodo de mandos policiales para ejecutarlos planes de desestabilización y terror en contra de la población, la que en todo momento se han manifestado de forma pacífica y actuado en sintonía con las leyes que garantizan y tutelan el derecho a manifestación. Todas estas acciones violentas y sistemáticas buscan la confrontación y la violencia con el fin de justificar potenciales estados de excepción, como ya a quedado demostraron. La finalidad es beneficiar los intereses mineros sobre el bien común y la vida de las poblaciones de San Rafael las Flores y el territorio del pueblo Xinka. Que se detengan los hechos fascistas de algunas organizaciones afines al actual gobierno, que lo único que propician es un clima de confrontación y el surgimiento de grupos de choque que buscan la violencia ante manifestaciones pacíficas como las que han emprendido los pueblos de san Rafael las flores. Una llamado al Presidente de la República y Ministro de Gobernación para que asuman con responsabilidad sus funciones y entiendan de una vez por todas que sus acciones no encajan en un contexto de democracia, contexto que debería favorecer la búsqueda de resolución pacífica de diferencias. Una condena a las declaraciones irresponsables, apresuradas y tendenciosas del actual ministro de gobernación sobre lo sucedido en territorio de Santa María Xalapán y territorios del Pueblo Xinka, las que van encaminadas a reprimir y criminalizar a lucha pacífica de hombres y mujeres, líderes y lideresas. Que se cancelen las licencias de explotación y exploración mineral autorizadas ilegalmente por parte del ministerio de Energía y Minas y con ello el retiro de inmediato la empresa minera ya que es la causante de toda la conflictividad en los municipios de Santa María Xalapan y San Rafael las Flores y otros municipios. A la comunidad internacional y defensores de derechos humanos que sigan de cerca los hechos acontecidos como los actos de represión que están sufriendo las comunidades Xinkas, condenando los actos y le exijan al gobierno respeta la autonomía de los pueblos. MARCHA INÍGENA, CAMPESINA Y POPULAR. 30 de abril 2013</p>
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<p>4.       Vandalism to a <a name="13e60a10e89e5bfa__GoBack"></a>Sacred Site in San Pedro la Laguna</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vandalism to a Sacred Site in San Pedro la Laguna<br />
Linda A Brown,The George Washington University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By now some of you have seen emails circulating about this topic. Unfortunately some of those messages have blamed organizations that are not implicated in this case.  Here I hope to provide more contextual information about the sacred site and what is currently known about the destruction.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On a recent visit to Lake Atitlán, I was disheartened to see damage to the sacred site of Pa Sak Man, located in the mountains south of San Pedro la Laguna, a site I had first visited during research in 2005. For many years, this site had served as a focus for hunting rituals dedicated to the local deity Rajawal Chicop (Lord of Wild Animals).  One of its most conspicuous features was the large quantity of animal bones that were deposited during hunting rites.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2007 a small team, including myself, conducted research and interviews with older residents about the role this place played in hunting ceremonialism of the past (hunting being virtually nonexistent now).  We were told that prior to hunting, people gathered at the site to ask permission to hunt.  If the hunt was successful, the bones of the animals were not discarded but curated until the time of the post-hunting ceremony. In this second rite, the hunters returned to Pak Sak Man transporting the baskets full of curated bones. In a ceremony, forgiveness was asked for all who participated in the bloodshed and the curated bones were handed over to Rajawal Chicop, who would make a new creature from each one presented to him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over time these practices resulted in the formation of the dense bone caches at Pa Sak Man.  The main cache (see photo) consisted of hundreds of bones. My colleague Kitty Emery was able to identify bones from white-tailed deer, brocket deer, armadillo, peccary, coati, paca, rabbit, agouti, opossum, tapir, wild cats, turkey, raccoons and canids (dog, fox, coyote).  Given the quantity and types of bones and species present, it is clear that this sacred site was used for many decades, if not longer.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oral histories support the importance of Pa Sak Man in the preservation of various aspects of local hunting knowledge including: the regeneration of wild animal species taken in the hunt, culpability for actions concerning loss of life, accountability to local indigenous deities, and engagement with potent mountain locales understood to be embodied by nawales.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I visited the site in February 2013, all of the bones in the main cache were gone (see photo).  Currently, we do not know whether this destruction was malicious and intended to negate the perspectives and practices associated with this sacred site (which I suspect) and/or whether it was done in ignorance about the importance of these places in the past and present.  Regardless, this points to the ongoing importance of registering local sacred sites for protection against such destruction.</p>
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<p>5.       query from a journalist re deportee contacts in Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am hoping you can help me with research contacts for a book I am writing about immigration detention and deportation. I am a journalist in Tucson and the author of the book The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands (Beacon Press, 2010). That book was about migrant journeys and the many migrant deaths in Arizona; the new book will focus on the immigration detention centers and the high numbers of deportations from the U.S.</p>
<p>I am going to be in Guatemala from May 12 to 25. I am hoping to conduct interviews of Guatemalans who have been deported from the United States. Since you and the other scholars in the Network do research in Guatemala, and I&#8217;m wondering if you or any of your colleagues have contacts in Guatemala who might be able to put me in touch with deportees, or with organizations that work with deportees and families.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m hoping to find people  in the vicinity of Antigua and thereabouts but I can make trips to Quetzaltenango and other nearby locations.</p>
<p>Would you be able to help me? Any advice you can give would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>All best,<br />
Margaret Regan</p>
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<p>6.  URL New Book Presentation Racismo, capital y Estado en Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buen día amigos, amigas, el próximo miércoles 8 de mayo se presentará el libro &#8220;Racismo, capital  y Estado en Guatemala.&#8221; Abajo pegué la invitación. El mismo está dividido</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">en tres partes. La primera aborda la interrelación entre el capital y el estado, aunado al racismo en la particularidad histórica de Guatemala. La segunda parte corresponde a un análisis y crítica de cómo en las ciencias sociales de o sobre Guatemala se ha entendido el papel de estas tres relaciones de poder. Finalmente, en la tercera parte, se reflexionan algunos puntos sobre cómo a partir de una comprensión interrelacionada del poder se puede repensar la lucha y esperemos, la revolución.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Comentarán el libro Mariano González, de la Universidad de San Carlos; Mariola Vicente, de la Universidad Iberoamericana, México D.F. y Diego Vásquez, de la Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reciban un cordial saludo y les agradecería si la pueden compartir con colegas y organizaciones que, a lo mejor, les pueda interesar.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fuerte abrazo,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sergio</p>
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<p>7.        REPLY TO FOUNDATION AGAINST TERORRISM PAID AD</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Estimados amigos: inmagino que ya es del conocimiento de todos los panfletos editados por &#8220;La Fundación Contra el Terrorismo&#8221;, en el del domingo pasado expresaron una serie de falacias, inexactitudes, malas interpretaciones de la realidad de lo ocurrido en el Estado de Chiapas, a lo que se suman los comentarios de Zury Ríos, sobre México, llamándolo satélite de la URSS. Por un poco de objetividad y sentido común, les mando mis aclaraciones sobre Chiapas. Favor de hacerlo circular, y si alguno conoce a alguno de esos fulanos de la &#8220;Fundación..&#8221;, háganle llegar una copia.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Atentamente:<br />
Mario Tejada Bouscayrol</p>
<p>Adjunto texto:  de antemano pido disculpas por abusar de su pacienci y lo largo del texto:<br />
Aclaración sobre Chiapas</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Mario Tejada Bouscayrol_M13-60420 (Huehuetenango) _</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Al ver el suplemento de El Periódico de este domingo me asombró ver que dentro de todo un discurso trasnochado, se les ocurriera involucrar a Chiapas y al conflicto Zapatista, queriendo equipararlo, o mezclarlo  no sé, con lo sucedido en Guatemala.  Nada que ver entre  una cosa y otra. La razón por la que no es bueno inmiscuirse  en los asuntos internos de otros países  es  porque generalmente la ignorancia de la situación local lleva a malas interpretaciones. Nadie en el Estado de Chiapas, ni en ninguna parte de México, ni en el Gobierno ni desde la percepción de la población, considera “terroristas” a los Zapatistas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Lamentablemente, se nota que esta cantidad de mentiras y apreciaciones erróneas y mal interpretadas de una realidad que no conocen, no es solo producto de la ignorancia, sino que también lleva una carga de mala intención. Todavía no puedo entender como ayuda a la defensa de unos generales acusados de genocidio y crímenes de lesa humanidad, el verter esta clase de estupideces sobre otro país del que no conocieron el proceso al que se refieren pero pretenden reinventárselo a su manera para justificar su visión muy particular sobre el conflicto armado interno de Guatemala.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">México desde hace mucho tiempo ha sido una democracia, y como tal nunca se violó el derecho individual a ser lo que uno quiera ser, siempre y cuando no se viole la ley.  Y no hay ninguna ley contra los “comunistas” (Marxistas), son personas normales como cualquier otra, no comen niños, ni están conspirando para cometer actos atroces para “tomar el poder” y “cambiar el águila por la hoz y el martillo”.  En lo que respecta a Chiapas y en particular a San Cristóbal de Las Casas, estos “comunistas” y sus familias (que no necesariamente tienen que ser “comunistas”; a veces la mayor desgracia para uno de estos es que le salga un hijo “burgués acomodado”) van a los cafés, al cine, conciertos y recitales, como cualquier otro vecino. No hay malas miradas ni murmuraciones cuando pasa un “comunista” o entra a un establecimiento.  Siendo San Cristóbal un pueblo relativamente pequeño todos nos conocemos y en lo personal, no se que se recele de alguien por “comunista”. Si hasta  hay un librería especializada en bibliografía marxista, además de la librería cubana, que se dedica más a la literatura latinoamericana.  Eso es democracia, donde no se le persigue a nadie por lo que piensa. En cuanto al obispo, don Samuel Ruiz ¿qué tenía de raro que tratara con marxistas, si también trató con todos los demás no marxistas? En cuenta conmigo, que no soy marxista, y pongo a los marxistas de testigos… eso no quita que en una democracia no podamos sentarnos a la misma mesa a tomar un café, o asistir al mismo concierto o función. Por lo menos, todos los marxistas de Chiapas que conozco son personas cultas y educadas, respetuosas de los demás. Aparte, no son la mayoría, ni siquiera una minoría grande, pero allí están junto a todos los demás. Por lo que respecta a los Zapatistas, no tienen absolutamente nada con el marxismo, y mucho menos son una “organización terrorista”. ¿Si el gobierno de México jamás los ha catalogado de nada parecido, de donde sacaron semejante estupidez?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">El movimiento Zapatista es un movimiento indígena, sin ningún corte de ideología marxista, basado en el respeto a los usos y costumbres de su cultura tradicional; el cual se dio en Chiapas a finales del Siglo XX, cuando en el resto de la República Mexicana se había dado entre 1910 y 1919, cuando Zapata estaba vivo. El movimiento Zapatista de 1994 fue tan “terrorista” que logró cambiar la constitución en materia electoral y lo más importante, en el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.  Basado en los principios de Emiliano Zapata y la Revolución Mexicana, no podría estar más alejada de la ideología Marxista; lo admirable de la izquierda marxista mexicana es como pudo mantener la empatía con un movimiento de “corte conservador”- según me decía un pariente y amigo- “hacer la revolución para no cambiar nada”- Lo que pasa es que los indígenas solo quieren que se les respete y se les deje vivir a su manera. No buscan “tomar el poder y poner el país al servicio de quien sabe qué… Los zapatistas dieron una imagen hacia el mundo de cómo se lleva a cabo una revolución civilizadamente, ganándose el apoyo y simpatías de mucha gente alrededor del mundo, de todas las orientaciones políticas y clases sociales, no solo marxistas o de la izquierda, porque al fin y al cabo es un movimiento abierto que lucha por la justicia. Es absurdo decir que los Zapatistas son “terroristas” si el Subcomandante Marcos tiene una columna en un diario de México D.F., y publica un montón de libros, en cuenta de poesía, que se venden como pan caliente en las librerías de Chiapas, lo mismo que sus postales, o las de la Comandante Ramona.  Ambos personajes, junto con todo el Ejército Zapatista se han producido en figuritas similares a las que se usan para los nacimientos, solamente que con pasamontañas; los hay en grupos, en camioncitos de madera o a caballo, y se pueden comprar en grupo o individuales. Se pueden comprar en todas partes desde boutiks para turistas, hasta con las niñas en el mercado.  Supongo que eso no es hacer propaganda al “terrorismo”, ya que forma una buena parte de los ingresos tanto del mercado formal como el informal. Si ese es el caso, Chiapas es un “Estado Terrorista”, que vive de los ingresos que le trae el turismo por ver a los “terroristas”.  Afortunadamente Chiapas no está desgarrada por la guerra. Sería terrible, en un lugar donde todos los criollos y ladinos son parientes o compadres y todos son conocidos, pueden imaginarse las consecuencias de un conflicto interno.  En lugar de decir tonterías, deberían ver el ejemplo de Chiapas, y como se resuelve un conflicto sin llegar a un baño de sangre. En cuanto a don Samuel Ruiz, hasta el momento ha sido el más digno sucesor de la sede Episcopal que ocupó fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, y como él, comprometido con la causa indígena. En cuanto al Dr. De la Universidad de Lovaina al que pintan como un monstro conspirador, fue un personaje distinguido de la academia, y a su muerte fue objeto de homenajes por parte del mundo académico y personalidades del Estado.  Ese panfleto recuerda lo más abyecto del fascismo, durante la Guerra Civil Española, cuando entraron las tropas de La Legión, al mando del general Millán Astray, gritando: “muera la inteligencia” y “viva la muerte” en la Universidad de Salamanca, a lo que el Rector don Miguel de Unamuno tuvo el valor de increparlos: “¿Cómo pueden profanar un templo a la inteligencia pidiendo su muerte” y “Viva la muerte, significa muera la vida… solo a un inválido mental como el general se le puede decir una cosa así”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Solamente quiero decir lo que he visto y presenciado personalmente en relación a la agria polémica que se ha vuelto el juicio por “genocidio” contra Ríos Montt y su jefe de inteligencia. Por motivos de estudios y mi trabajo conocí los territorios indígenas del noroccidente de Guatemala y la selva de Chiapas. Cuando estalló el conflicto zapatista de Chiapas, por razones de trabajo estuve en primera línea, así que lo que les voy a contar de Chiapas lo viví de primera mano o lo supe de los actores que vivieron la experiencia. Como estudioso de la historia, la cultura y la sociedad me permito externar cierto análisis que complementa mis vivencias personales. La cercanía a las principales autoridades del Gobierno del Estado, y algunos Federales, durante esa época me permite hacer una apreciación del movimiento Zapatista desde distintos ángulos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Yo no sé si hubo “genocidio” o no, pero que masacraron cruelmente a muchísimos indígenas inocentes, eso si me consta. Específicamente lo que se refiere a chujes, q’anjob’ales, akatekos y poptís (“jacaltecos”), eso si me consta, como a mucha gente de Chiapas, que vio de primera mano el estado lamentable en que llegaron los refugiados, sobrevivientes de las masacres perpetradas por el ejército guatemalteco. Yo personalmente, fui uno de los que entró a la selva para ayudar a los refugiados. Pude hablar con los sobrevivientes de esas masacres, y hay algo que les puedo decir: los habitantes q’anjob’ales de Xoxtlak, Momolak y Zakchen , no estaban involucrados en el conflicto armado, pero el ejército no les preguntó nada, entró bombardeándolos y disparando indiscriminadamente.  Después de leer ese panfleto me queda claro cuáles fueron las justificaciones para reprimir y masacrar al pueblo. Así como a priori, pasando por encima del Gobierno Mexicano vienen a declarar “terroristas” a la gran mayoría de los indígenas de Chiapas, qué más se podía esperar de estos durante el conflicto armado, que los masacraran sin cuestionarse si fueran inocentes o no.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">En cuanto a los ixiles, debo decir que conocí el área desde 1975, antes que abrieran la carretera a Chajul y Cotzal; cuando a Nebaj llegaba una brecha de terracería a donde solamente llegaban camiones de redila. En esos días había tres policías militares de los de antes, con sombrero y uniforme verde olivo, y con subametralladoras Thomphson .45mm.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Cuando abrieron la carretera llegó el ejército con el pretexto de que había guerrilleros por los alrededores  y en lugar de portarse como el ejército nacional que llegaba a proteger a su pueblo, se comportaron como un verdadero ejército de ocupación, y trataron a la población civil como el enemigo. Esa fuerza de ocupación abusó de los habitantes locales, faltó el respeto completamente a toda su cultura, desde establecer la base en el cerro sagrado de Juil, hasta el acoso sexsual y violaciones, sin dejar de lado el trato abusivo a la población local.  Así surgió la gran base de apoyo que nutrió a la nueva guerrilla de los 80, y logró fortalecer al minúsculo grupito de combatientes guerrilleros, que habían sobrevivido al exterminio casi completo llevado a cabo por el general Arana Osorio. Que eso sirva de lección para todos aquellos que andan pregonando que “derrotaron a la guerrilla”, que un ejército convencional si no aniquila completamente al las fuerzas guerrilleras pierde, y un ejército guerrillero que no es aniquilado gana; independientemente del número de bajas y terreno controlado.  En pocas palabras, los ixiles que se incorporaron al EGP, lo hicieron como una forma de autodefensa contra una agresión exterior.  No recuerdo realmente el año, a principios de los 80, cuando visité por allí la última vez, lo que no se me va a olvidar son los retenes y registros de forma agresiva. Que a la hora de pararte te pongan un Galil en la cabeza… “bájese”… y luego un registro bastante abusivo, con nota y todo de tus documentos y el juego en que si te los devuelven o los retienen… y lo mismo  al salir, con el agravante de que el soldado en cuestión, entre prepotencia y burla pregunta: “y qué, los dejamos ir mi sargento?”. Ese ejército, en lugar de dar la sensación de protección, que estaba allí para defenderte, más bien daba miedo.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Finalmente, caí preso y consignado a los tribunales de Fuero Especial donde no tuve ningún derecho de defensa en algo que ni siquiera puede llamarse juicio, acusado de “subversivo”, de “atentar contra la seguridad interna del Estado”, con todo un arsenal plantado y testimonios falsos. Afortunadamente por esos días el señor Bush no había puesto de moda la palabrita de “terrorista”, porque seguramente me la hubieran encaramad; por otro lado, el terrorismo en esos días era un monopolio del estado (lo mismo que el narcotráfico incipiente)  Por si fuera poco, a los abogados que intentaron defenderme, al primero lo amenazaron de muerte y al segundo lo mandaron a hacerme compañía; igualmente  al salir, tuvo que irse al exilio.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">En mi caso, después de salir de la cárcel me fui a México y posteriormente de la Ciudad de México me trasladé a Chiapas; específicamente San Cristóbal Las Casas. Eventualmente conseguí una plaza del Gobierno del Estado, que me permitió viajar regularmente a la selva y la región de Ocosingo. Así me agarró el conflicto Zapatista, y debo decir que en lo personal, salvo el hecho surrealista de tener que cruzar las líneas del frente, entre alambradas, sacos de arena y trincheras, con sus nidos de ametralladoras, tanquetas semi-enterradas y artillería de campo, mi actividad siguió igual.  Del otro lado estaban las líneas zapatistas, con su caballería patrullando… y el sitio de Toniná en medio  en una esquina de la “tierra de nadie”.  Ya que no había mucho que hacer durante el tiempo libre, muchos soldados iban a visitar las ruinas, eso sí, desarmados, sus fusiles quedaban en las trincheras, ya que no los necesitaban para una visita cultural.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Esto lleva a otra mentira del panfleto, sobre “la ola de atentados terroristas que asolaron al Estado “; francamente, es una tergiversación y mala interpretación de lo ocurrido en el Estado de Chiapas sin conocer el trasfondo histórico y el contexto en que se dio el conflicto. Es lamentable por lo demás la miopía con la que se manipulan los hechos de Chiapas, en lugar de que estos hubieran servido de espejo de un ejemplo para todos los guatemaltecos de cómo se debe resolver un conflicto. El enfrentamiento armado de Chiapas duró una semana, durante la cual se libraron violentos combates, pero ambos bandos vieron que por allí no iba la cosa y decidieron negociar la paz. Se estableció un alto al fuego y se iniciaron las negociaciones. No fue un camino fácil y las negociaciones se prolongaron por algo más de 4 años, con muchas convulsiones y tensiones en distintas comunidades, pero se renunció al conflicto armado y al baño de sangre a la guatemalteca. Es preferible negociar con el pueblo que pagar el costo político del desgaste que conlleva la represión, y eso lo entendieron claramente las autoridades mexicanas. Chiapas debería ser un ejemplo a seguir para los guatemaltecos esa es la forma de resolver un conflicto y no soltando la represión contra el pueblo y provocando mayor conflictividad social que luego desemboca en violencia.  En el caso de Chiapas siempre se apostó por el dialogo y la reconciliación. Ningún bando violó los derechos humanos, ambos trataron de tener la mejor relación posible con la población.  Desde que se acordó el alto al fuego se permitió a los zapatistas establecer oficinas en las ciudades del Estado, establecer un centro de prensa y difusión, convocar abiertamente a grupos de apoyo y donantes internacionales con fines humanitarios. Todo lo que algunos denuncian en Guatemala como “terrorismo”, lo permitieron los Gobiernos Federal y del Estado, antes de que siquiera se firmaran los acuerdos de paz. Eso es muestra de civilización, tolerancia y democracia, y lo más importante: sentido común por parte de las autoridades. Si se hubiera tratado el conflicto en Chiapas como se trató en Guatemala, esta sería la hora que el Estado estuviera desgarrado, con los odios y resentimientos que crean otra generación surgida del rencor; un conflicto armado que se hubiera complicado con la llegada de los narcos, y quién sabe si no hubiera estallado la segunda revolución mexicana.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">En Guatemala hay quienes que pretenden justificar los crímenes que cometió el estado de ese momento, con que grupos armados al margen  de la ley también cometieron crímenes. ¿No es acaso el estado el garante de la ley y protector de sus ciudadanos? En el caso de Guatemala no solamente pasaron por encima de las mismas leyes existentes, sino además por proteger los intereses y privilegios de una minoría y los Estados Unidos de América y otras potencias extranjeras aliadas de estos, fueron capases de reprimir con la mayor saña y crueldad a su propio pueblo.  En Chiapas por el contrario el Ejército Mexicano no masacró a nadie, no arrasó con poblaciones enteras, sus cosechas y sus animales. No despedazó campesinos desarmados y regó con sus tripas el campo. Cuando se dio la masacre de la comunidad indígena de Acteal, perpetrada por un grupo de elementos de las fuerzas de seguridad del Estado, actuando de manera personal, estos fueron rápidamente consignados a los tribunales y condenados por sus crímenes, las víctimas y sus deudos recibieron un resarcimiento económico en pocos meses, que aunque no le devuelve la vida a sus seres queridos, por lo menos muestra el interés de las autoridades por hacer justicia. Es más, sin haber estado involucrados en las matanzas, les costó su puesto a todos los superiores de estos elementos criminales por haber permitido que actuaran fuera de orden.  El escándalo llegó a tanto que tumbó al gobierno del Estado y el Congreso local tuvo que nombrar un nuevo Gobernador. En el caso de Guatemala las masacres a la población indígena fueron política de estado.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">En el caso del Ejército mexicano se vio un alto profesionalismo y compromiso constitucional, entendido en que el ejército de una nación está para defender a su propio pueblo y no para masacrarlo. De esta forma planificaron su estrategia “contrainsurgente” en el respeto a los derechos humanos y el acercamiento con la población local. Después de los muertos en ambos bandos durante la semana de duros combates, los soldados no mataron a nadie. Donde establecieron sus destacamentos convivieron de manera pacífica con la población local. A diferencia de Guatemala donde el ejército mostró una total incompetencia y una falta completa de capacidad profesional y humana en materia contrainsurgente. Si hubieran hecho las cosas correctamente no estarían hoy en la situación que están: teniendo que pagar campañas millonaria pretendiendo hacer creer a la población que no lo vio o no  vivió en ese momento que no hicieron nada malo solo “defendieron a Guatemala”.  Lo que sería bueno que explicaran es como salvaron a Guatemala defendiendo los intereses de los Estados Unidos y sus aliados y los de una oligarquía que históricamente le ha dado la espalda al pueblo. Masacrando y reprimiendo a las mayorías para favorecer los intereses de unos pocos no se salva a una nación.  Lamentablemente al comparar los dos conflictos no se puede más que hacer notar el profesionalismo y sentido común que prevaleció en México, y la mediocridad, incompetencia y falta de calidad humana de Guatemala. Cuando la Convención de Ginebra establece reglas para el trato de la población civil en una guerra, hay quienes justifican en Guatemala la muerte de niños, ancianos, mujeres y población civil en general, amparándose en que peleaban una guerra para “defender a Guatemala”.   Lo que  no logro comprender hasta el momento de ese panfleto, es porqué se metieron con Chiapas si lo que pretendían era mostrar la inocencia de Ríos Montt y demás militares. Lo único que hacen es resaltar el contraste entre la eficiencia, profesionalismo y compromiso con su propio pueblo, y el pésimo papel jugado por las fuerzas armadas de Guatemala.  En ese mismo panfleto  se muestra una foto, que en su momento dio la vuelta en muchos noticieros y portadas de diarios y revistas, presentando la valentía de las mujeres mayas en la defensa de su territorio, aquí lo pretenden presentar como un grupo de mujeres “terroristas” agrediendo a los soldados. Si notan bien la foto, las mujeres les están impidiendo el paso a su comunidad. Si es un acto “terrorista” que los indígenas defiendan su territorio y sus derechos, los soldados no lo consideraron así. Noten en la foto, que a diferencia de Guatemala donde estarían empuñando las armas, los soldados mexicanos instintivavemente retiran las manos de sus fusiles, porque están tratando con civiles, mujeres y desarmadas. ¿En qué terminó ese incidente en su momento? Los soldados no entraron a la comunidad y nadie salió muerto. ¿Si por hacer una demostración de fuerza para reforzar su autoridad hubieran entrado en la comunidad, qué habrían logrado? A parte de lo que se pierde con el desgaste político que eso causa, no se obtiene nada. La represión solo acarrea odio, y este puede transformarse en violencia, y si esta se organiza, las consecuencias pueden llegar a ser muy graves. Por eso digo, en Chiapas prevaleció la prudencia y el sentido común. En el caso de Guatemala este incidente hubiera terminado en un baño de sangre que hubiera alimentado el fuego de la violencia. El ejército guatemalteco hubiera entrado a sangre y fuego a la aldea, ¿y después qué? Finalmente habría tenido que irse, y de que serviría entrar a matar. El discurso de ese panfleto más que buscar la “verdad”, refleja las excusas que les llevaron a masacrar a gran parte de la población, especialmente a los pueblos indígenas. Al declarar “terroristas” y por tanto enemigos, a la gran mayoría de la población indígena maya de Chiapas (se salvan los lacandones), demuestran como fue el criterio seguido para la persecución en el caso de los mayas del lado de Guatemala. No sé si hubo “genocidio” pero ETNOCIDIO definitivamente se dio y se sigue.   Entendido el término como no solamente como la destrucción física de un pueblo, sino que también la destrucción de su cultura. Cuando elementos de las élites Guatemaltecas niegan la identidad maya de los indígenas nativos y al mismo tiempo pretenden apropiarse de sus restos arqueológicos y las ganancias económicas que generan. El vergonzoso y ridículo acto de apropiación de un evento sagrado maya para exprimirle hasta el último centavo que pudieran sacar, profanando las creencias de muchas personas que viven en las montañas y no participaron de eso. La gran cantidad de faltas de respeto se debió a la crasa ignorancia y el desprecio por la cultura maya; prevaleció el sensacionalismo y la broma.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Hace unos 15 años, cuando trabajaba por el Río Lagartero en un proyecto arqueológico, los mismos habitantes de las comunidades del norte de Barillas nos invitaron a visitar sus comunidades y su cerro sagrado, que a pesar de la larga y agotadora caminata entre la selva y la montaña, me pareció un gran honor. Nos pidieron a mi colega antropóloga y a mí, que escribiéramos sobre ellos, literalmente me dijeron: “durante el conflicto armado nos mataron porque no nos conocían y nos despreciaban, porque no sabían de nuestros ancestros y nuestra antigua cultura.”  Dijeron algo así: como no sabían que eran mayas por eso los mataron. Después de despojarlos de todo, tener el descaro de algunos criollos y ladinos de negarles su propia identidad, eso es un acto de etnocidio. La cultura no se transmite por el ADN, es por el aprendizaje, que se inicia en el hogar con la lengua, por medio de la cual se transmite la cosmovisión que marca las pautas de comportamiento. El ADN solamente nos da nuestra parte animal, no nuestra identidad étnica y cultural, para eso está la familia y la comunidad.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%;">Un maestro q’anjob’al me dijo una vez: “mataron a nuestros ancianos por ser los que guardaban la tradición de nuestros antepasados, y a nuestros niños por ser quienes transmitirán la tradición en el futuro.” Personalmente, en vista de las evidencias que he tenido a la vista concuerdo con el profesor.</p>
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Associate Professor<br />
Department of Anthropology<br />
Baylor University<br />
(254) 710-6226</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">THERE IS SO MUCH EXCELLENT REPORTING ON THE TRIAL, TOO MUCH FINE WORK TO POST INDIVIDUALLY SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING:</p>
<p><a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/guatemala" target="_blank">http://boingboing.net/tag/<wbr>guatemala</wbr></a>&nbsp; (GREAT BLOG POSTS FROM Xeni Jardin)<br />
		<a href="http://www.riosmontt-trial.org/" target="_blank">http://www.riosmontt-trial.<wbr><wbr>org/</wbr></wbr></a> (SIMPLY THE BEST SITE FOR EVERYDAY UPDATE)<br />
		<a href="http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/" target="_blank">http://www.plazapublica.com.<wbr><wbr><wbr>gt/</wbr></wbr></wbr></a> (SIMPLY THE BEST SITE FOR EVERYDAY UPDATE<br />
		<a href="http://ghrcusa.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://ghrcusa.wordpress.com/</a> (GHRC blog)<br />
		<a href="http://www.granitomem.com/genocide-trial/" target="_blank">http://www.granitomem.com/<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>genocide-trial/</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;Great Video blog from Granito/ Skylight Films</p>
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<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MORE ON THE MURDER OF DANIEL PEDRO MATEO</p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in;">Last night or early this morning, the cadaver of Daniel Pedro Mateo, the Qanjobal community leader from Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, who disappeared on April 7, was found in the aldea of Ya&#39; Tzi&#39;kin, Santa Eulalia, after three days of intensive searching. Daniel was a teacher, artist and active in the resistance to the activities of Hidro Santa Cruz in the nearby municipality of Barillas.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">LA FILIAL DEPARTAMENTAL&nbsp; DEL MOVIMIENTO POLITICO WINAQ DE QUETZALTENANGO<br />
		ANTE EL TRISTE, LAMENTABLE, VIL SECUESTRO Y ASESINATO DEL COMPA&Ntilde;ERO DANIEL PEDRO<br />
		&nbsp;EXPRESA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A la familia,&nbsp;amigos, vecinos, compa&ntilde;eros del movimiento pol&iacute;tico Winaq de Santa Eulalia Huehuetenango, nuestro dolor profundo, acompa&ntilde;amiento y solidaridad ante tan irreparable p&eacute;rdida.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Aunque sabemos que un hecho tr&aacute;gico como este conlleva frustraciones, tristezas, y desesperanzas, los instamos a que nutri&eacute;ndose por la constancia y esp&iacute;ritu de lucha del compa&ntilde;ero Daniel, soporte y vayan superando esta coyuntura en extremo dif&iacute;cil &#8230;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adjunto comunicado</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Secretariado MOVIMIENTO POLITICO WINAQ</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Departamento de Quetzaltenango</p>
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<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10TH ANNUAL CONGRESO DE ESTUDIOS MAYAS ANNOUNCEMENT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Que Tengas Feliz D&iacute;a de las Naciones Unidas y &Eacute;xitos en el SUS quehaceres Profesionales y Acad&eacute;micas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In Nombre De La Comision Del D&eacute;cimo Congreso de Estudios Mayas.&nbsp;Solicitamos Que En Este Espacio informativo Acad&eacute;mico, s&iacute; pueda Anunciar las Fechas, El Lugar y el Nombre del director TEMA of this D&eacute;cimo Congreso de Estudios Mayas, a Todos los Investigadores e Interesados ​​TEMA a este. </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Congreso de Estudios Mayas</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tema&nbsp;:&nbsp;NUEVO CICLO: MADRE TIERRA Y PUEBLOS INDIGENAS<br />
		Fechas&nbsp;: &nbsp;&nbsp;12, 13 y 14 de Agostos del Ano 2013.<br />
		Primer D&iacute;a: Lugar Kaminal Juyub &#39;<br />
		12 de Agosto&nbsp;s&iacute; realizar&aacute; el Evento en Kaminal Juyub &quot;(Sitio arqueol&oacute;gico)<br />
		Segundo y Tercer D&iacute;a.&nbsp;.&nbsp;(12 y 13 de Agosto&nbsp;).&nbsp;Lugar Casa Ariana.&nbsp;Zona 9 de la Ciudad Capital.<br />
		Les esperamos, y mas pronto estaremos Enviando el Programa Oficial de la Federaci&oacute;n y y Formaci&oacute;n.<br />
		Esperamos su respuesta y colaboraci&oacute;n</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ajpub&rsquo; Pablo Garc&iacute;a<br />
		Miembro de la Comisi&oacute;n<br />
		Organizador</p>
<p>		URL, UVG, IDEI-USAC<br />
		OXLAJUJ APOP, CEDIM<br />
		CODISRA, ALMG, MICUDE</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.<br />
		Associate Professor<br />
		Department of Anthropology<br />
		Baylor University<br />
		(254) 710-6226</p>
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<p>Attached is a feature pull out advertisement/ insert from El Periodico on Sunday. The report is issued by the Foundation Against Terrorism, and it alleges a Catholic Church/ Marxist conspiracy against the Guatemalan Army. The part dealing with the GSN is as follows:</p>
<p>&quot;Luego incrementaron su accionar propagand&iacute;stico y lobista con la creaci&oacute;n de la Guatemala Scholars Network (organizaci&oacute;n de pantalla/frente, en donde se escond&iacute;an todos los marxistas habidos y por haber: antrop&oacute;logos, supuestos historiadores, ge&oacute;grafos, estudiantes, artistas, supuestos intelectuales, colectivos de estudio, feministas, etc.,&quot;</p>
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<div id=":1jb">2. KIDNAPPING OF COMMUNITY LEADER IN HUEHUETENANGO</p>
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<p>Here&#39;s a comunicado in written form from Waqib Kej Convergencia&#8230;This one touches me personally as I interviewed Daniel in January &#8212; he was one of the founders of the radio station Snuq Jolom Konob in Santa Eulalia. He had such a gentle intelligence.. humble but not a trace of subservience. I fervently hope that they are able to find him.</p>
<p>REPRESION EN GUATEMALA</p>
<p>La represi&oacute;n y violaci&oacute;n a los Derechos Humanos en Santa Eulalia y Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango sigue en ascenso. El pasado domingo 08 de abril han secuestrado en Santa Cruz Barillas al l&iacute;der comunitario Daniel Pedro del municipio de Santa Eulalia.<br />
		Daniel Pedro ha estado en la defensa del territorio de las comunidades de Santa Eulalia y Santa Cruz Barillas, siendo miembro de la Asamblea de Pueblos de Huehuetenango &ndash;ADH-, a participado en diferentes espacios de resistencia como la que actualmente est&aacute;n librando en el municipio de Barillas enfrentando la imposici&oacute;n de un Megaproyecto Hidroel&eacute;ctrico por parte de una empresa transnacional espa&ntilde;ola en contubernio con el Gobierno actual de Guatemala.</p>
<p>A 17 a&ntilde;os de firmados los acuerdos de paz, no se ha avanzado en el cumplimiento de los compromisos m&iacute;nimos, al contrario las violaciones a los Derechos Humanos van en aumento. La criminalizaci&oacute;n del movimiento social cada vez es m&aacute;s fuerte, en un marco de regreso al pasado de represi&oacute;n y militarizaci&oacute;n, secuestros y asesinatos a defensores de Derechos Humanos.</p>
<p>Lo que queda claro es la existencia de complicidad entre el gobierno y sectores empresariales para criminalizar y reprimir a todo aquel que se oponga a sus intereses y que reclaman sus derechos. El &uacute;nico inter&eacute;s de estos sectores empresariales es hacer negocios, no importa a costa de qu&eacute; o de qui&eacute;nes, a&uacute;n si estos negocios van en contra de los derechos humanos y los derechos colectivos de los pueblos ind&iacute;genas.</p>
<p>Como COORDINACI&Oacute;N Y CONVERGENCIA NACIONAL MAYA WAQIB`KEJ nos solidarizamos con los familiares de Daniel Pedro as&iacute; tambi&eacute;n con las comunidades de Santa Eulalia y Santa Cruz Barillas.</p>
<p>EXIGIMOS qu&eacute; las autoridades competentes tomen el caso de Daniel Pedro, ya que la vida del compa&ntilde;ero corre un gran riesgo, es necesario que se realicen las investigaciones respectivas y se d&eacute; con el paradero de nuestro hermano, as&iacute; como la captura de los hechores materiales e intelectuales de este nuevo hecho de violencia en las comunidades del &aacute;rea norte de Huehuetenango.</p>
<hr />3.Two new publications by GSN&rsquo;ers</p>
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<p>David Stoll and Timothy J. Smith have published chapters in the new volume, Anthropology and the Politics of Representation, edited by Gabriela Vargas-Cetina (U Alabama Press, 2013).</p>
<p>Strategic Essentialism, Scholarly Inflation, and the Political Litmus Tests: The Moral Economy of Hyping the Contemporary Mayas, by David Stoll</p>
<p>Matthew the Canadian Journalist: Engagement and Representation in Highland Guatemala, by Timothy J. Smith</p>
<p>For more on this volume, please visit <a href="http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Anthropology-and-the-Politics-of-Representation,5529.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.uapress.ua.edu/<wbr>product/Anthropology-and-the-<wbr>Politics-of-Representation,<wbr>5529.aspx</wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
<hr />4. MORE RIOS MONTT LINKS</p>
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<p><a href="http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/in-guatemala-violence-is-on-trial-but-current-repression-continues/" target="_blank">http://wagingnonviolence.org/<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>feature/in-guatemala-violence-<wbr>is-on-trial-but-current-<wbr>repression-continues/</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></p>
<hr />5.AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.,..</p>
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<p>Guatemala Approves Two Mining Licenses, Energy Ministry Says&lt;<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=W5SB6mUJv42NK3OOOUhA8IclgmVva91L" target="_blank">http://org.salsalabs.com/<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=<wbr>W5SB6mUJv42NK3OOOUhA8IclgmVva9<wbr>1L</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>&gt;<br />
		Adam Williams. Bloomberg. April 3, 2013</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></p>
<p>Guatemala&rsquo;s Energy and Mines Ministry awarded licenses to Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel, S.A. and Minera San Rafael S.A. to begin mineral extraction in Central America&rsquo;s largest economy, the ministry said in a statement published on its website.</p>
<p>Minera San Rafael S.A., which will mine for gold, silver nickel and cobalt, forecasts annual production around $400 million. The Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel, S.A., which will mine for nickel, cobalt and iron, has invested $380 million in the project to date, according to the ministry.</p>
<p>Extraction will be controlled to two regions of Guatemala and will generate around 3,000 employees, the ministry said.</p>
<p>To contact the reporter on this story: Adam Williams in San Jose, Costa Rica at <a href="mailto:awilliams111@bloomberg.net">awilliams111@bloomberg.net</a>.</p>
<hr />6. INTERESTING PIECE ON GUATEMALAN POLITICS FROM SPAIN</p>
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<p>Articulo: &nbsp;Guatemala, la transici&oacute;n requisad<br />
		<a href="http://www.jotdown.es/2013/04/guatemala-la-transicion-requisada/" target="_blank">http://www.jotdown.es/2013/04/<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>guatemala-la-transicion-<wbr>requisada/</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></p>
<hr />Thomas Offit<br />
	Associate Professor<br />
	Department of Anthropology<br />
	Baylor University<br />
	<a href="mailto:Thomas_Offit@baylor.edu">Thomas_Offit@baylor.edu</a></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; WAYS TO FOLLOW THE GUATEMALA GENOCIDE CASE &#8211; the &#34;trial of the century&#34; as some are calling it &#8211; that is currently underway in Guatemalan courts! Genocide survivors have awaited this moment for decades. -For a live-from-the-courtroom play-by-play in English and Spanish, check out https://twitter.com/NISGUA_Guate&#160; You do not have to be on twitter to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WAYS TO FOLLOW THE GUATEMALA GENOCIDE CASE &#8211; the &quot;trial of the century&quot; as some are calling it &#8211; that is currently underway in Guatemalan courts! Genocide survivors have awaited this moment for decades.</p>
<p>-For a live-from-the-courtroom play-by-play in English and Spanish, check out <a href="https://twitter.com/NISGUA_Guate" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/NISGUA_<wbr>Guate</wbr></a>&nbsp; <br />
	You do not have to be on twitter to read these quick, short messages about the trial.</p>
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<p>-For daily/regular summaries and commentaries in English, see <a href="http://www.riosmontt-trial.org/" target="_blank"> http://www.riosmontt-trial.<wbr><wbr>org/</wbr></wbr></a>&nbsp; and/or <a href="http://www.nisgua.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nisgua.blogspot.<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>com/</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p>-To watch live video coverage, go to <a href="http://www.paraqueseconozca.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://www.paraqueseconozca.<wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr>blogspot.com/&nbsp; <br />
		</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a>It&#39;s in Spanish, Ixil, and K&#39;iche&#39; Mayan, but if you don&#39;t speak any of those languages, you can at least get a sense for the scene.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can also access the audio at <a href="http://radio.cmiguate.org/" target="_blank"> http://radio.cmiguate.org/</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OBAMA AND &nbsp;HONDURAN DEATH SQUADS FROM THE GUARDIAN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=KxSvhmqrRny9XN0n1TqMlgD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank">Will Obama&#39;s Legacy Be a Death Squad Government in Honduras?</a></p>
<p>By Mark Weisbrot</p>
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<p>This article was published in The Guardian (UK) on March 30, 2013. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=UZpuynKus6yQ%2BQsHDZKGsgD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> the original</a>.</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=eZVwuWnOIIMxDidUC6uOFAD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> video</a>, caught randomly on a warehouse security camera, is chilling.&nbsp; Five young men are walking down a quiet street in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.&nbsp; A big black SUV pulls up, followed by another vehicle.&nbsp; Two masked men with bullet proof vests jump quickly out of the lead car, with AK-47&rsquo;s raised.&nbsp; The two youths who are closest to the vehicles see that they have no chance of running, so they freeze and put their hands in the air. The other three break into a sprint, with bullets chasing, and the second team of assassins firing. Miraculously, they escape, with one injured &ndash; but the two who surrendered are forced to lie face down on the ground. The two students, who were brothers 18 and 20 years old, are quickly murdered in front of the camera with bullets to the back of the head. In less than 40 seconds after their arrival, the assassins are driving away, never to be found.</p>
<p>The high level of professional training and modus operandi of the assassins have led <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=qt4Z38ZSzcrKGlE3Q8v4EwD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> many observers to conclude</a> that this was a government operation. The video was posted by <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=j73usR%2BGG0YrZGNtZXSkpQN0CSGP5%2FHO" target="_blank"> the newspaper El Heraldo</a> last month; the murder took place in November of last year.&nbsp; There have been no arrests.</p>
<p>Now the Obama administration is coming under fire for its role in arming and funding murderous Honduran police, in violation of U.S. law.&nbsp; Under the &ldquo;Leahy Law,&rdquo; named after Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, the U.S. government is not allowed to fund foreign military units who have committed gross human rights violations with impunity. The Director General of Honduras&rsquo; national police force, Juan Carlos Bonilla, is himself implicated in death squad killings; and members of the U.S. Congress have been complaining about it since Bonilla was appointed in May last year.&nbsp; Thanks to some excellent <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=2ziL5fTCWxXP5GlJD1uPQwD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> investigative reporting by the Associated Press</a> in the last couple of weeks &ndash; showing that all police units are in fact under Bonilla&rsquo;s command &#8212; it has become clearer that U.S. funding of Honduran police is illegal.</p>
<p>Now we will see if the &ldquo;rule of law&rdquo; or the &ldquo;separation of powers&rdquo; means very much here in the capital of the country that likes to lecture &ldquo;less developed&rdquo; countries about these principles.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Why would the Obama administration be so stubborn as to deceive and defy Congress in order to support death squad government in Honduras?&nbsp; To answer this question we have to look at how the current government of Honduras got to power, and how big a role its violent repression of political opposition plays in keeping it there.</p>
<p>The government of Honduran President Pepe Lobo was &ldquo;elected&rdquo; after a military coup overthrew the democratically elected government of President Mel Zelaya in June of 2009. &nbsp;Zelaya later told the press that Washington was involved in the coup itself; this is very believable, given the circumstantial evidence. But what we know for sure is that the Obama administration was heavily <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=7x4edJ3kH5x0gGjF6rVWAgD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> involved</a> in <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=YaPjFUpUVeUweoDhciCADwD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> helping the coup government survive</a> and legitimize itself. Washington supported Lobo&rsquo;s election in November 2009 against the opposition of almost the entire hemisphere. The Organization of American States and the European Union refused to send observers to an election that most of the world viewed as obviously illegitimate.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The coup unleashed a <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=qdMMeSn%2FTgPvODKJvjDGoAD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> wave of violence</a> against political dissent that continues to this day. Even the Truth and Reconciliation Commission established by the coup government itself found that it had &ldquo;undertaken political persecution. . . and that it was responsible for a number of killings committed by state agents and those acting at their behest, in addition to the widespread and violent repression of rights to speech, assembly, association . ..&rdquo;</p>
<p>This was noted by the Center for Constitutional Rights (New York) and the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, in <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=xKTHbWp%2BsKSPsljc8Ok47wD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> a report</a> [PDF] submitted to the International Criminal Court.&nbsp; &nbsp;The CCR/FIDH report also identifies &ldquo;over 100 killings, most of which are selective, or targeted killings, occurring even after two truth commissions concluded their investigations. &hellip;&rdquo;&nbsp; Their report goes through October 2012.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 60pt;">The killings are one horrific manifestation of the broader attack which is also characterized by death threats against activists, lawyers, journalists, trade unionists, and campesinos, as well as attempted killings, torture, sexual violence, arbitrary arrests and detentions. The True Commission [the second, independent Truth Commission] described the regime&rsquo;s &ldquo;attack&rdquo; as one of using terror as a means of social control &hellip;.</p>
<p>Which brings us the elections that are scheduled for later this year.&nbsp; There is once again a social democratic party in the race, including people who courageously defended democracy against the military coup of 2009.&nbsp; Its presidential candidate is Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the wife of the president that Washington worked so hard to get rid of. &nbsp;This party is among the victims of the government&rsquo;s political repression: in November, LIBRE mayoral candidate Edgardo Adalid Moti&ntilde;o was <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=T1sGg4JIdlbPzKlyC8z66wD2Ikmrc%2Beg" target="_blank"> gunned down</a> after attending a rally for Xiomara Zelaya.&nbsp;</p>
<p>So there you have it.&nbsp; A death squad government may not be the Obama administration&rsquo;s first choice for Honduras, but they prefer it to another left government that people might elect if they were able to organize in a free election.&nbsp; The current government belongs to Washington, as does the U.S. military base that the Pentagon would like to keep there indefinitely.</p>
<p>If all that sounds disgusting, and reminiscent of President Reagan&rsquo;s death squad governments in Central America of the 1980s, it&rsquo;s because it is both.&nbsp; The question right now is what are members of the U.S. Congress going to do about it?</p>
<p>Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.<br />
		Associate Professor<br />
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		Baylor University<br />
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	1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NICE PIECE ON RIOS MONTT TRIAL FROM NPR</p>
<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Canadian &lsquo;invasion&rsquo; of Guatemala&rsquo;s mines causing conflicts</p>
<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TROUBLING NEWS OF KIDNAPPING/ ASSASINATION OF INDIGENOUS LEADERS</p>
<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MORE ON RIOS MONTT FROM THE GRANITO TEAM&nbsp;</p>
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<p>&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NICE PIECE ON RIOS MONTT TRIAL FROM NPR</p>
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<p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in;">Canadian &lsquo;invasion&rsquo; of Guatemala&rsquo;s mines causing conflicts<br />
			Catherine Solyom. Montreal Gazeeta. March 22, 2013</p>
<p>MONTREAL &mdash; With her broad, patient smile, her work-worn hands folded over a traditional, woven skirt, Lolita Chavez is hardly a menacing figure.</p>
<p>Yet in Guatemala, Chavez has been branded a threat to national security and a terrorist for speaking out against the development of Canadian-owned mines against the people&rsquo;s will.</p>
<p>In Montreal Friday as part of a cross-country tour to draw attention to ongoing conflicts around mines &mdash; called &ldquo;Plan Nord, Plans Sud&rdquo; in Quebec &mdash; Chavez spoke to a crowded auditorium at UQ&Agrave;M about her experience and Canadians&rsquo; responsibility in the &ldquo;new invasion&rdquo; of her country.</p>
<p>First came the Spanish conquest, then the civil war in Guatemala that claimed some 200,000 lives, now come the Canadians, Chavez told the crowd of students, academics and activists.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Canadian companies are the main protagonists in this invasion that brings only death and destruction,&rdquo; said Chavez, the spokesperson for 87 indigenous K&rsquo;iche&rsquo; (Mayan) communities in Santa Cruz del Quich&eacute;, about 145 kilometres north west of Guatemala City. &ldquo;And when we say we don&rsquo;t want it, they say we are ignorant, or brutes, or we don&rsquo;t understand the benefits. But we have a right to say no.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Saying no has been dangerous for Chavez and others trying to stop mining development by transnational corporations, first and foremost, Vancouver based Goldcorp. A 2005 referendum showed widespread opposition by local communities to the opening of Goldcorp&rsquo;s Marlin gold mine, out of fears the mine would contaminate the water and soil in the agricultural region. The company and the government ignored the results, Chavez said, and the mine is still in operation, expecting to produce 200,000 ounces of gold this year.</p>
<p>Since community-led consultations on mining began in Quich&eacute; in 2010, the number of attacks on community leaders by government forces allied with the mining companies has increased, Chavez said. In 2011, there were eight attacks recorded. In 2012, there were 67, including threats, beatings and kidnappings.</p>
<p>Chavez recounted an incident in July last year when armed men called out for her by name after a local assembly.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t find me, but they beat the other women there. One of them lost her teeth. Why? Because we dared speak against the government and the mining companies.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She now has a full-time body guard, courtesy of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. Others haven&rsquo;t been so lucky. Arrest warrants were issued against eight women who were accused of cutting the electricity to the Marlin mine. (A hydroelectric tower was on one of the women&rsquo;s land.) Only after two years in court did a judge rule against Goldcorp, Chavez said, rescinding the arrest warrants and ordering the company to remove the tower.</p>
<p>Goldcorp could not be reached for comment Friday.</p>
<p>Last Sunday, four indigenous community leaders were attacked and kidnapped after participating in a local referendum on the Escobal silver mine in San Rafael Las Flores, that Tahoe Resources &mdash; 40 per cent owned by Goldcorp &mdash; wants to develop.</p>
<p>Two of the men escaped, but the vehicle of one of the other men was found Monday morning riddled with bullet holes, and with it, the body of Exaltaci&oacute;n Marcos Ucelo.</p>
<p>Edie Hofmeister, a spokesperson for Tahoe Resources, said the company was not involved in any such attack and condemns all violence and criminal activity in the area. Two security guards at the mine were killed in January by heavily armed trespassers, she said.</p>
<p>In Canada for the week, Chavez now wants to appeal to all those who would invest in the lucrative gold stocks.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Maybe you want to generate revenue for your pensions, invest more to earn more. We respect that,&rdquo; Chavez told the audience. &ldquo;But with all our hearts we say this kind of investment is generating death and destruction. Stop investing in mining because they are killing us.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Chavez&rsquo;s other strategy involves facing violence with love. At a recent gathering, she said, soldiers were sent in to intimidate and repress the activists. But instead of taking arms up themselves, the indigenous people sang and danced, and offered the soldiers food.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Canadians need to hear both sides of the story,&rdquo; Chavez said. &ldquo;Am I a terrorist?&rdquo;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">&nbsp;PART ONE: INFORMACI&Ograve;N URGENTE: FUE SECUESTRADO EL PRESIDENTE DEL PARLAMENTO DEL PUEBLO XINKA DE GUATEMALA Y MAYORDOMO PRINCIPAL DE LA COMUNIDAD DE SANTA MARIA XALAPAN JALAPA, JUNTO A OTROS LIDERES XINKAS CUANDO REGRESABAN DE UNA CONSULTA DE BUENA FE &#8230;EN &quot;CONTRA DE LA MINERIA EN EL TERRITORIO JALAPANECO&quot; POR HOMBRES FUERTEMENTE ARMADOS Y CON GORROS PASAMONTA&Ntilde;AS, LA PERSECUCI&Oacute;N, INTIMIDACI &Oacute;N, SECUESTRO A LIDERES IND&Iacute;GENAS ES EVIDENTE, NO MAS&#8230;.<br />
		NUESTRO TATA TIWIX, ARLUTA, TATA TZ&#39;IRIRE, URAY SAPUL, Y NUESTRO GRANDES ANCESTROS ACOMPA&Ntilde;ARAN A NUESTRO TEKUAN MAYOR ROBERTO GONZALEZ UCELO&#8230;..<br />
		NUESTRA ORACIONES Y CORAZON ESTAN CON USTEDES COMPA&Ntilde;EROS!!!!<br />
		NUESTRA LUCHA ES JUSTA Y NO SE DETENDRA!!!!!</p>
<p>El d&iacute;a de hoy lunes se ha encontrado sin vida al secretario de la junta directiva de Santa Mar&iacute;a Xalap&aacute;n Expectaci&oacute;n Marco y con vida pero muy golpeado y con signos de haber sido torturado a Rigoberto Aguilar , una de las autoridades principales del parlamento Xinca que fueron secuestrados por hombres armados que han actuado con gran violencia contra ellos. Se confirma que Roberto Gonz&aacute;lez, presidente del Parlamento Xinca&#8230;, todav&iacute;a no ha sido encontrado a pesar de la b&uacute;squeda que llevan a cabo pobladores coordinados por las autoridades xincas de Santa Mar&iacute;a Xalap&aacute;n, los cuales han informado de los hechos al alcalde de Mataquescuintla, Hugo Manfredo Loy. Cabe destacar la indignaci&oacute;n por parte de la poblaci&oacute;n pues a pesar de que se ha avisado a la PNC, esta no ha llegado al lugar, confirmamos la total ausencia de agentes de la PNC para ayudar en la b&uacute;squeda para esclarecer la desaparici&oacute;n forzada de nuestros compa&ntilde;eros.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CMIGUATEMALA?ref=stream" target="_blank">CMI-Centro de medios independientes Guatemala</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;PART Two: LA Coordinadora de Organizaciones Populares Ind&iacute;genas, de Iglesias, Sindicales y Campesinas del Oriente &ndash;COOPIISCO-</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Manifiesta:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Su profunda Preocupaci&oacute;n por el asesinato y Secuestro de lideres y autoridades de los territorios C`HORTI` y XINKAS. Estos Pueblos miembros de la COPIISCO en&nbsp; diez d&iacute;as han sido agredidos profundamente por criminales que tienen como practica, ASESINAR, SECUESTRAR Y AMENZAR a nuestros pueblos en la exigencia del cumplimiento&nbsp; de los Derechos Humanos individuales y colectivos. &nbsp;&nbsp; El 8 de marzo fue asesinado el compa&ntilde;ero Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez en el territorio CH`ORTI` sin que ha la fecha el ministerio Publico&nbsp; &nbsp;esclarezca el hecho y de con los criminales. El 17 de marzo en horas de la noche fueron secuestrados en el territorio XINKA cuatro autoridades&nbsp; Xinkas de Santa Maria Xalapan, &nbsp;de los cuales asesinaron al Compa&ntilde;ero exaltaci&oacute;n Marcos Ucelo y quedando fuertemente lastimados sufriendo vej&aacute;menes, ROBERTO USELO; presidente del Parlamento Xinka, Mayordomo y autoridad mayor, &nbsp;RIGOBERTO; Vicepresidente y autoridad mayor, Estos Hechos y muchos mas que han pasado en nuestros territorios son responsabilidad del Estado quien a trav&eacute;s de la agresi&oacute;n directa o a trav&eacute;s de declaraciones y acusaciones publicas infundadas a estigmatizado a nuestros pueblos y utilizando la legalidad retorciendo los mismos preceptos constitucionales &nbsp;para defender a empresas especialmente mineras energ&eacute;ticas y terratenientes &nbsp;y promoviendo consigo actos violentos por parte de un grupo que busca enriquecerse a costa de nuestro dolor y la destrucci&oacute;n de nuestro territorio, aprovech&aacute;ndose de la impunidad que gozan por parte del Estado.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Exigimos:</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Al Poder Ejecutivo&nbsp; no seguir estigmatizando a nuestro pueblo a trav&eacute;s de discursos mal intencionados que tienen como &uacute;nico objetivo de forma ilegal encarcelar o promover actos violentos en contra de nuestras autoridades ancestrales y lideres comunitarios como estrategia de protecci&oacute;n a capitales voraces que enlutan y agreden a nuestros territorios.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Que proteja la vida y la integridad de nuestros lideres que siguen siendo amenazados constantemente por fuerzas oscuras</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;AL Ministerio Publico investigar y Esclarecer el asesinato de Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez. L&iacute;der Sindical y Campesino del Territorio maya Ch&ograve;rti`.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Investigar y Esclarecer el secuestro y asesinato del compa&ntilde;ero encarnaci&oacute;n autoridad menor del territorio de Santa Maria Xalapan.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">El secuestro y luego liberaci&oacute;n del Compa&ntilde;ero Rigoberto y , Roberto Ucelo y pueda y recabar las pruebas suficientes de manera que se condene a los responsables de estos hechos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Al Poder Judicial, impartir justicia de manera imparcial y justa en estos hechos&nbsp; repudiables. A la comunidad Internacional &nbsp;solicitamos su vigilancia y solidaridad con nuestros pueblos para que la violaci&oacute;n de nuestros derechos y el asesinato selectivo no se convierta en una pol&iacute;tica de Estado o apoyada por el Estado que busca no contribuir con la construcci&oacute;n de una naci&oacute;n democr&aacute;tica y en paz.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Al Nuestros Pueblos los alentamos a unirnos para la preservaci&oacute;n de nuestros derechos y la construcci&oacute;n una naci&oacute;n plural democr&aacute;tica y en paz.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">COPIISCO, 19 de marzo, 2013.</p>
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<p>The long awaited trial of General Efra&iacute;n R&iacute;os Montt begins today,&nbsp;March 19, 2012. The brutal Guatemalan dictator&nbsp;will be the first head of state to be tried for genocide&nbsp;in genuine proceedings in his own country&#39;s justice system. &nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;R&iacute;os Montt and another ex-General, Jos&eacute; Mauricio Rodr&iacute;guez S&aacute;nchez,&nbsp;are&nbsp;going to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres committed against nearly 2000 Maya-Ixil civilians&nbsp;during a brutal scorched-earth military campaign conducted in 1982.&nbsp;Justice will be a key step in ending impunity for the atrocities committed during the war.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;Your voice can make a difference!&nbsp;Click <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-u/" target="_blank">here</a> to send an email calling on U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Arnold Chacon to attend the genocide trial and demonstrate the U.S. commitment to ending impunity. It&rsquo;s the least we can do.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-o/" target="_blank">Write now to Amabassador Chacon</a>!&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;WANT TO KNOW MORE? WATCH OUR FILMS THAT TELL THE STORIES BEHIND THE TRIAL.</p>
<p>In light of this historic trial, with our broadcast partner P.O.V. we are free streaming Granito: How to Nail a Dictator and When the Mountains Tremble, in English and Spanish versions.&nbsp; Watch them now by clicking on these links:<br />
						<a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-b/" target="_blank">Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (English)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-p/" target="_blank">Granito de Arena: Como Atrapar a un Dictador (Espa&ntilde;ol)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-x/" target="_blank">When the Mountains Tremble (English)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-m/" target="_blank">Cuando Las Monta&ntilde;as Tiemblan (Espa&ntilde;ol)</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;Skylight will be filming the trial starting today (thanks to generous and timely support from the Bertha Foundation) and posting periodic videoclips on<a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-c/" target="_blank"> our Journal</a> and the <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-q/" target="_blank"> Granito Facebook page.&nbsp;</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;The Open Society Justice Initiative &#8211; in collaboration with the National Security Archive, the International Center for Transitional Justice, and Plaza Publica &#8211; will post about the trials daily in the special blog they launched: <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-a/" target="_blank"> www.riosmontt-trial.org</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;Read the <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-f/" target="_blank"> New York Times article</a> that gives background on the trial and makes reference to Skylight&#39;s <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-z/" target="_blank">1982 interview</a> with R&iacute;os Montt that is being used as evidence in the case.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Visit the archive of memories about the Guatemalan armed conflict, <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-v/" target="_blank">Granito: Every Memory Matters</a>. The memories housed <a href="http://skylightpictures.createsend1.com/t/r-l-oquklt-ykhrdhnb-e/" target="_blank">here </a> make it impossible to shroud the past in silence.&nbsp; Please visit, learn, comment, and share.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">AAA DEADLINES COMING UP. ANYBODY LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS/ A HOME FOR THEIR PAPER? SEND ME A QUERY AND ILL POST IT!</p>
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	1. ARCHAEO-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY SYMPOSIUM AT UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE (SEE ABOVE)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">2. &nbsp;EXCELLENT SUMMER FIELDSCHOOL IN XELA HAS EXTENDED REGISTRATION</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">3. YOUTH IMMIGRANT ACTIVIST GROUP WINS MAJOR AWARD</p>
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<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ARCHEO-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY SYMPOSIUM AT UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE (SEE ATTCHED)</p>
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<p>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXCELLENT SUMMER FIELDSCHOOL IN XELA HAS EXTENDED REGISTRATION</p>
<p>&nbsp;Registration deadline extended to March 29&mdash;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Study the life and culture of the highland Maya</p>
<p>June 19&mdash;July 31, 2013</p>
<p>6 undergraduate credits in anthropology</p>
<p>Registration deadline: March 29, 2013</p>
<p>Program Director:&nbsp; Dr. Maury Hutcheson: <a href="mailto:mhutcheson@vcu.edu" target="_blank">mhutcheson@vcu.edu</a></p>
<p>Program cost: $2,250 (includes roundtrip airfare) plus applicable VCU tuition (6 credits&mdash;approx. $1,965)[1]</p>
<p>Course description:&nbsp; Based in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, this six-week program provides students with a comprehensive overview of Mayan indigenous life in Guatemala, past and present, including opportunities for individual and group research through participant observation, attendance at cultural events, lectures on selected topics, and excursions to museums and major archaeological sites dating from the earliest days of the Olmec/Maya transition to the contact-era capitals that were toppled by the Spanish conquistadors. Highland Guatemala provides an ideal setting in which to explore anthropological topics such as cultural pluralism, religious conservation and change, local responses to globalization, and cultural revitalization movements. Students will gain practical experience in a variety of ethnographic research techniques as well as the ethical dimension of anthropological fieldwork while exploring historical continuities and transformations in Mayan culture and religious practice, especially in response to economic globalization and tourism. Students live with Guatemalan families. Course instruction is in English, but incorporates two weeks of individualized one-on-one tutoring in Spanish. The program is especially well suited to students in anthropology, international studies, history, and religious studies. Interethnic relations between the Maya and their non-indigenous Ladino neighbors are a special focus of the program.</p>
<p>The international program fee of $2,250 includes the following:<br />
	Roundtrip airfare between Washington, DC and Guatemala City [2]<br />
	All accommodations in Guatemala<br />
	All meals while living with Guatemalan families<br />
	Study visits and cultural excursions to museums and archaeological sites<br />
	All ground transportation in Guatemala<br />
	On-site program director support<br />
	Application fee, deposit, and International Student Identification Card<br />
	(Personal expenses not included in the program fee are estimated at $600)</p>
<p>&nbsp;[1] Transfer credits are available for non-VCU students. The Virginia in-state tuition is $327.50 per credit ($1,965 total for six credits). Out-of-state students who participate in faculty-led VCU Study Abroad programs are eligible for a 40% discount on the regular out-of-state tuition costs. For 2013, the discounted out-of-state tuition for this program will be @ $532 per credit ($3.192 total for the six credits).</p>
<p>[2] Pending authorization, out-of-state students students may, in special cases, be permitted to depart from and/or return to a different major airport hub.</p>
<p>For more information, and to apply, visit the Global Education Office website.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">Program website: <a href="http://www.global.vcu.edu/abroad/programs/vcu/programdetail/p80.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.global.vcu.edu/<wbr>abroad/programs/vcu/<wbr>programdetail/p80.aspx</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YOUTH IMMIGRANT ACTIVIST GROUP WINS MAJOR AWARD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I thought you would be interested in this announcement.&nbsp; United We Dream, the largest network of youth-led immigrant activist organizations in the US,&nbsp; was selected recipient of the 2013 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism which includes a monetary prize of $100,000.&nbsp; The award ceremony will be held in NYC on May 5th.&nbsp; <br />
		With warm regards,<br />
		Marina Garde<br />
		Executive Director<br />
		Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)<br />
		799 Broadway, Suite 341<br />
		New York, NY 10003<br />
		Tel. <a href="tel:%2B1%20212%20674%205398" target="_blank" value="+12126745398">+1 212 674 5398</a><br />
		Fax. <a href="tel:%2B1%20212%20674%202101" target="_blank" value="+12126742101">+1 212 674 2101</a><br />
		<a href="http://www.alba-valb.org" target="_blank">www.alba-valb.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.<br />
		Associate Professor<br />
		Department of Anthropology<br />
		Baylor University<br />
		(254) 710-6226&nbsp;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; OXLAJUJ SUMMER KAQCHIQUEL COURSE STILL HAS SPOTS FOR SUMMER 2013 (SEE ATTCHAED FLYER) 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; STUDENT DOING THESIS RESERCH IN NEBAJ SEEKING ADVICE 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; WUKU&#8217; KAWOQ UPCOMING CONFERENCE &#8220;MAS QUE DESAROLLO&#8221; 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; SAD NEWS FROM THE CH&#8217;ORTI&#8217; REGION 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Seeking Expert on Country Conditions in Guatemala- Asylum Case 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; OXLAJUJ SUMMER KAQCHIQUEL COURSE STILL HAS...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OXLAJUJ SUMMER KAQCHIQUEL COURSE STILL HAS SPOTS FOR SUMMER 2013 (SEE ATTCHAED FLYER)</p>
<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STUDENT DOING THESIS RESERCH IN NEBAJ SEEKING ADVICE</p>
<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WUKU&rsquo; KAWOQ UPCOMING CONFERENCE &ldquo;MAS QUE DESAROLLO&rdquo;</p>
<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SAD NEWS FROM THE CH&rsquo;ORTI&rsquo; REGION</p>
<p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Seeking Expert on Country Conditions in Guatemala- Asylum Case</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OXLAJUJ SUMMER KAQCHIQUEL COURSE STILL HAS SPOTS FOR SUMMER 2013 (SEE ATTCHAED FLYER)&nbsp;</p>
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<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STUDENT DOING THESIS RESERCH IN NEBAJ SEEKING ADVICE</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have contacted the Guatemalan Scholars Network, because I am currently living in Santa Maria Nebaj, Ixil, Guatemala. I am a student from Utrecht University in The Netherlands, doing fieldwork in Nebaj to write my&nbsp;bachelors-thesis. My research is about religion, witchcraft the interaction in between and the consequences of witchcraft on social relations within communities and social life. I am wondering if there are any contacts or information that might be helpful to do my research.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope to hear from you soon,&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear regards,<br />
	Lilian van der Zwet</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lilian@vdzwet.com" target="_blank">lilian@vdzwet.com</a></p>
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<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WUKU&rsquo; KAWOQ UPCOMING CONFERENCE &ldquo;MAS QUE DESAROLLO&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">M&aacute;s que Desarrollo: Organizando Sistemas Comunitarias en Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3ra Conferencia Bienal Hacia &ldquo;Un Futuro Colectivo&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">18-20 octubre 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patz&uacute;n, Guatemala</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.futuroscolectivos.com" target="_blank">www.futuroscolectivos.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Description:&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;Mas que Desarrollo&rdquo; is a biennial international conference whose focus is to bring together international, regional, and local community actors involved in grass-roots development work and research in Guatemala. A major focus of the conference is translating the research and the experience of participants and attendees into new creative and practical solutions to community problems. This is not just a conference for researchers or development professionals. It is specifically meant to bring together participants from diverse perspectives, especially participants who are engaged in direct community based action.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2012, calls for organized and creative solutions to complex community problems in Guatemala were frequently heard in the news and in official policy statements from the newly elected Guatemalan government and from international agencies. At the same time, the ongoing financial recession, coupled with inadequate access to health, education, and local infrastructure, continued to undermine the viability and security of communities of all sizes. Nevertheless, community organizing, and the formation of effective partnerships with international and regional aid organizations, private enterprise, and local government, continued unabated, particularly around core issues, such as child nutrition, infrastructure development, and environmental advocacy and land rights.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We plan a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary conversation on community organizing and overcoming barriers to development in Guatemala. Participants can propose talks on whatever themes are of interest to them, however we are particularly interested in addressing the following questions:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How can we overcome the urban-rural divide in Guatemala, which segregates human service resources in urban centers, often making them inaccessible?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How does violence and political insecurity affect community life, and what can we do about it?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What is the role of private industry and philanthropy in fostering community development, and how can we improve its effectiveness?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are their examples of effective collaborations between community leadership and larger regional or international entities, and what can we learn from them?&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How to submit proposals:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Proposals should consist of an abstract of 150 words or less and should be sent by email to <a href="mailto:contact@wuqukawoq.org" target="_blank">contact@wuqukawoq.org</a> prior to June1, 2013. Notification of proposal acceptance will be prior to June 15, 2013.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any questions should be addressed to Peter Rohloff (<a href="mailto:peter@wuqukawoq.org" target="_blank">peter@wuqukawoq.org</a>).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference costs: Attendance at the conference will be free of charge for Guatemalan community participants and community-based organizations.International attendees and representatives of international and national nongovernmental organizations, both presenters and non-presenters, should submit a nonrefundable payment of $75.00 at the conference website <a href="http://www.futuroscolectivos.com/" target="_blank">www.futuroscolectivos.com</a>. This payment will be used to offset costs of attendance for community participants.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Travel and Lodging: Conference attendees are responsible for arranging their own transportation and lodging. A list of local accommodations and travel resources will be sent out at a later date.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Prior conferencesThe first &ldquo;Mas que Desarrollo&rdquo; conference was held in 2009 in Santiago Sacatep&eacute;quez. Proceedings from that conference in Spanish and Kaqchikel are available for download from the conference website.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second conference was held in 2011 in Patz&uacute;n. Proceedings from that conference in Spanish, Kaqchikel, and Chuj will be available at the 2013 conference and subsequently for download.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sponsors</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The &ldquo;Mas que Desarrollo&rdquo; conference series was begun in 2009 by Wuqu&rsquo; Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization committed to high-quality development work in Kaqchikel and K&rsquo;ichee&rsquo; speaking communities in Guatemala</p>
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<p>&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SAD NEWS FROM THE CH&rsquo;ORTI&rsquo; REGION</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Prensa Comunitaria</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Escuche en el Blog los audios de la conferencia de prensa y declaraciones de Omar Jer&oacute;nimo de la Asociaci&oacute;n Campesina Camoteca&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<a href="http://comunitariapress.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://comunitariapress.<wbr>blogspot.com</wbr></a></p>
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<h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; min-height: 0px;">VIERNES, 8 DE MARZO DE 2013</h2>
<h3 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="http://comunitariapress.blogspot.mx/2013/03/asesinan-luchador-social-que-dedico-su.html" target="_blank">Asesinan a luchador social que dedic&oacute; su vida a defender la vida</a></h3>
<p>Por: Redacci&oacute;n Prensa Comunitaria&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Nuevamente la sociedad organizada, las comunidades que luchan, est&aacute;n conmocionadas e indignadas, pues pareciera que defender la vida, el agua y el territorio significa perder la propia vida. &iquest;A qui&eacute;nes les interesa que luchadores sociales dejen de existir? &iquest;A qui&eacute;nes les interesa disminuir y callar las voces de quienes denuncian que el saqueo y robo del agua, la tierra, los minerales afectan la vida de todos y todas?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Organizaciones sociales locales y nacionales denunciaron en conferencia de Prensa en Chiquimula el asesinato del luchador social y sindicalista&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez Mendoza&nbsp;y exigieron a las autoridades su esclarecimiento inmediato. El hecho ocurri&oacute; este ocho de marzo a las 8:30 de la ma&ntilde;ana, en El Florido -Camot&aacute;n- en el km 210, cuando se dirig&iacute;a hacia Chiquimula. Desde hace un a&ntilde;o seg&uacute;n denuncian familiares se encontraba amenazado<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Qui&eacute;n era Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez Mendoza</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez Mendoza fue dirigente del sindicato de salud, trabaj&oacute; en el Centro de Salud de Camot&aacute;n siendo encargado de las actividades de Cultura y Deportes por el departamento de Chiquimula. Tambi&eacute;n fue parte de la Asociaci&oacute;n Campesina Camoteca,&nbsp;miembro de la Comisi&oacute;n Pol&iacute;tica y de la Coordinadora de Organizaciones Populares, Ind&iacute;genas, Iglesias, Sindicales y Campesinas de Oriente (COPIISCO) e integrante del Frente Nacional de Lucha.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Reconocido l&iacute;der comunitario en Camot&aacute;n, defensor de los derechos del pueblo Ch&acute;orti&acute;, luch&oacute; incansablemente por la defensa de los bienes naturales y de el territorio, en contra de las industrias extractivas, hidroel&eacute;ctricas y mineras en la regi&oacute;n oriente defendiendo el derecho a una vida digna y la salud de las comunidades.&rdquo;<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a>&nbsp;&ldquo;Su &uacute;nico delito fue luchar por la justicia social por darle un gran amor al pr&oacute;jimo.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Amenazas en el territorio Ch&acute;orti&acute;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Esta regi&oacute;n en la que habitan los pueblos Ch&acute;orti&acute;s -principalmente en los municipios de Jocot&aacute;n, Camot&aacute;n, San Juan Ermita, Olopa en Chiquimula y la Uni&oacute;n en Zacapa-, ha vivido en medio de alarma en los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os, debido a que forma parte de lo que el gobierno y organismos internacionales han denominado Corredor Seco, porque los problemas que ha enfrentado su poblaci&oacute;n como consecuencia de la sequ&iacute;a son innumerables. Tambi&eacute;n ha sido evidente el impacto de los problemas hist&oacute;ricos de saqueo y despojo, que han&nbsp;tra&iacute;do&nbsp;consigo niveles de pobreza que, sumada a la sequ&iacute;a, han llevado desnutrici&oacute;n cr&oacute;nica y aguda dejando muerte y enfermedades.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Ahora resulta que sumado a esta situaci&oacute;n, los gobiernos abren las puertas a la inversi&oacute;n extranjera lo cual evidencia no solo una gran irresponsabilidad hist&oacute;rica y pol&iacute;tica pues muestra el desinter&eacute;s por resolver los problemas del pa&iacute;s, sino que adem&aacute;s solo beneficiar&aacute;n a las empresas a costa de la vida de la poblaci&oacute;n.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">En esta regi&oacute;n existen planes de construcci&oacute;n de tres plantas hidroel&eacute;ctricas:&nbsp;El Puente&nbsp;yEl Or&eacute;gano&nbsp;en Jocot&aacute;n y el proyecto&nbsp;Caparj&aacute;&nbsp;en Camot&aacute;n. Todo esto forma parte delSistema de Interconexi&oacute;n el&eacute;ctrica para los pa&iacute;ses de Am&eacute;rica Central&nbsp;-SIEPAC- y el Corredor Tecnol&oacute;gico, que afectar&aacute; a varios municipios y por su puesto a la poblaci&oacute;n&nbsp;<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a>. Uno de los problemas importantes a se&ntilde;alar es que, como ocurre en todo el pa&iacute;s, la poblaci&oacute;n no ha sido informada por las autoridades ni ha sido consultada sobre estos proyectos que evidentemente les afectar&aacute;n.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">El proyecto de construcci&oacute;n de la&nbsp;Hidroel&eacute;ctrica El Or&eacute;gano&nbsp;es desarrollado por la empresa&nbsp;Desarrollo de Generaci&oacute;n El&eacute;ctrica y Recursos Naturales Las Tres Ni&ntilde;as, que a su vez forma parte de&nbsp;American Trans Group. Eststar&aacute; ubicado entre Zacapa y Chiquimula, en&nbsp;Jocot&aacute;n en&nbsp;particular, afectando a las comunidades Las Flores, Guareruche, Or&eacute;gano, Tierra Blanca, Morrito, Santa B&aacute;rbara y Guaraquiche. Esta &nbsp;empresa instalar&aacute; otro de sus proyectos en Camot&aacute;n.<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Coincidentemente el d&iacute;a que asesinan a Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez se iba a realizar una&nbsp;consulta comunitaria en la aldea Las Flores.&nbsp;Era muy especial, pues serv&iacute;a para que el Registro de Informaci&oacute;n Catastral &#8211; RIC- aceptara que la poblaci&oacute;n sea declarada como&nbsp;comunidad ind&iacute;gena.&nbsp;Eso permite el ejercicio de su derecho hist&oacute;rico sobre su territorio y que sea realice una medici&oacute;n colectiva de las tierras, entrando en disputa con los intereses de dicha empresa. En esta consulta se har&iacute;a en presencia de personas del RIC y del Concejo Municipal y se levantar&iacute;a un acta. La actividad no se llev&oacute; a cabo pues s&oacute;lo asistieron miembros del Concejo m&aacute;s no el RIC.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Otro caso de criminalizaci&oacute;n de la lucha</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Las organizaciones sociales del &aacute;rea Ch&acute;orti&acute;, sindicatos de salud y otras organizaciones, hacen un llamado de emergencia a la comunidad nacional e internacional. Tambi&eacute;n lo hacen los pueblos a lo largo y ancho del pa&iacute;s, ante la amenaza de un nuevo despojo y el uso de la violencia indiscriminada en contra de quienes defienden con legitimidad sus derechos a vivir en estas tierras y a proteger la naturaleza y la vida.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Una de las estrategias que est&aacute;n usando tanto las empresas como el gobierno es la criminalizaci&oacute;n&nbsp;de la lucha, que va desde la estigmatizaci&oacute;n, la persecuci&oacute;n penal, el encarcelamiento, llegando al asesinato, tal y como ocurri&oacute; hoy con&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez Mendoza.&nbsp;Dirigentes sindicales en conferencia de prensa denunciaron que&nbsp;&ldquo;hay una estrategia en contra del movimiento popular que va desde coartar o comprar y sino asesinar a los dirigentes<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn5" target="_blank">[5]</a>&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;">&ldquo;El asesinato de Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez es una amenaza a la sociedad guatemalteca porque est&aacute;n asesinando a defensores de derechos humanos, aquellas personas que hablan por las mayor&iacute;as que no se atreven o tienen miedo a hablar&rdquo;&nbsp;Fue criminalizado, encarcelado y judicializado, tal como lo denuncian sus compa&ntilde;eros: &quot;es algo que no se puede obviar&quot;,pues era muy activo en su actividad como luchador social.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Este crimen es el resultado de la campa&ntilde;a de estigmatizaci&oacute;n, criminalizaci&oacute;n y judicializaci&oacute;n de las luchas sociales en favor de los derechos del pueblo en Guatemala. Esta campa&ntilde;a negra que pretende deslegitimar la protesta social contra el hambre, el desempleo, la destrucci&oacute;n de los bosques, el robo de los r&iacute;os, el despojo de tierras comunales y el saqueo de los bienes naturales que sustentan la vida de nuestros pueblos&quot;.<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p>
<p>Y es que en Guatemala con mucha facilidad se acusa de terrorismo a cualquier persona que defiende sus derechos m&aacute;s elementales. Las empresas, a trav&eacute;s de sus operadores o representantes, pueden &nbsp;acusar&nbsp;con lujo de impunidad&nbsp;a cualquier persona, e inmediatamente las fuerzas de seguridad del Estado y sistema de justicia se prestan para garantizar la inversi&oacute;n de capitales para el despojo y el saqueo al perseguir y encarcelarles.</p>
<p>En este mecanismo perverso, que lamentablemente se hace cada vez m&aacute;s com&uacute;n, los medios de comunicaci&oacute;n corporativos juegan un papel clave, pues reproducen este discurso y van creando condiciones subjetivas en la poblaci&oacute;n para justificar este tipo de actividades injustas y muchas veces ilegales. Este discurso culpabilizador queda claro en las declaraciones que diera Adolfo V&aacute;squez, gerente de la mancomunidad Cop&aacute;n-Chort&iacute;&nbsp; acusando a los l&iacute;deres sociales diciendo que&nbsp;&ldquo;manipularon a los campesinos de varias comunidades, asegur&aacute;ndoles que el alcalde de Jocot&aacute;n se hab&iacute;a fugado a los Estados Unidos con el dinero de la venta de la tierra tras emborrachar a los participantes en una manifestaci&oacute;n.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn7" target="_blank">[7]</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Algunos hechos&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;El 30 de marzo&nbsp;del 2010 hubo una concentraci&oacute;n p&uacute;blica en que la poblaci&oacute;n de esta regi&oacute;n manifest&oacute; su oposici&oacute;n a los proyectos de interconexi&oacute;n el&eacute;ctrica.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;El 12 de octubre&nbsp;del 2010&nbsp;hubo una concentraci&oacute;n masiva, a la vez hubo una serie de hechos que concluyeron en la quema de la Municipalidad de Jocot&aacute;n. Los medios de comunicaci&oacute;n corporativos nacionales se&ntilde;alaron de estos hechos a&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez,Omar Jer&oacute;nimo&nbsp;e incluso a la iglesia cat&oacute;lica; mientras Saul Oswaldo Rodr&iacute;guez,&nbsp;el S&iacute;ndico de Jocot&aacute;n, &nbsp;les acus&oacute; de&nbsp;&ldquo;mal informar a la a la poblaci&oacute;n sobre el corredor tecnol&oacute;gico, lo cual fue utilizado para incitar a los pobladores a quemar la municipalidad y otros edificios&quot;.&nbsp;<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftn8" target="_blank">[8]</a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez Mendoza&nbsp;hab&iacute;a recibido desde entonces constantes amenazas, vigilancia e intimidaciones incluso de grupos armados, lo cual motiv&oacute; el acompa&ntilde;amiento internacional de instancias de derechos humanos como Brigadas de Paz.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">El 13 de octubre&nbsp;se emitieron &oacute;rdenes de captura en contra de&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez&nbsp;y&nbsp;Santos V&aacute;squez. Los medios de comunicaci&oacute;n les hab&iacute;an se&ntilde;alado por los hechos ocurridos el d&iacute;a anterior y se le acus&oacute; de haber quemado la municipalidad de Jocot&aacute;n. Sin embargo miembros de la&nbsp;Asociaci&oacute;n Campesina Camoteca&nbsp;denuncian que fue encarcelado por haber participado en una manifestaci&oacute;n que hab&iacute;a ocurrido meses antes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">El 15 de noviembre&nbsp;de 2010 fueron detenidos&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez&nbsp;junto a&nbsp;Santos V&aacute;squez, acusados de actividad en contra de la seguridad interior de la naci&oacute;n, reuniones y manifestaciones il&iacute;citas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">El 16 de noviembre&nbsp;de 2010 fueron liberados. El juez los lig&oacute; a proceso, fij&oacute; una fianza y arresto domiciliario, teniendo que presentarse al juzgado cada 15 d&iacute;as y les prohibi&oacute; &nbsp;&quot;promover o participar en actividades il&iacute;citas.&quot;&nbsp;Esto muestra c&oacute;mo el enjuiciamiento es una estrategia de criminalizaci&oacute;n que pretende frenar las luchas sociales leg&iacute;timas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Abril de 2011&nbsp;se otorg&oacute; la licencia para la instalaci&oacute;n a la empresa Las Tres Ni&ntilde;as S.A.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">2011&nbsp;El Frente Nacional de Lucha puso un recurso de exhibici&oacute;n personal para&nbsp;Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez, sin embargo las autoridades nunca constataron ni investigaron nada al respecto.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">La poblaci&oacute;n Ch&acute;orti&acute;, organizaciones sociales y sindicales y los pueblos en general en Guatemala, exigen a gritos que cese la persecuci&oacute;n y la criminalizaci&oacute;n de las luchas sociales y que se respete la vida y el territorio, pues estamos viviendo momentos dif&iacute;ciles en donde parece que por encima de la vida est&aacute;n los intereses econ&oacute;micos. Estamos ante un nuevo despojo y una ola de violencia que es preciso detener.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[1]</a>&nbsp;Mi Chiquimula. <a href="http://www.michiquimula.com" target="_blank">http://www.michiquimula.com</a>.<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[2]</a>&nbsp;Declaraciones de organizaciones sociales en conferencia de prensa. Chiquimula, 8 de marzo de 2013.<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[3]</a>&nbsp;Brigadas Internacionales de Paz &ndash; Proyecto Guatemala. Paquete de Informaci&oacute;n mensual sobre Guatemala. Marzo de 2011.&nbsp;<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[4]</a>&nbsp;Con informaci&oacute;n de la nota de prensa de El Peri&oacute;dico el 20 de abril del 2011.&nbsp;<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[5]</a>&nbsp;Luis Lara en conferencia de prensa. Chiquimula, 8 de marzo de 2013.&nbsp;<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[6]</a>&nbsp;Omar Jer&oacute;nimo en conferencia de Prensa. Chiquimula, 8 de marzo de 2013.&nbsp;<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[7]</a>&nbsp;Arce, Alberto. Primer enfrentamiento con comunidades por el corredor. Plaza P&uacute;blica.&nbsp;<br />
		<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545198180060946170#_ftnref" target="_blank">[8]</a>&nbsp;Prensa Libre,14 de octubre de 2010&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Escuche el audio de la Conferencia de Prensa realizada en el departamento de Chiquimula, Guatemala en relaci&oacute;n al asesinato de Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez, l&iacute;der campesino, ind&iacute;gena y sindical de la regi&oacute;n:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">&ldquo;Al pueblo Chort&iacute; le hacemos un llamado para fortalecer la unidad para la defensa del territorio frente a las grandes amenazas de hidroel&eacute;ctricas y miner&iacute;a para salvaguardar la vida, los bienes naturales y la cultura, para no olvidar el trabajo realizado por el compa&ntilde;ero Carlos Hern&aacute;ndez que dio su vida por el bien del pueblo.&rdquo; Omar Jer&oacute;nimo dirigente campesino e ind&iacute;gena.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Seeking Expert on Country Conditions in Guatemala- Asylum Case</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Fritz Shadley and I&rsquo;m an attorney with the law firm Winston &amp; Strawn in Chicago.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve recently taken on a pro bono case involving the asylum application of a man from Guatemala, and I write in search of your help.&nbsp; My client saw his childhood friend murdered in the streets of Guatemala City.&nbsp; Because he testified against a number of the &ldquo;sicarios&rdquo;&nbsp; responsible for the crime, he and his family have been the targets of near continuous death threats from members of the responsible drug gang.&nbsp; After living in hiding for a few years, my client fled to the United States and now seeks asylum.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I&rsquo;m looking for an expert on country conditions in Guatemala who would be willing to write an affidavit and testify regarding those conditions.&nbsp; Though I am open to anyone, I would prefer someone who has experience serving as an expert in asylum cases.&nbsp; While we would offer compensation for your work, our funding is somewhat limited because this is a pro bono matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; If interested, please contact me via email at: <a href="mailto:fshadley@winston.com" target="_blank">fshadley@winston.com</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,<br />
		Fritz Shadley</p>
<p>Frederic C. Shadley</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate</p>
<p>Winston &amp; Strawn LLP<br />
		35 W. Wacker Drive<br />
		Chicago, IL 60601-9703<br />
		D: <a href="tel:%2B1%20%28312%29%20558-3271" target="_blank" value="+13125583271">+1 (312) 558-3271</a><br />
		<a href="tel:%2B1%20%28312%29%20558-3271" target="_blank" value="+13125583271">F: </a><a href="tel:%2B1%20%28312%29%20558-5700" target="_blank" value="+13125585700">+1 (312) 558-5700</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.<br />
		Associate Professor<br />
		Department of Anthropology<br />
		Baylor University<br />
		(254) 710-6226</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>BREAKTHROUGH REGARDING LEGAL LIABILITY OF CANADIAN MINING CORPORATIONS FOR ABUSES OVERSEAS</p>
<p><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>EXPERT WITNESS NEEDED ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN GUATEMALA</p>
<p><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>GREAT NEW PIECE ON BUSINESS ETHICS AND MINING IN GUATEMALA &nbsp;BY GSN&rsquo;ER MICHAEL DOUGHERTY</p>
<p><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>AVANCSO BREAK-IN: ONE MONTH LATER</p>
<p><span lang="ES-GT" style="color:#222222"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span lang="ES-GT" style="color:#222222">HISTORICAL PUZZLE REGARDING HERNAN CORTES</span></p>
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<p>&nbsp;1. BREAKTHROUGH REGARDING LEGAL LIABILITY OF CANADIAN MINING CORPORATIONS FOR ABUSES OVERSEAS</p>
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<p>&gt; Civil Trials Against Hudbay Minerals To Proceed In Canadian Courts, March 4-5</p>
<p>&gt; There has been a precedent-setting development in Mayans&rsquo; lawsuits against Hudbay Minerals over shootings and rapes at the nickel mine site in Guatemala.</p>
<p>&gt; &ldquo;This is a stunning victory for our clients, and paves the way for future lawsuits against Canadian mining companies.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&gt; (Lawyer Murray Klippenstein)</p>
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<p>&gt; BELOW: Press Release from Klippensteins law firm</p>
<p>&gt; Rights Action is honored to support and work with the nickel-mining harmed communities of eastern Guatemala since 2004, including their efforts to seek justice and remedy in Canadian courts in their three cases against Hudbay Minerals.</p>
<p>&gt; Thank-you to all who have donated funds and otherwise supported their struggle for justice and remedy.</p>
<p>&gt; In conjunction with the Breaking the Silence network, Rights Action is bringing one of the plaintiffs &ndash; Angelica Choc &ndash; to Toronto to attend the trial, March 4-5.&nbsp; There will be public events in and around Toronto &hellip; (more information to follow.)</p>
<p>&gt; MORE INFORMATION:</p>
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<p>&gt; Grahame Russell, Rights Action</p>
<p>&gt; Cel: 860-751-4285</p>
<p>&gt; <a href="mailto:info@rightsaction.org" target="_blank">info@rightsaction.org</a></p>
<p>&gt; <a href="http://www.rightsaction.org" target="_blank">www.rightsaction.org</a></p>
<p>&gt; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rightsaction.org" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/rightsaction.<wbr>org</wbr></a></p>
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<p>&gt; BREAKTHROUGH REGARDING LEGAL LIABILITY OF CANADIAN MINING CORPORATIONS FOR ABUSES OVERSEAS</p>
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<p>&gt; Mayans&#39; lawsuit against HudBay over shootings and rapes at mine in Guatemala to proceed in Canadian courts</p>
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<p>&gt; TORONTO, ONTARIO&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; Feb. 25, 2013) &#8211; In an important precedent-setting development for the accountability of Canadian mining companies for alleged overseas human rights abuses, victims of rape and murder at a Guatemalan mine are now able to sue a Canadian mining company in Canadian courts.</p>
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<p>&gt; Guatemalan Mayan villagers who are suing Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals for the alleged gang-rapes of eleven women, the killing of community leader Adolfo Ich and the shooting and paralyzing of German Chub at HudBay&#39;s former mining project in Guatemala recently learned that HudBay has abruptly abandoned its legal argument that the lawsuit should not be heard in Canada, just before an Ontario court was set to determine the issue. As a result, and for the first time, a lawsuit against a Canadian mining company over alleged human rights abuses abroad will be heard in Canadian courts.</p>
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<p>&gt; &quot;This is a stunning victory for human rights, and paves the way for future lawsuits against Canadian mining companies&quot; said Murray Klippenstein, lawyer for the Mayan plaintiffs. &quot;Corporations be warned &#8211; this case clearly shows that Canadian companies can be sued in Canadian courts for alleged human rights atrocities committed at their foreign operations.&quot;</p>
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<p>&gt; HudBay had filed extensive legal briefs arguing that the lawsuit should be heard in Guatemala, not Canada, dspite overwhelming evidence indicating that Guatemala&#39;s justice system is dysfunctional, making it impossible for the victims to get justice there. According to the United Nations, Guatemala is one of &quot;the world&#39;s most violent countries officially at peace&quot;. According to Human Rights Watch, 99.75% of violent crime in Guatemala goes unpunished due to corruption, and intimidation and attacks against judges and witnesses.</p>
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<p>&gt; &quot;HudBay fought Angelica, Rosa, and their co-plaintiffs tooth and nail on this issue for over a year, forcing survivors of rape to travel to Toronto to endure extensive cross-examination and forcing us to spend countless hours compiling stacks of evidence, expert reports, and witness testimony.&quot; said Murray Klippenstein. &quot;Now the defendant&#39;s legal resistance on this key point has collapsed. Rosa, Margarita and their co-plaintiffs should be praised for the courage and determination they have shown through this difficult process.&quot;</p>
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<p>&gt; While this development effectively removes the legal argument that the case cannot be heard in Canada, other hurdles facing the Mayan villagers in their quest for justice remain. HudBay continues to rely on antiquated corporate law concepts to argue in the Canadian court that its corporate head-office is not legally responsible for the harms caused by its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary corporation. The lawsuits continue in Ontario courts.</p>
<p>&gt; Klippensteins Barristers &amp; Solicitors</p>
<p>&gt; Murray Klippenstein</p>
<p>&gt; (416) 598-0288 or (416) 937-8634</p>
<p>&gt; OR</p>
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<p>&gt; Cory Wanless</p>
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<p>&gt; (647) 886-1914</p>
<p>&gt; <a href="http://www.chocversushudbay.com%3chttp:/www.chocversushudbay.com/" target="_blank"> www.chocversushudbay.com&lt;http:<wbr>//www.chocversushudbay.com/</wbr></a>&gt;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;2. EXPERT WITNESS NEEDED ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN GUATEMALA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I received your contact information through the Guatemala Scholars Network. &nbsp;I am a second year law student at Berkeley Law and am currently working on an affirmative asylum application for a Guatemalan female client. &nbsp;I am writing to ask if you would be willing to write a very general letter we can use in support of my client&#39;s application. &nbsp;This letter of support would be considered a &quot;Declaration of a Guatemalan Expert&quot; for my case. &nbsp;In the letter, you would briefly discuss your position at your institution and your area(s) of study, and then share what you believe is true regarding any and/or all of the following based on your own research: 1) social norms, gender equality, and gender-based violence in Guatemala; 2) violence against indigenous Mayan communities, specifically against indigenous women in Guatemala; 3) the impact of gang violence on women in Guatemala; 4) lack of access to health care for women and the&nbsp;prevalence&nbsp;of HIV in Guatemala; 5) government and police corruption in relation to protecting women against gender-based violence. &nbsp; If you are available to write this letter before the end of the first week of March we would truly appreciate it. &nbsp;I can provide you with a format for the declaration, as well as an example of a country expert declaration if you would like. &nbsp;Thank you so much for your time.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marisol</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8211; <br />
		<span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#595959">Marisol Le&oacute;n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<wbr>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. &nbsp;GREAT NEW PIECE ON BUSINESS ETHICS AND MINING IN GUATEMALA &nbsp;BY GSN&rsquo;ER MICHAEL DOUGHERTY</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but a new piece of mine about Goldcorp in Guatemala just came out in early view in the Journal of Business Ethics.&nbsp; The link is here <br />
		<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10551-013-1643-0" target="_blank">http://link.springer.com/<wbr>article/10.1007%2Fs10551-013-<wbr>1643-0</wbr></wbr></a> , and if folks don&#39;t have access through their libraries they can contact me at <a href="mailto:mdoughe@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">mdoughe@ilstu.edu</a>.&nbsp; The article is about the social meaning of terrain and how it comes to mean differently in different parts of Guatemala, thus affecting responses to mining.&nbsp; It&#39;s also got a lot of empirical detail on Goldcorp&#39;s CSR practices</p>
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<pre>Michael L. Dougherty

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Illinois State University</pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;4. AVANCSO BREAK-IN: ONE MONTH LATER</p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center">&nbsp;<b><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">La Asociaci&oacute;n</span></b><b><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales en Guatemala (AVANCSO)</span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A un mes del allanamiento de nuestras oficinas</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Agradecemos las muestras de solidaridad ante este hecho, mismas que han sido manifestadas de innumerables maneras por parte de diversas organizaciones, academia, amigas, amigos tanto en Guatemala como en el extranjero.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Apreciamos y nos reconforta saber que el trabajo en investigaci&oacute;n en Ciencias Sociales es valorado por diversos actores, lo cual nos alienta a seguir cumpliendo nuestra tarea a favor del desarrollo en Guatemala y de las ciencias sociales en general.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Manifestamos nuestra preocupaci&oacute;n de que a un mes de este hecho, de nuevo, en la madrugada del domingo 17 de febrero, personas desconocidas trataran de ingresar a nuestras instalaciones por la jardinera del segundo nivel. Lo interpretamos como un nuevo intento de intimidaci&oacute;n hacia nuestra instituci&oacute;n.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Solicitamos en&eacute;rgicamente a las autoridades competentes y en espec&iacute;fico al Ministerio P&uacute;blico la investigaci&oacute;n exhaustiva para dar con los responsables de estos actos.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222">Guatemala</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222">, 18 de febrero&nbsp;del&nbsp;2013.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.avancso.org.gt/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">www.avancso.org.gt</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-GT" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222">Siguenos en Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/Avancso.Guatemala?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">http://www.facebook.<wbr>com/Avancso.Guatemala?fref=ts</wbr></span></a></span></p>
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		<a href="http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/02/09/actualidad/1360364915_298443.html?rel=rosEP" target="_blank">http://cultura.elpais.com/<wbr>cultura/2013/02/09/actualidad/<wbr>1360364915_298443.html?rel=<wbr>rosEP</wbr></wbr></wbr></a><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr><wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></p>
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<p>El verdadero autor de la &quot;historia verdadera&quot;<br />
		<a href="http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/02/20/actualidad/1361391926_250646.html" target="_blank">http://cultura.elpais.com/<wbr>cultura/2013/02/20/actualidad/<wbr>1361391926_250646.html</wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Department of Anthropology</span>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; GREAT LEGAL AID TO MAYA SPEAKERS ON THE BORDER NEEDS YOUR HELP 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; NEW RESOURCE ON GENOCIDE INCLUDING ESSAY FROM GSN&#8217;ER SUSANNE JONAS 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; NEW RESOURCE ON GENOCIDE INCLUDING ESSAY FROM GSN&#8217;ER SUSANNE JONAS 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; SUPPORT CIRMA&#8217;S MAJOR STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS &#160; &#160; &#160; 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; GREAT LEGAL AID TO MAYA SPEAKING CHILDREN ON THE...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>GREAT LEGAL AID TO MAYA SPEAKERS ON THE BORDER NEEDS YOUR HELP</p>
<p><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>NEW RESOURCE ON GENOCIDE INCLUDING ESSAY FROM GSN&rsquo;ER SUSANNE JONAS</p>
<p><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>NEW RESOURCE ON GENOCIDE INCLUDING ESSAY FROM GSN&rsquo;ER SUSANNE JONAS</p>
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<p><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>GREAT LEGAL AID TO MAYA SPEAKING CHILDREN ON THE BORDER NEEDS YOUR HELP</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">My name is Angel Escamilla and I&#39;m a paralegal at ProBAR (The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project). I write seeking support in translating legal information for detained migrant children on the U.S.-Mexico border into Mayan languages. ProBar is a law office operating as part of the American Bar Association that works in South Texas providing legal aid to undocumented migrant children that are detained crossing the border. In our work, we provide essential legal information to minors about their legal status and options as detainees; in some cases we also provide legal representation. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The number of children crossing the US-Mexico border is constant and increasing every day, and a significant portion of this population, approximately 15%, are speakers off Mayan languages from Central America. Providing legal services to speakers of these languages presents a challenge because we only have two options for communicating with them: one is in Spanish, and the other is via an interpreting firm (Pacific Interpreters), who we call over the phone and use in a 3 way call. Both of these options have problems. Communicating with the minors in Spanish is only sometimes possible, depending on previous exposure to Spanish, and, even then, can become confusing when using technical or unfamiliar terms. Issues with the Interpreting solution arise because sometimes the interpreter is unavailable. Pacific Interpreters also has limited interpreters, and they do not cover every Mayan language. As you can see, our hands are strapped when trying to fully communicate the rights and legal options to detained migrant minors who speak languages other than Spanish. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Therefore, I have proposed and am currently leading a project at our firm to create audio tracks in Mayan languages that explain the legal options of detained migrant minors in the United States. I received the name of the Guatemalan Scholars Network from Emilio Escalante del Valle of UNC, who has helped us in the past, and I was wondering if you would have any further contacts or names of individuals who may be able to aid us in translating materials or creating audio tracks for our project. We are seeking to complete this project by June in order to aid the children we serve as soon as possible. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Please feel free to contact me in the most convenient way possible, either by email (<a href="mailto:angel.garcia@americanbar.org" target="_blank">angel.garcia@americanbar.org</a>) or by phone 956-365-3775, ext. 217, and if you would like to know more about our organization, here are two links to explore:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Angel Alfonso Escamilla Garcia</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since there&#39;s so much on the Rios Montt trial right now, I wanted to let you know about another resource (to include in next mailer to GSN list): <u>Guatemalan Case in Book/Textbook on Genocides Worldwide</u>:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Samuel Totten and William Parsons (associated with the Holocaust Museum in Washington) have published the 4th edition (2013) of <i>Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts</i>. For both the 3rd and 4th editions, they included the Guatemalan case, which I have written. My chapter is &quot;Guatemala: Acts of Genocide and Scorched-Earth Counterinsurgency War.&quot; In addition to an analytical essay, the chapter includes testimonies from survivors &#8212; and an update (as of Simmer, 2012) on the current campaigns in both Guatemala and Spain for justice for the victims&#39; families and survivors, and the trials of Rios Montt. For information about the book, go to the Routledge Press link: <a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415871921/" target="_blank"> http://www.routledge.com/<wbr>books/details/9780415871921/</wbr></a></p>
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<p><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>PROGRAM FOR 9<sup>TH</sup> ANNUAL CENTRAL AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY CONFERENCE (SEE ATTACHED)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">From CIRMA&#8211;Support the preservation of historical memory<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>in Guatemala, Promote Study Abroad</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dear Colleagues,&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With our Summer and Fall semester 2013 deadlines fast approaching, I am again writing with an appeal for your support for CIRMA, <i>el Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoam&eacute;rica</i>, in Antigua, Guatemala. &nbsp;I joined the program as Director just last year as a recent PhD from UC Berkeley Geography but also as a seasoned popular educator and participant action researcher with over two decades of experience working in the El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. &nbsp;Most of you probably remember participating in a Study Abroad Program and how it changed your worldview. My commitment is that the CIRMA-University of Arizona Program guarantee that process, continue to combine rigorous study with deep practical engagement and critical reflection and weave with the Library and Archives in such a way as to strengthen the transformative power of both.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">All you need to do</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> is make your students and Study Abroad Office<b> aware of the unique dual role that the CIRMA/University of Arizona Study Abroad Program plays.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">CIRMA is a Guatemalan non-profit foundations dedicated to preserving national historical memory, and to carrying out and promoting the high quality training and research of leaders in Mesoamerican social science.&nbsp;CIRMAs institutional resources and activities contribute to the development of critical thought and the practice of constructive dialogue with the goal of promoting a more just and tolerant society.&nbsp;CIRMA&rsquo;s comprehensive social science collection houses national and international publications about Central America, especially of the 19</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">, 20</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> and 21</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> centuries and is used extensively by national and international scholars. In addition to the social science library which is one of the largest of its genre in the region, CIRMA houses an Historical Archive with over 7,500,000 documents that include guerrilla, human rights and counterinsurgency documentation of Guatemala&rsquo;s 36 year civil war, and the largest Photographic Archive in Guatemala with over 1,000,000 photos documenting Guatemalan history from 1850 to the present. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The University of Arizona Study Abroad Program at CIRMA in Antigua, Guatemala not only provides students with&nbsp;</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">a <b>transformational pedagogical experienc</b><b>e</b> based on the inseparability of theory and practice, including direct engagement with the archives, but it&nbsp;<b>provides vital economic support to CIRMA&rsquo;s social science library, historical archives and<i> fototeca.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The CIRMA/University of Arizona Study Abroad Program offers fully accredited Spring and Fall semester programs as well as a 6 wk intensive Summer semester. In addition to University of Arizona students CIRMA-U of A has helped transform the lives of students from a wide array of universities and colleges across the United States and Canada such as&nbsp;Yale University,&nbsp;University of North Dakota, Skidmore College, and Fort Lewis College.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Please help us to continue our dual mission of sustaining the valuable work of preserving the historical memory of the past&nbsp;and educating US and Central American thinkers of tomorrow. &nbsp;Forward the following to prospective students and check to see if your Study Abroad Office accepts our program. &nbsp;</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">CIRMA-University of Arizona Study Abroad Program in Antigua, Guatemala</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Deepen your understanding of the social, historical and political dynamics of Guatemala and Central America and learn Spanish while living in a fascinating colonial town.</span></i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;The semester programs and six-week summer intensive program provide undergraduate, honors and graduate college credits from the University of Arizona and are open to students from any university.&nbsp; Each semester <b><i>two social science/history courses are offered</i></b> that combine classwork with exposure to the Archives.&nbsp; In the last two years we have offered: Mesoamerican Archaeology, History of Central American Revolutions, Narratives of Identity and Nation in Guatemala, Archives, Historical Memory and Transitional Justice in Guatemala and El Salvador, Globalization, Development and the Making of Modern Guatemala, and Climate Change, Resource Conflicts and Not-So-Natural Disasters as well as Independent Study in Critical Global Health. The program also includes Spanish Language and Literature every semester and Maya-Kaq&rsquo;chikel when there is interest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">All courses are taught by knowledgeable scholars, either from Central America or having long histories in the region. They are designed to promote an understanding of Central America based on the inseparability of theory and everyday practice.&nbsp; Formal classes are complemented by field trips to archaeological sites such as Tikal and communities seeking to recover and or preserve collective historical memory such as Rio Negro.&nbsp; Studies also include a colloquium series that introduces students to key public figures, artists, and analysts. Students have access to CIRMA&#39;s unique documentary and photographic collections and the option of interning (for credit) with one of CIRMA&rsquo;s research archives and library, or with social outreach programs in areas such as health, sustainable agriculture, and child and infant services.&nbsp; Homestay and optional one-on-one exchanges with a Guatemalan university students complement the learning experience.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For more information check out the program at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.studyabroad.arizona.edu/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#124297">www.studyabroad.arizona.edu</span></b></a><wbr>&nbsp;and/or <a href="http://www.cirma.org.gt/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#124297">www.cirma.org.gt</span></a>&nbsp;or write Academic Coordinator Jennifer Casolo, <a href="mailto:jcasolo@cirma.org.gt" target="_blank"><span style="color:#124297">jcasolo@cirma.org.gt</span></a> or University of Arizona Study Abroad Coordinator, Jill Calder&oacute;n, <a href="mailto:jcaldero@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#124297">jcaldero@email.arizona.edu</span></a>.</wbr></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Thanks, Jenn</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jennifer Casolo, PhD</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><br />
		<span>Directora y Catedr&aacute;tica de Geograf&iacute;a</span><br />
		<span>CIRMA-Programa Study Abroad</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Antigua, Guatemala</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><br />
		<span>Tel: <a href="tel:%28502%29%207832-8225" target="_blank" value="+50278328225">(502) 7832-8225</a></span><br />
		<span>Fax: <a href="tel:%28502%29%207832-2083" target="_blank" value="+50278322083">(502) 7832-2083</a></span><br />
		<span>Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jcasolo@cirma.org.gt" target="_blank">jcasolo@cirma.org.gt</a></span></span></p>
<p><span>Investigadora Asociada</span><br />
		<span>Instituto de Estudios Human&iacute;sticos</span><br />
		<span>Universidad Rafael Land&iacute;var</span><br />
		<span>Zona 16, Ciudad de Guatemala</span><br />
		<span>Tel: <a href="tel:%28502%29%205997-9638" target="_blank" value="+50259979638">(502) 5997-9638</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Associate Professor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Department of Anthropology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Baylor University</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">(254) 710-6226</span></p>
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