Dispatches From Below

Greetings from Guatemala!

Sorry I haven’t been the best at keeping this updated, and I’ve been busy – And I’m only now realizing how busy I’ve been since I lasted updated this site…

These aren’t in any sort of order, but my work can be found here:

http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/women-lead-struggle-mining-machismo-guatemala/

This is a republish from the Ecologist

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2815032/guatemala_women_lead_the_struggle_for_life_land_clean_water.html

My work is once again on Upside Down World – I’m thrilled!

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/guatemala-archives-33/5277-we-are-defending-life-the-criminalization-of-environmental-and-indigenous-rights-activists-in-guatemala

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/guatemala-archives-33/5240-they-use-bullets-because-they-dont-like-the-truth-new-violence-against-journalists-and-community-radio-in-guatemala

I talked a little about the situation with migration on an episode of Radio Dispatch, but this article at Truthout gets more into the situation.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29621-vice-president-proposes-plan-to-end-migration-from-central-america

This year I’m thrilled to announce that I’m officially a correspondent for the Chilean outlet Prensa OPAL. We are currently in the process of building a website, but in the meantime my work with them can be found here at our Oximity account.

https://www.oximity.com/article/Fotoreportaje-D%C3%ADa-de-las-Mujeres-1

https://www.oximity.com/article/Activistas-en-los-Estados-Unidos-Lucha-1

And speaking of Radio Dispatch, I appeared on their show again to talk about the environmental impacts of the TPP and CAFTA, as well as the criminalization of social movements in Guatemala. Listen here.

http://www.theradiodispatch.com/show/radio-dispatch-jeff-abbott-on-the-tpps-environmental-impact/

There will be a couple other articles being published this next week. I’ll try and post them here.

I’m also considering doing a weekly breakdown of important stories from Guatemala and Central America. I’m really not a fan of the 5 thing model of reporting that has become so popular, but I might do something similar to bring attention to important stories that are not being reported on. Stay tuned. I have ideas. I always have ideas…