Their are actually countries in the world that voted AIGAINST a humanitarian truce !
These are the 14 countries that voted against the UN's general assembly resolution for an immediate humanitarian truce in #Gaza (120 in favor, 14 against, 45 abstained):
An anticorruption crusader appeared headed to a landslide victory in a runoff election for #Guatemala’s presidency, a rebuke to the conservative political establishment
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...
"#Guatemala on Thursday declared a national health emergency in the face of a #dengue outbreak that has killed 22 and infected thousands so far this year.
The World Health Organization said in April that dengue and other diseases caused by #mosquito-borne viruses are spreading faster and further due to #ClimateChange."
“Leticia suffered from extreme anxiety and depression during the prolonged separation. She feared for her own safety in #Guatemala and worried about her son’s well-being in foster care in the United States.”
Guatemala’s ex-President Otto Pérez Molina has pleaded guilty in a bribery and money laundering case, but the move could be a play to avoid further jail time amid uncertainty about the future of the country’s anti-corruption efforts. ...
In Guatemala, progressive presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has won a landslide victory in a runoff election against former first lady Sandra Torres. Arévalo, a member of the Semilla party, took nearly 60% of the vote Sunday after months of political persecution. In June, Arévalo stunned many in Guatemala when he placed...
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.”
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,”...
#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
I went "dumpster diving" through old files last week. Cleaning out hard drive space to make room for new images. This is one of the gems I found hidden away.
Taken in 2019 on a trip to #Guatemala with my sibling. We were hiking up to a Volcano near #AntiguaGuatemala and we're constantly being engulfed in clouds. In fact, this forest is nicknamed cloud forest for that very reason.
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...
Guatemala Ex-President Pleads Guilty in Graft Case Amid Shifting Corruption Climate (insightcrime.org)
Guatemala’s ex-President Otto Pérez Molina has pleaded guilty in a bribery and money laundering case, but the move could be a play to avoid further jail time amid uncertainty about the future of the country’s anti-corruption efforts. ...
Turning Point in Guatemala: Bernardo Arévalo Landslide Is a Rebuke to Elites (www.democracynow.org)
In Guatemala, progressive presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has won a landslide victory in a runoff election against former first lady Sandra Torres. Arévalo, a member of the Semilla party, took nearly 60% of the vote Sunday after months of political persecution. In June, Arévalo stunned many in Guatemala when he placed...
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,”...