Guatemala's highest court has sentenced five former paramilitaries to 30 years in prison for raping dozens of indigenous Maya women during the country's civil war in the 1980s. The men were ...

The intertwined anniversaries this year of Guatemala’s 1944 Revolution and the 1954 coup that ended it provide an essential ...

His 17 months in office were considered some of the most ruthless of the war, with entire towns of indigenous Mayans - who were accused of harbouring insurgents - wiped out. Guatemala's civil war ...

A Maya-Achi woman on her way to claim war reparations while hundreds ... During my fieldwork, I talked to survivors of the Guatemalan genocide (1980-1982) to determine how their lives had been ...

An image is projected on a screen during the trial against five former members of the Civil ... civil war. The Paramilitary Civil Self-Defense Patrols (PACs) were created by the Guatemalan Army ...

Bay Area's Maya community is pushing for visibility ... through the perilous times of the Spanish Conquerers, to surviving Guatemala's violent civil war in the 1980's when soldiers targeted ...

The indigenous Maya make up about half of the ... Save the Children has been a leading charity for children in Guatemala since 1999, responding to the needs of children and families affected by 36 ...

Maya clothes helped people identify between the richer and the poorer people in Maya society. Fabrics were an important part of religious beliefs and art. Women were the traditional weavers in ...

During our visit, we visited the Mayan ruins of Iximche and the Mayan city ... but everything seemed calm and normal while we were there. The civil war ended in the 1990s, but Guatemala still seems to ...

Her parents were both politically active and often took Kamala along with them while they attended civil rights marches — and the family was always joined by Kamala’s younger sister ...

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An image is projected on a screen during the trial against five former members of the Civil ... civil war. The Paramilitary Civil Self-Defense Patrols (PACs) were created by the Guatemalan Army ...