s tombstone. "On that day, army patrols opened fire without warning. They took my mum by helicopter to the military base in Cobán. Her remains were found in a well. I am still waiting for reparations." Death came to the town when the Maya Achí farming and fishing community of Río Negro opposed government plans to confiscate indigenous lands and natural resources, specifically water, to be used for...
s steep slopes. "I think it's climate change, and the plants do not have enough shade because we cut down too many trees and didn't replant them. But it will take 10-20 years to grow new ones." Pausing as we squelch along narrow, muddy paths, Rax tugs at a coffee branch to show what the disease looks like. The leaf is mottled yellow and brown instead of bearing its customary glossy green sheen. Whether...
s zero-hunger strategy looks set to take root It is a big day for the small picturesque village of Pamumus in the mountains outside of Guatemala City. The vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, is coming to visit. Villagers from all around, mostly the indigenous Kaqchikel people, have turned up in their finest outfits. Blue-and-white bunting adorns the small square filled with white plastic chairs; outside...
s first female attorney general, explains why the justice system makes her job even tougher Claudia Paz y Paz has a tough job as the first female attorney general in Guatemala, one of the most violent countries in Latin America. In Guatemala City, shopkeepers in cramped surroundings sell tortillas and soft drinks from behind thick metal bars that run from floor to ceiling. The well-off are retreating...
A year after going on the run in Belize, John McAfee claims to have designed D-Central, a new secure file-sharing tool. By Alex Hern Alex Hern ...