#Mexico, #Guatemala, #Belize all experiencing extreme record breaking heatwaves accompanied by widespread wildfires and smoke danger. (Image 1 showing increased risk of heat-humidity stress days as we continue to heat)
Instrument readings:
+1.63ºC 12-month running mean above preindustrial (Berkeley Earth/ERA5 datasets)
+1.3ºC latest 5-year average above preindustrial
Along with the United States, Israel provided weapons and training to Guatemala’s military and their campaign against Indigenous Maya civilians from 1974-1996. #israel#Guatemala#genocide
After pleading #guilty to #MoneyLaundering & #obstruction of #justice, Paul #Manafort, the globe-trotting #political consultant & former campaign chairman for #Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge 5 yrs ago that he was nearly 70, struggling w/health concerns & remorseful for his actions.
#Manafort, now 75, also sought to advise #political figures in #Japan & #SouthKorea …. Manafort has roamed widely, traveling to #Guatemala last year on the invitation of a migrant advocacy group called Proyecto Guatemala Migrante. The group’s leader, Verónica Pimentel, said she & a colleague discussed Latin American politics & the #Latino#vote w/ Manafort & introduced him to a Guatemalan presidential candidate, Ricardo Sagastume, who confirmed the meeting.
⚖️ Guatemala se prepara para elegir a los magistrados que dirigirán el sistema de justicia
“Históricamente el proceso para nombrar magistrados para la Corte Suprema de Justicia y Cortes de Apelaciones ha estado “amañado” por grupos de poder político y económico que influyen para colocar en esos puestos a jueces afines a sus intereses y les garanticen impunidad.”
It was a professor from Guatemala who said: “I felt like I was in a war zone.”
And he has a basis for comparison.
From the article;
From Guatemala, Keme came to the US as a teenager, escaping “a civil war against my people … involving the Guatemalan army, who received training from Israelis”.
He said: “Police immediately began to force people to move. I felt like I was in a war zone, with all the police and their weapons, the rubber bullets.”
Guatemala ruft wegen Waldbränden Katastrophenfall aus
Mehr als 40 Waldbrände gibt es derzeit in Guatemala. Sie hüllen Teile des Landes in gesundheitsschädlichen Smog. Die Regierung hat den Katastrophenfall ausgerufen. Die Ursache vieler Feuer könnte in der Landwirtschaft liegen.
A 91-year-old retired Guatemalan general went on trial Friday for genocide in the second such case linked to the massacre of Indigenous people during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war. Benedicto Lucas Garcia is accused of involvement in the killing of more than 1,200 Ixil Maya people between 1978 and 1982, when his brother was...
At least 20 people have died, and more than 30,000 have been infected by a wave of dengue in Central America, where Guatemala and Panama have the highest death toll this year. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned last week that Latin America and the Caribbean will experience their “worst dengue season,”...
Lake Atitlán. A large gathering of local folks (mostly Indigenous Maya) on the gravelly delta of the San Francisco River. A day of fun at the lake. 1/🧵
"El periodista y fundador de elPeriódico cumple más de 550 días en prisión preventiva en la cárcel de Mariscal Zavala. Su detención fue el inicio de una persecución contra periodistas y columnistas de ese medio de comunicación. "
"A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the #PineRidgeReservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send #RazorWire and security personnel to #Texas to help deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and also said cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations.
“'Due to the safety of the #Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the #OglalaSioux Tribe!” Tribe President #FrankStarComesOut said in a Friday statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” is a word for people or nation.
"#StarComesOut accused Noem of trying to use the border issue to help get former U.S. President Donald Trump re-elected and boost her chances of becoming his running mate.
"Many of those arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are #IndigenousPeople from places like #ElSalvador, #Guatemala and #Mexico who come 'in search of jobs and a better life,' the tribal leader added.
"'They don’t need to be put in cages, separated from their children like during the Trump Administration, or be cut up by razor wire furnished by, of all places, South Dakota,' he said.
"Star Comes Out also addressed #Noem’s remarks in the speech to lawmakers Wednesday in which she said a gang calling itself the Ghost Dancers is murdering people on the Pine Ridge Reservation and is affiliated with border-crossing cartels that use South Dakota reservations to spread drugs throughout the Midwest.
"Star Comes Out said he took deep offense at her reference, saying the #GhostDance is one of the Oglala Sioux’s “most sacred ceremonies,' 'was used with blatant disrespect and is insulting to our Oyate.'"
Stratovolcano Fuego, located in western Guatemala, is known for its constant activity - small eruptions of gas and ash occur every 15-20 minutes, and has erupted more than 60 times since 1524.
Obligatory photo of the sunset on the beach tonight in #guatemala. We didn't intend to come here to the coast on this #motorcycle#travel adventure but realized we had a whole day with the bikes and no plans, so, why not?
Ex-general stands trial for genocide of Indigenous Guatemalans (guardian.ng)
A 91-year-old retired Guatemalan general went on trial Friday for genocide in the second such case linked to the massacre of Indigenous people during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war. Benedicto Lucas Garcia is accused of involvement in the killing of more than 1,200 Ixil Maya people between 1978 and 1982, when his brother was...
Dengue Outbreak Ravages Central America: Guatemala and Panama Hardest Hit (ticotimes.net)
At least 20 people have died, and more than 30,000 have been infected by a wave of dengue in Central America, where Guatemala and Panama have the highest death toll this year. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned last week that Latin America and the Caribbean will experience their “worst dengue season,”...