Celso, participant of SolidariLabs Guatemala, shares with us his experience of screening the trilogy of The Resistance Saga as part of a certificate program in human rights for young people from the Polochic communities (Tucurú, La Tinta and Tamahú) in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. [embed]https://youtu.be/QcJ9qfJMF5E[/embed] Narration in English: So...
The CICIG* Touched a Raw Nerve in the Military and Economic elite By Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj In 500 years, no one has even come close to achieving the high level work that the CICIG team has carried out – except for the government of Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán...
[caption id="attachment_18424" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Melle van Essen / skylight.is[/caption] Why do children leave my country? Originally written by Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj in Spanish and published in ElPeriodico of Guatemala. They leave because they want to break the curse that steals their dreams the moment they...
The Skylight team has created this list that includes some of our favorite organizations, individuals, and movements that served as an inspiration to us in 2017. We were inspired by their determination to end injustices by fighting for their rights and the rights of others....
500 YEARS in Colombia Bolivar City A crimson tide prevails in the landscape as you approach Ciudad Bolívar, a town located south of Bogota, the capital of Colombia. By the hundreds the houses made with bricks form reddish blocks that contrast with the gray of the concrete and...
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