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NISGUA Articles and Interviews

July 23, 2004
Activistas Están Escépticos
Prensa Libre

La información que el vicepresidente Eduardo Stein entregó a grupos pro derechos humanos en Washington, EE.UU., sobre la modernización militar, los dejó “con ganas de creer”, pero aún escépticos por las experiencias anteriores. Read more. . .
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June 2004
Guatemala and the PPP
Interconnect

When Mexican President Vicente Fox first announced Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP) in 2001, dams became one of its most controversial elements. Read more. . .
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October 25, 2003
We Raise Our Voice… We Cannot Remain Silent! The Women Speak Out Tour Comes to Fayetteville
Arkansas IndyMedia

On October 25, Maria Teresa Sic de Mendoza came to Fayetteville to speak truth about what had happened to her, her family and her people under the genocidal policies of a US backed government in Guatemala. Read more. . .
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October 25, 2003
Reliving Atrocities: Guatemalans in Kansas City Asking for Help
The Examiner

On October 25, Maria Teresa Sic de Mendoza came to Fayetteville to speak truth about what had happened to her, her family and her people under the genocidal policies of a US backed government in Guatemala. Read more. . .
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October 21, 2003
Proponent of Peace Speaks
The Examiner

Maria Teresa Sic De Mendoza, a survivor of the atrocities that wracked Guatemala during its 36-year civil war, spoke to a group of Kansas Citians last night at Peace Chapel, recounting her harrowing story of rape, murder and loss. Read more. . .
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May 12, 2003
Pacific Currents: Paramilitary Threat Still Looms Large in Guatemala
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The news out of Guatemala last week was a grim reminder that the troubled nation still has a long way to go to achieve true peace, nearly seven years after an agreement putting an end to a 36-year civil war that killed 200,000 Guatemalans. Read more. . .
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April 23, 2003
EEUU Está Harto del FRG
Prensa Libre

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March 26, 2003
Volunteer to Monitor Human Rights in Guatemala
The Palm Beach Post

Electricity and phone service are hard to come by in the remote Guatemalan villages where Lake Worth resident Lynne Purvis plans to spend the next few months. But the 23-year-old is willing to sacrifice luxuries like air conditioning and running water to volunteer as a human rights monitor in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war. Read more. . .
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January 2003
Caso Gerardi ante el Mundo
El Periódico

Con fecha 31 de enero de este año, “The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, NISGUA” (que reúne a organizaciones de derechos humanos, religiosas, de solidaridad en los Estados Unidos, Holanda, Canadá, Japón, Austria y el Reino Unido), manifestó a la opinión pública nacional e internacional su profunda preocupación por el asesinato del testigo Gómez Limón, que parece evidenciar una ejecución extrajudicial, lo que puede interpretarse como una amenaza contra quinenes tratan de hacer justicia en el caso Gerardi. Read more. . .
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November 2002
Guatemala: Between Justice and Terror – Resurgent Death Squads Hamper Genocide Trials
Z Magazine

In the past year, a new wave of repression has swept through Guatemala. One of the many anonymous letters received by the country's human rights activists reads, "In a war there are no guilty parties, and it is not your place to judge us." Another simply warns: "You had better take care, you son of a bitch, we are going to shut you up." Read more. . .
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June 21-27, 2002
Dispatch from Guatemala: The Civil Trial Begins
CU Cityview

Last year, Jessica Pupovac left CU for Guatemala to work as a human rights observer. When she could get to a computer, every three months or so, she wrote us about her experiences. After a brief stint back home, she was invited back to Guatemala to observe – and accompany witnesses – during a politically-charged and dangerous trial. Here’s her latest message from Guatemala. Read more. . .
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April 15, 2002
Rights-Guatemala: Death Threats Follow Mayan Genocide Lawsuits
IPS-Inter Press Service

U.S. and Guatemalan rights activists voiced concern about the safety of ethnic Mayan communities that are suing two former dictators for genocide. Read more. . .
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April 14, 2002
Piden Visita de Senadores de EE.UU
Siglo XXI

Con el propósito de informar sobre los casos de genocidio perpetrados durante el gobierno de Efraín Ríos Montt y el de Romeo Lucas García, representantes del Centro de Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (Caldh) se reunieron el viernes pasado con integrantes del Congreso estadounidense, en la ciudad de Washington. Read more. . .
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April 14, 2002
Prensa Libre
Piden enviar comisión
Nisgua solicitó enviar delegación de EE. UU. para “constatar la situación de derechos humanos en Guatemala”

La estadounidense Red de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Guatemala, Nisgua, por sus siglas en inglés, solicitó a congresistas de su país enviar una delegación a Guatemala para “constatar la situación de derechos humanos”. Read more. . .
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March 2002
Stop the FTAA. Join the A.R.T.
Interconnect

Thirty-four countries throughout the Americas are currently negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a comprehensive trade agreement which, if implemented, would covert the Americas into the largest trading block in the world. Read more. . .
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December 15, 2001
Mock Trial Convicts Guatemalan Generals
News from Indian Country

The witness was Sabino Perez, a Maya Indian survivor describing in graphic detail the slaughter of his relatives and neighbors during the Guatemala War Crimes Tribunal held at Fisk University in Nashville on Oct. 13. Read more. . .
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December 4, 2001
Question and Answer
Washington Report on the Hemisphere

Sarah Aird is the Director of NISGUA, a Washington and Guatemala-based NGO seeking to change U.S. policy and promote justice in Guatemala. She is actively involved in the Ríos Montt genocide case. Read more. . .
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October 20, 2001
Mother to Tell of Terror Behind 'Disappeared'
The Spokesman-Review

Blanca Hernandez scheduled her speaking tour of the Northwest before Sept. 11. She planned to talk to churchgoers and college students about the suffering of Guatemalans at the hands of their own government. Read more. . .