Guatemala: Is There Hope for the Mayans? Tom Ward Chair of Guatemala Partners at Gates Presbyterian Church & member of the ROCLA Steering Committee Wednesday, October 2nd 7:00PMDowntown United Presbyterian Church121 North Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY The mission...
Letter from Martha Schmitz, NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) Hello, Hope this email finds you all well. I am writing to inform you all of growing U.S. militarization in northern Guatemala along the border. Guatemalan communities and...
Presenting ROCLA's May Program: “A Perspective on the Migrant Caravan: Religion, Civil Society, and the Politics of Naming” Presented By: Professor Martha Balaguera Facebook Event Page Wednesday, May 1st at 7:00 PM Downtown Presbyterian Church* 121 North Fitzhugh...
Announcing ROCLA's October Program: Is There Hope For Mayan Communities In Guatemala? With the recent murder of Maya Ixil activist Juana Raymundo, and the deaths of 14 other human rights defenders in Guatemala this year, the country is increasingly hostile for...
500 Years, the much anticipated third film from Director Pamela Yates, continues the epic saga of indigenous resistance in Guatemala that began with When the Mountains Tremble (1983), followed by Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011; POV 2012). All three films...
ROCLA presents artist, photographer and author Marilyn Anderson Wednesday, January 3, 7 PM Downtown Presbyterian Church 121 N. Fitzhugh St. Anderson, an artist, author, and photographer, will present a Power Point program based on her newly published bilingual...
Indigenous Authorities, Political Prisoners, Defenders of Life The Trail and the Verdict On Friday July 22, 2016, the High Risk Court A tribunal comprised of judges Yassmín Barrios, Patricia Bustamante, and Gerbi Sical, issued its sentence in a split decision, to...
Óscar Martínez’s New Book Vividly Demonstrates Why People Are Fleeing Central America In ‘a History of Violence,’ the reporter and award-winning author of ‘The Beast’ looks at endemic drug violence BY ILAN STAVANS Central America is the world’s deadliest region...