Political Prisoners, Indigenous Land Rights & the Fight against Neoliberalism in Guatemala

Today’s episode: Political Prisoners, Indigenous Land Rights
and the Fight against Neoliberalism in Guatemala.


It’s been a while since we have brought to you news from
Guatemala, a country that to this day suffers the consequences of
neocolonialism and Reagan’s Dirty Wars in Central America during
the 1980s. Despite the MSM narrative currently emphasizing
the struggles of Ukraine and the EU, let’s not forget that
Guatemalans (specifically indigenous) are still being persecuted
and are still dying as a direct result of US intervention 40
years ago and beyond.


Today we welcome two guests who will share with us their recent
travel experiences and current work in Guatemala.


Our first guest is Ben Gutman who is an independent writer,
researcher, and organizer pursuing an MA in Global Communication
from The George Washington University. He is currently working on
his capstone research and digital media project on the
outsourcing of US border militarization to Guatemala in
collaboration with the Guatemala Solidarity Project and the
Promoters of Migrant Liberation.   


Next we will hear from Palmer Legare who is co-founder and
volunteer coordinator of the Guatemala Solidarity
Project. He has spent much of the past 20 years in
Guatemala. He is a Registered Nurse and Community Organizer
who has been detained for civil disobedience and other forms of
nonviolent protest over a dozen times. He has spent months in
jails and prisons for this work. He has been told directly
by both the US Ambassador to Guatemala and Guatemala's
Presidential Commission on Human Rights to leave the country or
he will be arrested or killed.


Finally, I would like to add that Friends of Latin America has
created a Guatemala Political Prisoner fund. Please donate
at any time as we share with you Guatemala’s ongoing fight
against US interventionism and neoliberalism. DONATE Via Venmo:
@FoLatinAmerica





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