GUATEMALA CITY -- More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitary fighters raped Indigenous women during their efforts to crush an insurgency in the country's 36-year civil war, a ...

Join the Cohen Institute in welcoming Otilia Lux de Cotí, a pioneering leader in indigenous peoples' and women's rights in Guatemala and internationally, as part of our spring 2025 series on Guatemala ...

Guatemalan Achi women, alleged victims of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), take a rest alongside supporters during a demonstration at the beginning of the trial against ...

A German supermarket and its supplier are under fire for alleged human right violations against Indigenous communities in Guatemala, where much of their palm oil is sourced. Since 2019, human rights ...

A Guatemalan court sentenced three former paramilitaries each to 40 years in prison for crimes against humanity for raping six Indigenous Maya Achi women between 1981 and 1983, at the height of ...

The design for the proposed Maya Museum in Guatemala (via Harry Gugger Studio website) “We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos,” Maya human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú said in ...

Guatemala remains one of the lesser-known travel destinations for European tourists. Yet, the country combines numerous Maya sites, 37 volcanoes, colonial architecture, and a vibrant indigenous ...

Rural and Indigenous women in Guatemala are strengthening livelihoods through agriculture while protecting forests and ecosystems vital to their communities, demonstrating that economic empowerment ...