Guatemala Outside In

http://www.kansasfolks.net/Guatemala/Partnership/partnership.htm Maya Quiché Presbytery was the first indigenous presbytery in what is now the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala. Organized in 1959, it made it possible for Mayan Presbyterians to participate in the governance of the church in their native language rather than the dominant Spanish.

A chance to volunteer with CARE in Guatemala http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/Default.aspx?page=guatemala.home

Howard Hunt, CIA Operative talks frankly (if that is possible) about the US involvement in the 1954 overthrow of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/18/interviews/hunt/

The Wikipedia section on Guatemala is worth taking a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala see below for other interesting Guatemala reference links

There's a new website on CAFTA that has been set up by ASIES... for a fairly pro-CAFTA perspective...

http://www.ca-asies.org/portada.htm designed to give info on CAFTA for Guatemalans, but this is what it says on the home page about CAFTA: "Sin lugar a dudas, los beneficios de TLC con EE.UU. son inmensos, pero igual los riesgos son enormes..." Does have text of the treaty though...

To balance this try: http://www.stopcafta.org/ and see a presentation written in Spanish by the Colectivo de Organizaciones Sociales in powerpoint or for another Guatemalan perspective try the Mesa Global

http://guatemalaoutsidein.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Podcasts in Guatemala

http://www.podcastinguatemala.com

Reference

Guatemala: A History (links)
Background Notes: Guatemala - US Department of State (04/2002)
CIA-The World Factbook- Guatemala
New Internationalist: Country Profile- Guatemala
Country Map
Country Profile (Special Report by BBC News)
Guatemala City Map
AlertNet country profile of Guatemala
Guatemala: Humana Rights Atlas (2000)
Acronyms of Guatemalan Organisations Extensive list of acronyms (they love acronyms in Guatemala) of organisations past and present compiled by Peace Brigades International

Photographs of Guatemala

Network Photographers
PANOS Pictures
Getty Images
Corbis
El Movimiento: Recogiendo los Pedazos: Ensayo con Fotografías por Klaus Schoenwiese
Jonathan Moller Jonathan has just published a new book "Nuestra Cultura es Nuestra Resistencia" http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2004/nov04/041101/02an1cul.php?origen=cultura.php&fly=1
El Canche

Jenny Matthews

Latin America (UK)

Latin America Bureau
Latin America Information Centre
Latin American Newsletters Publishing
Noticias Latin America
International Broadcasting Trust

Non-Governmental Organisations (UK): Working with Guatemala

One World Net (Guatemala)

Amnesty International (International Secretariat)
Amnesty International UK
Minority Rights Group
Christian Aid
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
ActionAid This is the link to Action Aid in Guatemala
Save The Children Fund
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF)
War on Want

Trocaire (Ireland)
Global Exchange- Guatemala (USA)
Congregational Needham- Santa Maria Tzeja (USA)
USAID - Guatemala

Medicos Sin Fronteras (Espana)
Medecins Sans Frontieres (France)

Non-Governmental Organisations (UK): Working with Latin America

Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR)
Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Justice for Colombia New in March 2005
Haiti Support Group
Irish Mexico Group
International Alliance of the Indigenous Peoples of the Rainforest
Latin Link (Missionary Organisation)
Mexicanwave
Mexicolore
Mapuche International Link (Chile)
One World Action
Peru Support Group
Survival International
World Development Movement

Solidarity Groups: Guatemala

Coordinadora de Comités Europeos de Solidaridad con Guatemala (CCEG)

Austria: Solidaridad de Austria con Guatemala - Guatemala Solidarität Österreich
Denmark: Comité Danés de Solidaridad con Centroamérica - Mellemamerika Komiteen
France: Collectif Guatemala
Netherlands: Comité Holandés de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Guatemala - Guatemala Komitee Nederland
Sweden: SweFOR - Sueco pro la Reconciliación
Germany: Guatemala-Solidarität
UK: Guatemala Solidarity Network
Belgium: Guatebelga
Belgium: Support Group for Indigenous Peoples

Espana: Comite de Solidaridad con Guatemala Madrid
Plataforma de Solidaridad con Chiapas, Oaxaca y Guatemala

Solidarity Groups: Guatemala

Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)

Solidarity Groups: Central America (UK)

Maya Guatemala Indian Centre

Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign
El Salvador Network (ESNET)
Central America Women’s Network

Bristol link with Nicaragua
Leicester link with Masaya, Nicaragua
Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign

Central America Action UK

USA: http://www.denjustpeace.org/

Political Parties in Guatemala

Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) (One of the few political to update their website). See TSE website for a list of the political parties registered at the time of the last presidential elections in 2003). Congress is a more up to date on the current state of political parties represented there. Alternatively a slightly out of date list can be found at the Political Database of the Americas

Organisations: Guatemala

Acción Ciudadana
Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala
Asociación de Mujeres Garífunas Guatemaltecas
Asociación Centro Maya
Asociacion Maya de Estudiantes Universitarios
Consejo Nacional de Educación Maya
Defensoría Maya
Everardo Foundation
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Fundación para el Desarrollo Rural (FUNRURAL)
Fundación Tecnológica de Guatemala
Maya Exploration
Organización Negra Guatemalteca
Foro Ecuménico por la Paz y la Reconciliación (FEPAZ)
Casa Guatemala
Intervenida
Fotokids

EntreMundos (Quetzaltenango)
La Hermandad Educativa (Quetzaltenango)

Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean (EPICA)

Arts and Literature

Arte Maya Tz'utuhil Gallery
Augusto Monterroso
Augusto Monterroso Fábulas
Centro Histórico Ciudad de Guatemala
The Dry Season- Gaspar Pedro González
Frontera de la Palabra
Miguel Angel Asturias: La biografía no escrita
Museo Casa del Tejido
Museo Popol Vuh
The National Folk Festival
Página de Literatura Guatemalteca
Popul Vuh

Latin American Film Festival UK

Business and the Economy: Guatemala

Asociación Bancaria de Guatemala
Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala
Asociación Gremial de Exportadores de Productos No Tradicionales
Asociación Nacional del Café (ANACAFE)
Cámara de Comercio de Guatemala
Comité Coordinador de Asociaciones Agrícolas, Comerciales Industriales y Financieras (CACIF)

Federación de Cooperativas de Artesanos en Guatemala (ARTEXCO)
Guatemarket su red de negocios
IXEL Cooperativa de Mujeres
Programa de Agregados Comerciales (PACIT)
Canning House/Latin America Trade Advisory Group

Government: United Kingdom

Country Profile: Guatemala- Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK
Guatemalan Embassy in UK- FCO UK
British Embassy in Guatemala- FCO UK

Government: Europe

EU Commission- Guatemala
Delegation of the European Commission in Guatemala

Government: United States of America

Guatemalan Embassy - USA

Government: Guatemala

Portal de Gobierno (new November 2004)
Constitución

Government: Organismo Legislativo

Congreso

Government: Organismo Judicial

OJ y Corte Suprema de Justicia
Escuela de estudios judiciales

Government: Organismo Ejecutivo (Ministerios)

Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas (MFP)
Ministerio de Economía
Ministerio de Gobernación
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Ministerio de la Defensa
Ministerio de Educación
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social
Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación
Ministerio de Energía y Minas

Secretarías
Comisionados
Fondos Sociales
Instituciones

Other Governmental Institutions: Guatemala

Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos
Tribunal Supremo Electoral
Ministerio Público
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Banco de Guatemala

Regional Government: Guatemala

Municipalidad- Guatemala City
Municipalidad de Santa Rosa de Copán
Municipalidad de Xela (Quetzaltenango)

International Government: Guatemala

Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala (MINUGUA) Since MINUGUA has pulled out of Guatemala, this link just goes to the UN website... San Carlos University now holds MINUGUA's documents...
United Nations Programme for Development- Guatemala (PNUD)
More links to UN organisations in Guatemala

1996- Peace Accords An extensive list of the peace agreements in Guatemala (International Conflict Research)

Intelligence: Guatemala Articles on how intelligence system in Guatemala works and is working

Human Rights: International Accompaniment

Projet Accompagnement Quebec-Guatemala (PAQG)
Guatemala Accompaniment Project (NISGUA)
Peace Brigades International Guatemala (PBI)
Volunteer Accompaniment Program (GCSN)

A different kind of international accompaniment with campesino organisations like CUC

Human Rights: Reports and publications

Witness for Peace: A People Damned- The Impact of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Project in Guatemala
Memoria del Silencio- Informe de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) Here is the same report in English
Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (REMHI) - Guatemala: Nunca Más
Forced Migration Review article on Guatemala: The Value of Memory
Forced Migration Review article on land issues in Guatemala
Migraciones Forzadas: Instituto de Estudios Interetnicos (IDEI) Guatemala
Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan Labor Force: A report of the Human Rights Watch
Violencia Institucional en Guatemala, 1960-1996: Una reflexión cuantitativa

Human Rights: Organisations

Latin American Working Group- Guatemala (USA)

Guatemala Documentation Project: National Security Archive, George Washington University

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Guatemala Projects
Human Rights First (Guatemala)
Human Rights Watch (Guatemala)
Carter Center (Guatemala)
Equipo Nizkor (Guatemala)
School of the Americas Watch (Guatemala)
Encuentro Popular (Guatemala)
Global IDP Database- Monitoring Internal Desplacement (Guatemala)
International Centre for Transitional Justice (Guatemala)
Washington Office on Latin America (Guatemala)

Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC-USA)
Foundation For Human Rights in Guatemala (FHRG)
Rights Action (formerly Guatemala Partners)
Guatemala Peace and Development Network (GPDN)
Jennifer Harbury and Human Rights in Guatemala
Amnesty International - USA

Global Vision International- Iztapa- Guatemala

Plataforma contra la Impunidad en Guatemala
CALDH- DEJURE: Justice for Genocide
Centro de Accion Legal para los Derechos Humanos (CALDH)
Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG)

Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM)
Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA)
Fundacion Myrna Mack
Fundacion Rigoberto Menchu Tum
Hijos e Hijas por la Identidad y la Justicia (HIJOS)
Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la
Violencia en las Verapaces, Maya Achì (ADIVIMA)
The Advocacy Project (Supports ADIVIMA with the Rio Negro Campaign)
Asociación Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA)
Comité de Unidad Campesina
Rabinal- Museo Comunitario

The Mayan Connection – Los Cimientos Alliance

Cooperative for Education
Educación Para Todos
Casa Xelaju

Human Rights Awards

Amilcar Mendez Urizar- RFK Memorial Human Rights Award (1990)
Rigoberta Menchu Tum- Nobel Peace Prize (1992)
Helen Mack Chang- Right Livelihood Award (1992)
Jesús Tecu Osorio- Reebok Human Rights Award (1996)

Academia: In Guatemala

Asociacion de Investigacion y Estudios Sociales (ASIES)
Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala
Centro de Estudios Económico Sociales (CEES)
Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (CIEN)
Centro de Investigaciones e Información en Desarrollo (CIID)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT)
EBI Guatemala: Aprendiendo desde nuestras culturas
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Sede Guatemala
Asociacion para el Avance de las Ciencias Sociales en Guatemala (AVANCSO)
Centro de Investigación Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA)
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Mesa Global de Guatemala

Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícola
Instituto de Estudios Políticos Económicos y Sociales (IPES)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Laboratorio de Información Geográfica

Universidad San Carlos (USAC)

Universidad del Valle (UVG)
Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM)
Universidad Rafael Landivar (URL)
Universidad Rural de Guatemala
Universidad Mariano Galvez (UMG)

Fundacion de Antropologia Forense de Guatemala (FAFG)

Academia: On Guatemala in the USA

List of Latin American Studies Centres (USA and UK)

Center for Latin American Studies- University of California, Berkeley
LANIC - University of Texas (Guatemala Resources)
Kaqchikel Resource Center (University of Kansas)
K'inal Winik (Cleveland State University)
Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights: Stefan Schmidt

Guatemala Scholars Network (GSN)

Academia: On Latin America in the UK

Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS)

Latin American Centre- University of Oxford
Centre for Latin American Studies- University of Cambridge
Institute of Latin American Studies- University of London
Centre for Latin American Studies- University of Essex
School of Comparitive American Studies- University of Warwick
Institute for Latin American Studies- University of Liverpool
Centre for Indigenous American Studies and Exchange- University of St. Andrews
Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies- University of Bristol
Department of Hispanic Studies- University of Birmingham

News Media: Newspaper

Prensa Libre - Edición Electrónica
elPeriodico de Guatemala
La Hora
Siglo XXI
Nuestro Diario

News Media: Weekly

Central America Report
El Metropolitano- Mixco
El Metropolitano- Villa Nueva
El Diario de Centroamerica (Organo Oficial)

Sexto Estado (Quetzaltenango)

News Media: Radio

Emisoras Unidas Terra Networks
Radio Sonora
Central de Radio, SA
Radio Infinita
Radio 10
Stereo 100 (Quetzaltenango)

Guatemala Radio Stations (Comfm.com)

Radio 4 all (Guatemala)

News Media: Web

Incidencia Democratica
IndyMedia- Guatemala
Intelnett.com - 2002
Terra
EnGuate.com
deguate.com
Informe Guatemala- Fundacion DESC

MS Central America
Panorama (Guatemala- Central America)

News Media: Television

Guatevision
Libre Encuentro - Terra
Canal 3 El super Canal
http://www.telediario.com.gt/
http://www.noti7.com.gt/

News Media: Magazines

Tertulia and La Cuerda
Revista La Cuerda: Una mirada feminista de la realidad
Revue: Guatemala's English-Language Magazine with El Salvador, Honduras and Belize

News Media: Others

CERIGUA- Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala
Centro de Estudios de Guatemala
Foreign Affairs- Central America
Central America and Mexico Report- Religious Task Force
CounterPunch
Americas.org (Guatemala)
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
AlertNet – Central America
Rebelion.org (España)

Books in Guatemala: F y G Editores

This is a blog for all those who have been to Guatemala and would like to stay in touch. The web is a poor substitute for actually being in Guate, but for those of us who can't afford regular plane tickets to Chapinlandia - online is our airline...

The above are links to Guate...