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...
Voter suppression affects us all. The enemies of democracy understand well the power of the vote—otherwise they would not wage war on it. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_erPeKtmY-Y[/embedyt] Tomorrow’s special election for US Senator from Alabama could help topple the Republican majority in the US Senate. But this election will...
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...
Get Out and Vote! Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 I walked out of our neighborhood polling place into the crisp fall weather. Definitely an off election. We voted at 9:30am and Mary, my companion and I were only #s 60 and 61 in our densely populated election district....
At the age of 22, with the release of When the Mountains Tremble, Rigoberta Menchú traveled the world speaking out against the violence in Guatemala. On this day, October 12th, 25 years ago it was announced she would be the first indigenous person to be awarded...
JOIN SKYLIGHT IN COMMEMORATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY (THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OF OCT 9 - OCT 13) Skylight celebrates indigenous peoples across the Americas and supports their message of resistance and their fight for justice. This week Skylight will commemorate Indigenous Peoples' Day by premiering our new documentary...
In Memoriam: Ricardo Restrepo (1962 - 2017) (Originally published in English on September 20, 2017 by Cinema Tropical) Colombian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Ricardo Restrepo died yesterday at the age of 54 in Bogotá. A renowned documentarian in the South American country, Restrepo also had a prolific...
SKYLIGHT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF IVAN VELASQUEZ AND THE COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA We are a non-profit human rights media company working with Guatemalans since 1982 to create the documentaries, “When the Mountains Tremble”, “Granito: How to Nail a Dictator” and “500 YEARS”. The making...
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