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Rallies against Rios Montt--Denver friends please read
Dear NISGUA friends,
As many of you know, Amnesty International's Program for International
Justice and Accountability has been working for a few months now on
supporting the legal efforts to hold Rios Montt et al responsible for
genocide, particularly the case being pursued in Spain.
This Friday, April 20, people in Denver, Chicago, Houston, and New ( Read more... ) -
I'm Ok, I promise!
I just received so many caring concerned emails that I felt I should make a mass statement regarding my current mental health. I think i may have overstated the case a bit, reading over my last few blogs. i'm ok. really. Obviously this past year has been a rough one, for many reasons, and occasionally it hits me. But overall, really, I'm fine ( Read more... ) -
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Last night I ate a McDonald's McErrific or McLicious or McTastic (what the hell is it called?!) hamburger and biggie fries in bed in my underwear while watching Sexo, Pudor, y Lagrimas on my computer. I ate at McDonalds the day before yesterday too.
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What a day.
Well, the papers went though court today. Now, legally, I have a new box to check. Fuck.
But today is also the first day of the Imox cycle of the Mayan lunar calendar. That's good for me, right?
And in lighter news, I saw an elderly Guatemalan man wearing a bright red spankin' new t-shirt that read "Crunk or Die!"
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To be honest...
I'm feeling a little lonely. A little down.
I know it will pass.
I'm thinking of all of you and wishing you well.
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A quote for today
"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."
Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism -
Bush in Guatemala
This week my surrogate home country received a visit from the President of my country of citizenship. How was he received? Let´s look at some of the headlines from around the world, and you tell me if you can see some incongruencies, some agendas at work:
Most common International headlines and photos:
Protests Hit Bush in Guatemala Herald Sun, ( Read more... ) -
During hard days...
I find myself taking pleasure in:
a warm bed
red shoes
reading intense anthropological theory in Spanish
and then having a stiff drink
phonecalls to faraway places
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Update on the mining evictions....
Ok, if you all remember watching the video or reading the blog abuot the violent mining evictions here in Guatemala, perhaps this will come of interest to you. The Canadian embassy is trying to portray the videographer and photojournalists as liars, and it´s such a ridiculous accusation that I can hardly believe it. I know both Steven and James, ( Read more... )
