Local Guatemalan Dead After Land Dispute
Another wonderful outcome of capitalist imperialism: (Reuters article by Sarah Grainger) A long-running land dispute between local residents and a foreign-owned nickel mine in Guatemala exploded in violence over the weekend, leaving one man dead and thirteen others injured, police said on Monday. The latest trouble broke out on Sunday when a fight broke out [...]
Smithsonian Unveils “Human Rights Breakthrough in Guatemala”
For more than a decade, the disappearance of thousands of residents during Guatemala’s civil war remained unsolved. Now, the world has answers. “A Human Rights Breakthrough in Guatemala” from Smithsonian.com: A chance discovery of police archives may reveal the fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared in Guatemala’s civil war. By Julian Smith [...]
Coffee Not Coughing Up Enough in Guatemala
Times.com reports that small-production Guatemalan coffee growers can’t make ends meet, even with higher Fair Trade prices. Living in La Antigua Guatemala, I can’t escape the enticing aroma of “cafe.” Here, most of the cafe is supplied by major local producers whose farms carpet the hills surrounding the Panchoy Valley. Producers like the R. Dalton [...]
Massacre Survivor of the Rio Negro Fights to Memorialize, Not Forget, Victims
Global Voices Online has highlighted the unsettling testimony, yet inspiring work of Maya Achí activist Jesús Tecú Osorio. Tecú is one of the few survivors of the Río Negro Massacre, considered “one of the most horrific massacres of Guatemala’s armed conflict” and his recount of what happened is disturbing and graphic: “The military and paramilitary [...]
Oil Hunt in Guatemala
Guatemala is a strikingly beautiful country… stunning and magical. I cringe at how this latest quest to find oil and natural gas will affect this “Land of Green Light.” Read the report from Life in Guatemala: World Energy Research, a New Zealand-based energy research and investment company, is moving into energy exploration in Guatemala. WER [...]
A Parallel Guatemala
I just wanted to briefly comment upon the fact that I had to get online and read the news to realize that Guatemala, a Latin country that is slightly smaller than the state of Tennessee – the country in which I’m happily living – is enduring the worst drought it has faced in 30 years. [...]
Wildlife, Soccer and Sunken Ships at Monterrico
Monterrico has became a favorite weekend-destination for me. In the past several months, I’ve shuffled back to the lazy, Latin beach town at least four times, maybe more. There are several ways to get there, but hands down, the best way is to include “una lancha” or a small, motorized boat in your route. For [...]
Volcanic Booms
Recently, the days have truly been picture-perfect here in La Antigua with a bright sun peering out from big, puffy clouds that slowly trawl across a deep blue sky. Three volcanoes – Fuego, Agua and Acatenango – loom around the colonial streets of La Antigua like protective guardians. Sometimes the summits of the volcanoes are [...]
Freshwater Pools at El Pilar
As I’ve started to get into my groove here in La Antigua Guatemala, I’ve began to run again. I’m hoping to become disciplined enough to start training for a marathon again. That’s difficult in this socially non-stop Latin hot spot though. Anyway, one of the lesser known gems of La Antigua is Finca El Pilar [...]
Contributing to the Revue
Revue Magazine is Guatemala’s english-speaking cultural guide. I started contributing to the magazine beginning in the month of August. I’ve had a ton of fun crafting various articles about various treasures I’ve already found here in Guatemala and I really enjoy working with them. The articles that have been published both in the magazine and [...]
You’ve Got to Roll With It!
For today’s daily post: a little vid I slapped together of the boys out in the surf at El Paredon Beach in Guatemala. I captured the video with my dinky but nonetheless valuably waterproof, point-and-shoot camera. Enjoy!
Mi Casa en Antigua
Since I’ll be working from “home” today. I figured I’d give a brief description about what “home” has meant for me for about two months now… I live in a small house of concrete walls as is quite typical here. The roof is is a mix of flat concrete (for a rooftop terrace), tin, hard [...]
Soaring Through the Canopy
Right now there’s a series of posts appearing on AntiguaDailyPhoto.com about Antigua Canopy Tours. The series, completed by me, began Thursday of this week and will continue through Thursday of next week. Thanks to Rudy Giron of ADP and Pascu Robredo of Antigua Canopy Tours I was able to enjoy the treetop “flying” experience for [...]
Bodysurfing at El Paredon Beach
Okay, getting life set up (as well as keeping up with the non-stop social life) in La Antigua Guatemala has left me with few spare moments. I’m still hoping to catch up on what I can remember from Barcelona as well as chronicle my adventures from the nearly 5 months I’ve already spent back in [...]
Highs and Lows…
Continued from Managing the Unexpected… “You’ve got to hand it to Fabio. He has expertly made a career in teaching sustain a high-end lifestyle that directly immerses him into all kinds of exotic cultures.” “It is a proud moment when you wrestle with another, brand new language and manage to successfully communicate.” Finally, it was [...]
Contributing to AntiguaDailyPhoto.com
Beginning today, I will be contributing to a well-established blogomentary covering La Antigua Guatemala. Rudy Giron, the developer and administrator for AntiguaDailyPhoto.com kindly invited me to begin posting as the blog’s first guest contributor. I feel honored. Please visit the website by clicking here to view my post with this picture along with a description. [...]
Political Pot Boiling in Central America
Things are getting crazy here in Central America. Here’s a quick recap: A few weeks ago, a high-profile lawyer was murdered in Guatemala. A video of him, made just days before, was discovered. In the video the lawyer professed that if he was found dead, the Guatemalan President would be the man behind his murder. [...]
Guatemalan Jailed for “Tweeting”
The Washington Post has published a story from the Associated Press about a Guatemalan who has been arrested for “tweeting” on the popular social microblogging platform, Twitter. Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. [...]
Musica En Vivo at Rainbow Cafe
Getting back to “work” isn’t so bad. I’m perched at Rainbow Cafe in La Antigua Guatelama equipping my new laptop with all the apps, tools and widgets I need to really feel back “online.” All the while, I’m listening to “Wicho and Choko” rock out with their electric guitars with ease while sipping my Papaya [...]
Videos of Guatemala
Here is some video from Antigua. First, you’ll see some Garifana performers (former African population whose culture is unique to the Caribbean coast of central America). Next, you’ll find video of musicians in Parque Central of Antigua followed by Parque Central at night. It’s not a crazy exciting video but it does show a bit [...]
Getting Personal about Water
A video from Alexandra Cousteau’s Blue Legacy project – a project that’s meant to raise awareness about the global state of water. A few interesting points her work highlights: * Ninety-seven percent of our world is made up of water, but only one percent is suitable for humans to drink. * In just a few [...]
And Many were the Nations with Whose Manners and Customs She was Acquainted…
Continued from Many Cities Did She Visit… Click here to view the entire Flickr photo album. I don’t really know how to share everything there is to share about my experience with Selvin. There is so much that I encountered with him, so much that I learned from him. He’s unspeakably complex and compelling. I [...]
Many Cities Did She Visit…
Continued from “With a Ticket to Central America…” The culture and art I was so sorely missing in San Pedro Sula, Honduras abounded in Antigua, Guatemala. Even before I arrived, I could feel the buzz of Antigua’s creative energy. On the ten hour bus ride I had unearthed an Antigua area guide. It was filled [...]
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