In Guatemala, a history of discrimination and inequality of opportunity led to a 36-year conflict that finally subsided with a Peace Agreement in 1996. Improvements since then have prevented a return to conflict and begun to create the conditions for sustained stability.
16 December 2019
Bernardo Caal is an indigenous Q’eqchi leader from Guatemala currently serving a seven year prison sentence. His crime? Defending the Cahabón River, one of the largest in the country, against two hydroelectric dams. The river is of plays a central role in the lives of 195 Q’eqchi communities in…
3 May 2019
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Guatemala’s subsistence farmers and indigenous people living in poor rural communities are most affected by rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall linked to climate change, a leading researcher said on Friday. Poverty makes the Central American country…
7 February 2019
Death of Jakelin Caal in US custody highlights how land conflicts and displacement fuel flight from indigenous villages. San Antonio Secortez & Guatemala City - The plantations' outer edges begin fewer than 20km from where seven-year-old Jakelin Caal is buried. The deep green rows of oil palm…
Value: $4,200,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $6,440,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Value: $16,000.00
Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Value: $4,380,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $1,650,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Value: $1,230,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
14 February 2022
This Country Insights Digest discusses the topic of microfinance in relation to land loss. Daniel Hayward reviews three articles on the topic and adds some concluding thoughts and questions. Has microfinance merely warped into other forms of rural credit, where the profit margin trumps all other…
-This Event has ended - Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Eastern Time) Online via Zoom This session will be interpreted in French and Spanish. Description: Strengthening Indigenous Land Tenure: A Critical Pillar of Climate Action A prominent outcome of this year’s UN Climate…
