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For more than two decades, NISGUA has been known for its provision of high-quality research and hard-hitting commentaries on issues critical to Guatemala. In addition to writing original analysis, NISGUA translates and distributes critiques and essays from Guatemalan experts, practitioners, and scholars, acting as one of the few national organizations to amplify the voice of Guatemalan specialists internationally.
NISGUA shares the alternative, and often marginalized, perspectives reflected in these analyses with U.S. government officials, activists, scholars, and the media. As a result, these groups rely heavily on NISGUA as a source for the most reliable, up-to-date, critical studies available on Guatemala today.
To learn more, please visit NISGUA’s authored and collected analytical publications, which include:
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Current Analysis
NISGUA produces regular news updates distributed via email and through our website. These updates touch on issues related to NISGUA’s themes and campaigns that are of great importance to the people of Guatemala.
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Past Studies
"Election Watch 2003 (Mirador Electoral 2003) is an initiative that seeks to increase civil society’s control over the electoral process in Guatemala so that it reflects the principles of inclusion, equality, competition, and transparency.
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Historical Perspectives
On June 24, Representative Maurice Hinchey’s office (D-NY) sponsored a congressional briefing entitled "The 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Intervention in Guatemala: A History of Regime Change, Stabilization, and Human Rights Violations.”
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Issue-Specific Analysis
The three day takeover of Guatemala's Petén province last June by supposedly
defunct wartime paramilitary units, followed by President Portillo's announcement
that the government will attempt to meet their demands, should make US policymakers
sit up and take notice.
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