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The Scandal of inequality in Guatemala

The Scandal of inequality in Guatemala

A new report from Christian Aid titled, The Scandal of Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, features this in relation to Guatemala. It is an important report for anyone with a human interest in the region.

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 Beyond the G8: reversing the global food crisis

Beyond the G8: reversing the global food crisis

We need to build a civil society voice to rival the corporate lobbies, which are protecting their lucrative stake in the price speculation commodities market. We have the choice to make this the decade where world hunger ends.

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In Pursuit of Justice: a History of Conflict Between the Foreign Hydroelectric Industrial and Campesinos in the Guatemalan Town of Barillas

In Pursuit of Justice: a History of Conflict Between the Foreign Hydroelectric Industrial and Campesinos in the Guatemalan Town of Barillas

For over four years the tiny Guatemalan hamlet of Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango has struggled to halt the construction o...

Guatemala to Deploy Controversial Force to Mex Border

Guatemala to Deploy Controversial Force to Mex Border

Guatemala announced it will deploy nearly 300 members of special operations force the Kaibiles to its northern border with Mex...

WHO Under Siege From Private Sector

WHO Under Siege From Private Sector

Originally published in Third World Network

IT was symbolic of the crisis facing the United Nations' World Health Organisation ...

Energy, land and food

Energy, land and food

As the EU and the UN work to expand access to sustainable energy for all, the land and food rights of millions of people in t...

Water is not a commodity; it is a common good that belongs to Humanity and all life

Water is not a commodity; it is a common good that belongs to Humanity and all life

Final civil society declaration: All people, irrespective of where they live, are made of water, and depend on water to remai...

Messages of Indigeous Peoples’ Organizations for Rio+20

Messages of Indigeous Peoples’ Organizations for Rio+20

On Tuesday, 8 May, three civil society organizations convened a side event to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UN...

 

Orquideas By Ignacio de Wit

Romualdo by Eduardo Villatoro

joker En un semáforo en rojo, el lisiado Romualdo Talishte extiende la mano ante una elegante dama: -¡Tengo tres días sin comer! La ricachona replica: -¡Dichoso usted que puede hacer dieta.

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