The Lasting Legacy of the Rios Montt Guilty Verdict
Five Guatemalans who were all at the trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt, who testified, documented, and wrote about it, share their thoughts about its legacy ten years later....
10 May
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27 Mar
The first trial for the genocide of Indigenous Peoples
Ten years after it took place, we revisit the historic trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Maya-Ixil people of Guatemala....
25 May
Climate Justice and Indigenous Resistance
The following Op-Ed was written by our International Volunteers Coordinator for VIVX, Vaclav Masek. It was published in Guatemala's daily El Periódico on May 21, 2022. He wrote some additional context about the opinion article for the Skylight community: "I wrote this during my time at the Silver Sun...
24 Nov
A message of thanks as we work towards a liberated future
We are pleased to share our new short "Tiichajil_Good Life" which imagines an indigenous future and is part of the film series "Futures We Dream," a co-production commissioned by the Smithsonian and The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture....
04 Nov
On the Horizon: An Interview with Anaïs Taracena
Filmmaker Anaïs Taracena discusses her documentary "The Silence of the Mole". ...
22 Sep
What does building a human rights movement look like?
“It’s not about immigrant rights, it’s about human rights. We are all human.” So began a transformative weekend of leadership training by Gabriela Castañeda of the Movement for Immigrant Rights in Pennsylvania (MILPA), part of our upcoming documentary film Borderland. The core idea at the...
21 Sep
GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION IS CAUSING FORCED MIGRATION
The U.S. government must urgently prioritize the fight against corruption and assume the consequences Originally published in El Periodico on September 4, 2021 One of the objectives of Joe Biden's administration is to reduce migration and try to stop the unstoppable waves of migrants leaving Guatemala and other Central...
23 Jul
When Justice Prevails
In thinking about the power of international justice, July 17th is the day that stands out. On that day in 1998 the Rome Statute was passed, opening the way for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to come into being, seeking to change the paradigm of...
28 Jun
Indigenous communities in Guatemala take the lead when ‘politics as usual’ disappoint
Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to Guatemala ended in a warning to would-be migrants: "Do not come." ...
07 Apr
Immigration Lawyer Carlos Spector Declares Asylum Case of Maya-Ixil Human Rights Defenders “The Most Significant I’ve Ever Had”
We share the latest developments in the asylum case for Francisco Chávez and Gaspar Cobo, whom we are following as part of our feature film BORDERLAND....
