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On September 28, Cultural Survival and Sobrevivencia Cultural, (our sister organization in Guatemala), submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), to appeal the decision of Guatemala's Constitutional Court which violates Indigenous Peoples' rights through the country's telecommunications law that excludes Indigenous Peoples from operating community radio stations.
A new bill proposed by the right-wing political party in Guatemala would criminalize the use of the radio spectrum for any actors not authorized to do so. The bill aims to take community radio stations that are fighting for legal recognition off the air.
As a result of a more than a week of protests in Guatemala, the leaders of 11 different political parties in Congress signed resolution committing to "dialogue on concrete legislative actions" on pending legislation, including bills regarding 1) Rural Development, 2) Agriculture, 3) Community Media, 4) Indigenous Rights, 5) Sacred Sites, 6) Indigenous Community Lands
Del 19 al 23 de mayo 2025, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró su 176° Período Ordinario de Sesiones en la ciudad de Guatemala, en la que revisó el cumplimiento de la sentencia Pueblos Indígenas Maya Kaqchikel de Sumpango y otros versus Guatemala, relacionado al reconocimiento legal de las radios comunitarias indígenas en Guatemala
La audiencia se realizó este viernes 23 de mayo de 2025 en las instalaciones de la Universidad Rafael Landívar a las 11 horas
The recent attack on April 23, 2025, on ancestral Indigenous institutions in Guatemala through the criminalization of two of their former leaders is illegal and contrary to national and international law. Cultural Survival demands respect for ancestral Indigenous mayoral offices and the immediate release of those detained.
Por Colectiva Lemow
Las narrativas de los pueblos originarios en Guatemala han sido plasmadas, a lo largo de la historia, a través de la pintura, la escultura, la música, la escritura, el muralismo y la tradición oral. Estas expresiones han permitido guardar la memoria colectiva de nuestros pueblos.
By Ellen Moore. Reposted from Earthworks.
The Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa is fighting for recognition as Indigenous communities and for the recovery of their spirituality, the defense of their territory, and their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to mining projects before they begin. They also seek to minimize the negative impacts of mining activity on the health of the people in their communities, denounce illegal logging, and fight against gender-based violence in their communities.