$query = resource $row = array( "a:7:{s:4:"data";s:25:" ";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:37:"http://www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:1;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"The Attack on the Spanish Embassy";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:37:"http://www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:1;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:71:"http://www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/?q=content/attack-spanish-embassy";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:37:"http://www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:1;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:78321:"<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping" /> <style>  </style> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping" /> <style>  </style> The 31st January 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Guatemalan state attack on the Spanish Embassy and the massacre of 37 people. As well as a memorial, this highlights the barbarity of the regimes in this era.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The following is a composite of two sources:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="http://www.cidh.oas.org/countryrep/Guatemala81eng/chap.2.htm">The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ciidh/org_rep/english/part2_9.html">Organizing and Repression in the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, 1944 to 1996, The American Association for the Advancement of Science</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <blockquote> In 1980, after years of selective repression in Guatemala City, the State initiated a campaign of indiscriminate mass violence throughout the country. The year began, symbolically, with the arrival in the capital of a delegation of peasants from Quiché demanding an end to state terror in their department. In August and September 1979, nine Indians from the villages of Uspantán had been kidnapped and murdered. For the Lucas government, the mere presence of Indian peasants in the capital demanding respect for their human rights was a subversive act, even more so considering that the protesters were being advised by the Peasant Unity Committee (CUC) and university students from the Robin García Revolutionary Student Front (FERG), groups with legal standing but whose leadership was tied to the EGP guerrillas. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> First, the delegation attempted to gain an audience in Congress. In response, presumed government assassins killed their adviser, FUR activist and lawyer Abraham Rubén Ixcamparic, in front of the national police headquarters. Protesters wanted to call attention to the violence in Quiché, but given the climate of repression, a public march or an occupation was impossible. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CUC and FERG decided it would be more prudent to occupy an embassy, as the concept of diplomatic extra-territoriality would make it more difficult for the government to attack their protest. They chose the Spanish Embassy, less for historical or political reasons than for its location close to various bus routes, and for the building's design which made it easier to occupy. Some of the Quiché peasants agreed to go along during the operation. The result was one of the darkest moments of state terror in Guatemala.   On January 31, the protesters entered the building, locking the door to the street from the inside, trapping security guards outside in the street. Unexpectedly, two ex-functionaries of the Arana military government were visiting the Embassy and were taken hostage along with the staff and the Spanish diplomatic corps. The Spanish ambassador, Máximo Cajal y López, received the protesters, who asked him to intervene to help form an international commission to verify the repression in Quiché. The occupiers hung banners outside the building and carried a megaphone to the balcony to communicate with the press and security forces. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Lucas García met that morning with his interior minister Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz and police chief German Chupina Barahona in the national palace to discuss a response to the Spanish Embassy protest. Instead of trying to dialogue with protesters, they decided to send hundreds of agents to retake the Embassy. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Security forces surrounded the Embassy while the occupants took refuge in a room on the second floor. Without warning, police forces broke into the building and began to launch incendiary devices into their hideout which, together with combustible materials carried by the protesters, exploded into a massive fire. Both occupiers and hostages began to choke on the fumes. Instead of rescuing the trapped victims, the police prohibited firefighters from entering the burning building. Outside, the press and bystanders could hear the victims' cries for help, yet their pleas to the police were to no avail. Security forces held their ground. Thirty-seven people died in the inferno: hostages, peasants and four university students. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> There were only two survivors: Ambassador Cajal López and campesino Gregorio Yula, who was seriously wounded. Both were put into the Herrera Llerandy Hospital. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On February 1, a group of heavily-armed civilians entered the hospital and abducted the survivor, Gregorio Yula. Subsequently his body was thrown from a car in front of the office of the Rector of San Carlos University. On his body was found: “Tried as a traitor, the Spanish Ambassador will run the same risk.” The Ambassador was transferred to the United States Embassy. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The next day, the Spanish Government broke diplomatic relations with Guatemala. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The tragedy at the Spanish Embassy marked the beginning of a new phase in the political struggle in Guatemala. The government had shown its complete disinterest in the rule of law. It had also sent a message to the opposition about how far it would go to shut down protest. The attack on the diplomatic mission brought Guatemala international isolation. But from the perspective of Lucas García, this was less an embarrassment than a necessary condition for the regime's survival, allowing it to wage an unlimited war on any and all signs of opposition. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The victims of these painful events were the following and we remember them again: <o:p></o:p> </blockquote> <o:p></o:p> · Luis Antonio Ramírez Pas Student <o:p></o:p> · Felipe Antonio García Rac Worker <o:p></o:p> · Edgar Rodolfo Negreros Straub Student <o:p></o:p> · Vicente Menchu Catechist from Chimel Uspantan <o:p></o:p> · Salomón Tavico Z. 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It really is too much of a good thing." <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> While, I’ve never been to Lake Como I have been to Lake Atitlán and it is stunning. However, there is a fear that the lake is dying and will become marshland through man-made interventions. These interventions include, for example, farming, tourism, and the lack and/or breakdown of public services to manage human waste. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/24/3626">This article</a> by Danilo Valladares, on the Inter Press Service, is titled Environment-Guatemala: SOS from Lake Atitlán and begins, ‘a thick, chocolate-coloured scum floats on the normally clear blue waters of Lake Atitlán, in the southwestern Guatemalan province of Sololá, caused by agricultural fertilisers and untreated sewage from surrounding villages and farms’.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The always interesting series <a href="http://www.entremosleaguate.net/">Entremosle a Guate</a> features the challenges and possible responses to the current crisis currently facing the Lake, including a list of <a href="http://www.entremosleaguate.net/posts/episodio-48-64.php">contacts</a>. 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This caused uproar in Guatemala, especially among that particular class vehemently opposed to Colom’s presidency. The investigation was handed over to CICIG to inject some transparency into the proceedings. The results are stranger than fiction.<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p> <o:p></o:p> For a recap, Gillian tried to make sense of things and this was followed by an article from the Inforpress CentroAmerica news service. You can find it here:<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p> <a href="//?q=content/art-creating-political-crises">http://www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/?q=content/art-creating-political-crises</a>.<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p> <o:p></o:p> The findings from CICIG were recently released to great surprise and bewilderment.<u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p> <u1:p> </u1:p> <o:p></o:p> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData" /> <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CKevin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping" /> <style>  </style> The report from Inforpress CentroAmerica follows. 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A sweet sadness blankets Hector Mendez's face, appropriate, perhaps, for a middle-age man who has seen suffering and miracles at once....

Fugitive ex-Guatemalan leader captured

Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, facing money-laundering charges in the U.S., was captured Tuesday on a farm on the Guatemalan coast, that country's attorney general said....

Former Guatemalan president charged in U.S. with money-laundering

Former President Alfonso Portillo of Guatemala faces money-laundering charges in the United States, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday....

U.S. seeks charges against former Guatemalan president

Guatemalan authorities Sunday were searching for former President Alfonso Portillo, who is wanted for extradition to the United States on money-laundering charges, a spokesman for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) told CNN en Español....

Medical help on hold as groups await transportation to Haiti

Through treacherous floods and military coups, Gale Hull's organization Partners in Development has provided medical services to Haiti's poor....

Guatemalan lawyer arranged own slaying, U.N. panel says

A lawyer who left a videotape saying Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom would be responsible if anything happened to him masterminded his own death last year, a special United Nations commission said Tuesday after an eight-month investigation....

Expat Mom

Random Boy Stuff

Usually, in these random roundups, Dante doesn’t get much space because, well, he doesn’t talk that much yet. BUT he sure does DO stuff, so I thought I’d share some stuff the kids are doing and saying around here. Last night, Dante called me in after bedtime to tell me he...

The Good Samaritan

Our version, anyway. It all began on a sunny afternoon when a little boy discovered his father’s motorcycle helmet. He ran off and when he reappeared . . . He was a very determined little motorcycle rider, revving his engine loudly, with a fierce look in his eye. While he roared, the...

“Where Do You Find the Time?”

People keep telling me that I must have so much energy or wonder when I sleep. It’s really not that I have a lot of energy, in fact, I’m tired most of the time! (though that might be partially due to the fact that I’m anemic and keep forgetting to...

Teaching Dorian to Read

If I were a real homeschool blogger, I would take amazing shots of my kids doing their school stuff, but I’m not and I haven’t. However, I decided not to let that stop me from letting folks know what we’re up to on the homeschool front. You may recall...

Excuse Me While I Freak Out a Little

I have like 5 posts half written, waiting for links and a little thought to be applied. I have over 1,000 photos sitting on my hard drive, waiting to be edited and shared with you. Well, maybe not all one thousand, because I’m pretty sure that would bore people to...

Making Bread

Lately I’ve been really going off on tangents, so this post is to bring it all back down to life right here in this house. Over the past month or so, I’ve been trying to do a few more basics around here . . . simple living, if you...

Global Voices Online

Bangladesh: BRAC In Pakistan

Malik Rashid at BRAC Blog describes how BRAC, the Bangladeshi NGO, is teaching children in the town of Haripur in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan....

Taiwan: Blogger meets with former President

Blogger Ben Goren describes his meeting with Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), the former President of Taiwan, in the Tucheng Detention Centre. Chen has been in detention for over a year while on trial for corruption related charges....

Digital library of Lao manuscripts

Digital library of Lao manuscripts features 86,000 texts from 800 monasteries in Laos. The web project aims to preserve historic Lao literary texts....

Laos: Declining number of elephants

A group warns that domesticated elephants in Laos may disappear in 50 years....

Laos: 450 Year Road

The 450 Year Road in Laos is now 80 percent complete. The road is built to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Vientiane as capital of the country....

Haiti: Russian Interpol Officer Blogs About Disaster

A Russian Interpol officer in Haiti shares his accounts of the disaster and its aftermath on his blog....

Guatemala Solidarity Network blogs

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Guatemala: A Tax Code by and for the Oligarchs?

In a recent article on the Inter Press Service, a new study is noted which targets taxation and government spending that argues the government is failing in its fiscal commitments to food, health and education. 'Guatemala has one of the lowest tax burdens in Latin America, as well as one of the most generous regimes...

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Tensions in San Marcos

Wednesday 13th January saw the second murder in three months of a leader in the campaign for the nationalisation of electricity provision in the department of San Marcos. The murder comes following recent heightened tensions in the department, which culminated last month in the order of an "estado de prevención",...

Forwarded message: Screening of "Which Way Home" at Frontline Club, Paddington, 24th January

Which Way Home The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “ The Beast ”. Director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) tracks the stories of children like Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Hondurans who are desperately trying to...

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Brazil defends controversial dam project

Brasilia, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) Brazil has defended its decision to build a hydroelectric power station in northern Para state, saying it is being initiated after taking all necessary environmental precautions....

World pressure brought India to table, says Pakistan

Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday world pressure forced India to the negotiating table as the international community now realizes the importance of resolving the lingering Kashmir dispute....

12 killed in Karachi blasts

Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Twelve people were killed and 45 injured Friday in two powerful bomb explosions in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said....

E.U. no longer charmed by Obama

Nicholas Kralev European leaders are getting a dose of reality about the limits of President Obama's patience with their long-established diplomatic traditions, as his administration seeks to change ......

With suspicious statistics, China obscures economy

David M. Dickson China has acknowledged that its export-driven economy took a beating in 2008 and 2009, but Western analysts, most of whom are suspicious of Beijing's willingness to concede downturns......

Dalai Lama's White House visit adds to ire in Beijing

By Foster Klug ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama will welcome the Dalai Lama to the White House this month for a meeting sure to ratchet up tensions between China and the U.S. Thursday's announceme......

Project Somos Children's Village

My Inspiration

Many people that have come out to one of our public events have met Denis Knox. Denis is the man who generally welcomes guests with a hearty handshake and a big smile. He’s the one wearing the shorts, flip flops and the Panama hat at our booths during the summer...

Lament For a Freezing Man…….

Oh, this harsh world and its heartless drivers,steering the capable into such indifference.How can it be, after youth and middle life has flown,a man can be left to shake in the cold,blind and feeling beatenwith nowhere to go?To what world have I been delivered?What man-made hell is this placethat ignores...

Competition vs. Compassion

In the year 2000 my daughter Meg turned 14. During that year we came to the decision that we would be embarking on a journey together. The trip was a long time coming. It dated back to shortly after Meg was conceived. During the early weeks of my pregnancy, while...

Quinceañera-Our First of Many!

On Friday evening we celebrated our “niece”, Ingrid’s quinceañera. Some of you may be wondering what is a quinceañera. Others know it intimately. It is the celebration of a young woman’s fifteenth birthday in Latin America. And it’s a huge deal. Something like our Sweet Sixteen but way bigger. More...

Reflections on the Benefit Fiesta

It seems like more than a month since the Benefit Fiesta was celebrated at Heritage Hall. Despite the intensity of the last weeks I have had some time to reflect on the event and want to share some of those thoughts. First I want to thank everyone...

The Power to Parent

Last week I started attending a class, called “Power to Parent.” Some friends have teasingly asked if it is not a bit late for me to be taking a parenting class considering my “baby” is now 23! Of course, as I attend, I am aware of many things I could...