AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoLiving Heritage: A Guatemalan basket-weaving workshop at Bakersfield College introduced students to the craft, with cultural videos describing it as a link to ancestors and Indigenous resilience. Coming Up: Vancouver’s Latin American Heritage Month opens Oct. 14, featuring a Guatemalan traditional-costume exhibition on Oct. 19 and a forum on Indigenous traditions Oct. 22. Climate and Livelihoods: Guatemala is enduring its worst water year in decades, with wells running dry, crops lost and floods arriving. On the Pacific coast, mangrove-honey producers face land-access hurdles even as the work supports livelihoods and forest conservation. Rights and Accountability: Central American LGBTQ+ group Alianza para la Inclusión is strengthening regional rights advocacy. In Huité, authorities are probing the army’s role after eight killings. Press Freedom: Guatemalan journalist Evelio López was shot dead after denouncing threats, raising fresh concern over risks to reporters.
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