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2007 has begun with a series of alarming attacks against Guatemalan human rights organizations. Send an email to the Guatemalan government today. more >>>
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> Guatemala has the most unequal land distribution in the Western Hemisphere, with large landholders who comprise only 2% of the population possessing 70% of the productive lands.

> Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala increased between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, El Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos documented 224 attacks against human rights defenders, in comparison with 122 attacks in 2004.

> On March 30, 2006, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the indigenous accord, tens of thousands of workers, farmers and indigenous people marched in Guatemala City to demand the strengthening of indigenous rights, restriction of open pit mining licenses, and funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase land for redistribution.


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If a NISGUA committee for your area is not listed here, or you can’t locate a contact near you, please get in touch with NISGUA directly at (202) 518-7638 or nisgua[AT]igc.org

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Arizona
Tucson
Linda Green
lbgreen[AT]email.arizona.edu

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California
Bay Area
Guatemala News and Information Bureau (GNIB)
gnib[AT]igc.org

Los Angeles
Guatemala Education Action Project (GEAP)
8124 W. 3rd St. #105B
Los Angeles, CA 90048
review[AT]igc.org
(323) 782-0953

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Colorado
Denver
Denver Justice & Peace Committee
CAMINOS Program
djpc[AT]denjustpeace.org
http://www.denjustpeace.org
(303) 623-1463

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Florida
Southern Florida
Jonathan Fried
fried_jl[AT]bellsouth.net

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Georgia
Atlanta
Anne Sayre
asayre[AT]bellsouth.net

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Illinois
Chicago
Amy and Geoff Baker
amybake[AT]comcast.net
(708) 660-1415

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Kentucky
Louisville
Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin American and the Caribbean (KITLAC)
2146 Lakeside Dr.
Louisville, KY 40205
(502) 456-6586
Fax: (502) 451-8374

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Louisiana
New Orleans
Pax Christi N.O.
916 St. Andrew St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 533-3751
http:/www.paxchristino.org

Massachusetts
Boston
Rene Van Rompay
rvanrompay[AT]comcast.net
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~guatcomboston/index.html

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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Jeff Smith
Koinonia House
424 LaGrave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
jsmith[AT]grcmc.org
616-459-8423

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Minnesota
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Kay Yanisch
kyanisch[AT]yahoo.com

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Missouri
St. Louis Environs
Cheryl Sommer
cherylsommer[AT]yahoo.com

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New York
Ithaca
Committee on US-Latin America Relations (CUSLAR)
316 Anabel Taylor Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
cuslar[AT]cornell.edu
http://www.rso.cornell.edu/cuslar/
(607) 255-7293

Aurora
Guatemala Accompaniment Project in Aurora (GUAPA)
Peaceworks
6 Dumont Place-2nd Floor
Morristown, NJ 07960
Amy Taylor
amy@gofairtrade.net

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North Carolina
Durham
Diane Nelson
Duke University Cultural Anthropology
dmnelson[AT]duke.edu

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Ohio
Cleveland
InterReligious Task Force on Central America (IRTF)
3606 Bridge Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44113
irtf[AT]igc.org
http://www.irtfcleveland.org
(216) 961-0003
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Washington
Seattle
Unitarian Universalist Central America Network (UUCAN)
kaarenj[AT]aol.com
http://www.uucan.org/

Spokane
Kateri Caron
Interfaith Council
1620 N Monroe
Spokane, WA 99205
kateri[AT]interfaithnw.org
http://www.interfaithnw.org
(509) 329-1410



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