Guatemala: A Mayan-Qeqchi Community Is Re-Filling The Empty Spaces With Courage And Dignity And ...

Guatemala: A Mayan-Qeqchi Community Is Re-Filling The Empty Spaces With Courage And Dignity And Fear Of More Repression On Behalf Of A Canadian Nickel Company Grahame Russell, 2011   In the remote Mayan Qeqchi [kek-chi] community of Lote 8, high in the mountains on the north side of Lake Izabal, eastern Guatemala, we stand in thick brush, in the empty space where the home of Amelia Cac Tiul used to be. We have hiked in here to listen as Amelia explained how her home was burned to the...

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