U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General A recent podcast on El Faro English, with Yuliana Ramazzini and Gabriel Labrador, presents among CA items, the news that U.N. experts have tied the internationally sanctioned Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras to an illegal adoption scheme. You can read the piece with links, including to the podcast, here, U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General.

‘U.N. Experts Warn of Illegal Adoptions Tied to Guatemalan Attorney General’ by Yuliana Ramazzini and Gabriel Labrador @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #podcast #Guatemala #Guatemala_impunity #Guatemala_adoptions #Guatemala_AG #Guatemala_Pacto_de_Corruptos #Guatemala_podcast

Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light El Faro English presented an English version of a piece by Edward Grattan relating to the tiral and sentencing of those found responsible for the deaths of the 41 young girls in the fire at the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción. It took eight grueling years for Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice to place charges on those accused in the 2017 tragedy at the shelter home Hogar Seguro where 41 young girls were killed after being locked in a dorm room fire.

‘Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light’ @edu-grattan.bsky.social @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala_Hogar_Seguro_Virgen_de_la_Asunción #Guatemala #Guatemala_Impunity #Guatemala_GBV #GBV

Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth” She walked barefoot, leaving footprints of human blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen and become a virgin again. She had a doctor injected her in the mouth with anesthesia as she attempted to read the testimonies of Indigenous survivors of the Ixil genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo attracted international recognition for her performances after winning a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2005.

‘Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”’ Ramiro Guevara interview with Regina José Galindo @elfaroenglish.bsky.social translation by @maxgranger.info #Guatemala #Guatemala_impunity #Guatemala_state_violence #art #Guatemala_art #Guatemala_contextual_art

Pregnant and trapped: Guatemala’s child sex abuse crisis In late 2022, Anja Popp presented an episode of Unreported World which looked at teen pregnancies among Indigenous Maya as a result of rape and sexual assault. There is a silent crisis of abuse and child pregnancies robbing a generation of their youth. The programme reveals the stories of the young indigenous girls forced into motherhood after being raped and sexually assaulted with isolated girls being particularly vulnerable, with no phone signal, and no neighbours.

‘Pregnant and trapped: Guatemala’s child sex abuse crisis’ #Anja_Popp, @unreportedworld.bsky.social @channel4tv.bsky.social #OSAR_Guatemala #Canal_Antigua #Guatemala #Guatemala_Indigenous #Guatemala_Indigenas #Guatemala_Abuso_Sexual #Guatemala_Impunity #Guatemala_Impunidad