Bernardo Caal Xl is a leader of the peaceful resistance of Cahabn, a collective of 38 Maya Q'eqchi' communities in the northern department of Alta Verapaz in northern Guatemala. According to figures from the 2018 census, Guatemala has a population of 14.9 million inhabitants, 6.5 million (43.75%) of which self-identify as Indigenous, from the Maya, Garfuna and Xinca Indigenous Peoples, or Creole (Afrodescendants). Mr. Caal Xl has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court to present his arguments, including three amicus curiae briefs, which was finally heard on 21 June after many delays. Despite the severe impacts of the pandemic, the Indigenous Peoples have been resilient, mobilising their traditional knowledge and practices for the prevention and treatment of disease in the face of delayed and insufficient government assistance. In the face of this adversity, the Colectivo Artesana promotes public policies that protect the human rights of Indigenous female prisoners. The Maya can be further divided into 24 groups: the Achi', Akateco, Awakateco . Prinsessegade 29 B, 3rd floorDK 1422 CopenhagenDenmarkPhone: (+45) 53 73 28 30E-mail: iwgia@iwgia.org CVR: 81294410, Report possible misconduct, fraud, or corruption, If you do not change browser settings, you agree to it. Of the five, only Rudy Alcala has been vaccinated. Guatemala is home to 24 principal ethnic groups. In that time, Guatemala has become the largest economy in Central America. Some evangelical congregations, she says, direct people not to get vaccinated or wear masks. Structural racism has further manifested itself in the failure to include Indigenous therapies and healers in prevention and treatment programmes. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Statistics clearly demonstrate persistent racism and discrimination against Indigenous Peoples. This is because structural racism lies at the root of the inequality and social exclusion, as well as of the violations of the fundamental rights, of Indigenous Peoples. In the 1970s and 1980s, the economic elite and the government supported counterinsurgency policies, called by the Catholic church-backed Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) acts of genocide against the Mayan populations, who made up 83 percent of all victims of the war. [10], In addition, the promise of economic support consisting of USD400 distributed in three monthly payments to those with an electricity bill was reduced to a total of USD165 with no explanation as to the reasons for the reduction, in addition to which thousands of Indigenous families with no electricity were excluded from this support. 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We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In fact, the government seems to silence human right defenders. Posted in Guatemala, The world of the Q'eqch. Download Citation | On Feb 27, 2023, Matthew Reichert and others published Indigenous Community-Directed Needs Assessment for Rehabilitation Therapy Services | Find, read and cite all the research . The genocide continues today. As of June 2020, 62 percent of returned unaccompanied migrant children (UAC) self-identified as indigenous. 4 out of 5 indigenous Guatemalans live in poverty and have limited access to healthcare, education, and other basic services. MARTIN: As this newscast reported, in early October, a brigade of public health workers visiting a Q'eqchi' Maya village was attacked by people, who also destroyed their vials of vaccines. Indigenous peoples made significant social progress, experienced a reduction in poverty levels in several countries and gained improved access to basic services during the boom of the first decade of the century, but they did not benefit to the same extent as the rest of Latin Americans, according to a new World Bank study. More recent reforms to the Guatemalan Penal Code (such as the Law against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Human Trafficking in 2009, and in 2017 the banning of marriage of minors, without exceptions) have represented important advances in the recognition of the rights of women, young women and girls. Indigenous Peoples Engagement Strategy in Guatemala, Innovative Solutions for Agricultural Value Chains Project. Guatemala. For the years that followed, Guatemala was governed by military officers and violence against citizens and guerrillas continued to escalate. These include: a denial of their right to control their own development based on their own values,. Productores de verduras bloquean Los Encuentros a pesar del confinamiento por el coronavirus [Vegetable producers block Los Encuentros in spite of coronavirus lockdown] Prensa Libre, 15 May 2020. https://www.prensalibre.com/ciudades/solola/giammattei-responde-a-campesinos-que-bloquearon-los-encuentros-a-pesar-del-confinamiento-por-el-coronavirus-breaking/, [9] Indgenas cierran caminos en Guatemala para exigir la renuncia del presidente. [Indigenous peoples close roads in Guatemala to demand President's resignation] Infobae, 9 December 2020. https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2020/12/10/indigenas-cierran-caminos-en-guatemala-para-exigir-renuncia-del-presidente, [10] Vega, Juan Manuel. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. Learn more. Guatemala has a population of 14.9 million people, of which 6.5 million (43.75%) belong to the 22 Mayan (Achi, Akatec, Awakatec, Chalchitec, Chort, Chuj, Itz, Ixil, Jacaltec, Kaqchikel, Kiche, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomch, Qanjobal, Q'eqch, Sakapultec, Sipakapense, Tektitek, Tzutujil and Uspantek), one Garfuna, one Xinca and one Creole or Afro-descendant peoples. The State has always been absent, Alejandra Colom, an anthropology professor at the Guatemalan Del Valle University, tells The Progressive. One of the main struggles for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala relates to political participation. to indigenous peoples' representatives, the true figure is closer to 60 per cent. Cobn Prison, where he is held, is overcrowded, and has poor infrastructure, food and health services, the experts said. Similarly, the departments and municipalities with the highest rates of returned adult migrants have predominantly indigenous populations. In August 2021, statisticians with the National Statistic Institute denounced what they considered to be attempts to manipulate the data of the price of market goods in establishing the basic cost of living, a key barometer for documenting poverty rates. MARTIN: Ratzan Pablo believes in the power of prayer but also of modern medicine. A special UN representative began a 10-day probe Wednesday into Canadian Indigenous issues, including missing and murdered females and former Indian residential schools. Estamos viviendo entre escombros. [We are living in the ruins] Guatevisin, 10 January 2021. https://www.guatevision.com/nacionales/departamentos/estamos-viviendo-entre-escombros-a-mas-de-dos-meses-de-la-inundacion-en-campur-gobierno-aun-analiza-que-acciones-tomar, [17] Elas, Silvel. Find The Indigenous World 2021 in full here, [1] Inversin en pueblos indgenas, segn el presupuesto ejecutado en 2015. [Investment in Indigenous Peoples, according to the 2015 budget implemented] Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies Guatemala, July 2017. https://www.icefi.org/sites/default/files/inversion_en_pueblos_indigenas_0.pdf, [2] Situacin de Derechos Humanos en Guatemala. [Human Rights situation in Guatemala] Guatemala, IACHR, 31 December 2020. http://www.oas.org/es/cidh/multimedia/2016/guatemala/guatemala.html, [3] Anlisis de situacin, nutricional de Guatemala. [Analysis of Guatemalas nutritional status] Ministry of Food Security and Nutrition. Diseases against which they have no immunity have been a recurrent feature of their history and, together with wars, exploitation of their labour and abuses in the form of the collection of taxes, have been the cause of the disappearance of numerous Indigenous communities.[5]. Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. Although the indigenous in Guatemala are creating their own solutions, using traditional knowledge and practices to contain COVID-19, the Guatemalan government must treat its indigenous population equally and include those who have been historically excluded by implementing strategies and operations to prevent and contain COVID-19 as well as The majority of groundwater recharge areas are located within Indigenous territories, and the affected Indigenous Peoples do not receive any support from the state or from water users to protect the aquifers. IWGIA's global report, the Indigenous World, provides an update of the current situation for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. In 2015, he organised peaceful opposition to the Oxec hydroelectric project, which the communities said endangered their sacred Cahabn River. 4 out of 5 indigenous people live in poverty, and 21.8% of the indigenous . Amid more than 20,000 complaints of violence, few facilities are available for women to . Historians estimate that, by 1525, when the Spanish invasion of Guatemala took place, the native population had already plummeted by 50% and, 25 years later, by 80%. They can face stigma and discrimination. Nearly 70 percent of the population of Guatemala is outside of the formal economy. IP leaders call for unity to preserve IPRA, NCIP gains MANILA - Leaders of the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao called for unity to preserve the gains MARTIN: Recently, the disinformation led to violence in a remote Maya community in the northern province of Alta Verapaz. La violencia epistmica contra los pueblos indgenas. [Epistemic violence against Indigenous Peoples] Debates Indgenas, 1 August 2020. https://debatesindigenas.org/ENG/ns/59-epistemic-violence.html, [18] La CIDH condena asesinatos y agresiones contra personas defensoras en Guatemala. [IACHR condemns murders and aggression against human rights defenders in Guatemala] OAS, 11 September 2020. http://www.oas.org/es/cidh/prensa/comunicados/2020/215.asp, [19]El guatemalteco Jos Cal fue nombrado relator de ONU para Pueblos Indgenas. [Guatemalan Jos Cal appointed UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples] El Peridico, 30 April 2020. https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacionales/2020/04/30/el-guatemalteco-jose-cali-fue-nombrado-relator-de-onu-para-pueblos-indigenas2/, [20] Herrera, Feliciana. People have been unable to travel in order to study, work, sell their products or purchase supplies for their various activities. Manuel Picahau gets his news from a local station. They reach a certain age and know that they have to leave, Colom says. The great majority receive these 200 years mired in poverty and uncertainty about the future in the face of the various crises that hurt Guatemala, Jonathan Menkos, the director of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies, tells The Progressive. 2022 The Progressive Inc. 931 E. Main Street, Suite 10 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (608) 257-4626, The Other Americans: Guatemalas Indigenous Communities Are Still Fighting for Their Rights. Indigenous groups can be distinguished by language with approximately 24 indigenous languages still spoken today. Land was given to the original elite landowners, and indigenous rights were restricted. [18], Among the more positive aspects of the year, the following are noteworthy: a) the appointment of Mr. Francisco Cal, an indigenous Kaqchikel, as UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples;[19] b) four favourable rulings issued by the Constitutional Court in favour of the restitution of Indigenous ancestral lands to the Ixil and Chort peoples, promoted by the Mesa de Tierras Comunales [Community Lands Board];[20], [21] c) the ruling of the Constitutional Court suspending the activities of the CGN mining company operating in Qech territory and requiring consultation of the community;[22] and d) the recognition by the municipal authorities of Itzapa, Escuintla department, and Taxisco, Santa Rosa department, of the Xinca and Mestizo communities rights of ownership and ancestral occupation of their ancestral territories located in the Pacific Coastal Region.[23]. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. IRMA ALICIA VELASQUEZ NIMANTUJ: This topic is a little complex. We screened the full texts of 82 records for . This is because structural racism lies at the root of the inequality and social exclusion, as well as of the violations of the fundamental rights, of Indigenous Peoples. . The electoral system isdefined by exclusionof Indigenous Peoples, and they primarily participate as voters, rather than as candidates with true possibilities of being elected. The Mayan communities of Guatemala are among the world's most vulnerable when it comes to COVID-19 due to many factors, including their centuries-long marginalization by the country's ruling elite. [17], The following individuals were also murdered over the year: Alberto Cucul Cho (Qeqch park ranger), Medardo Alonzo (Chort leader), Fidel Lpez (peasant leader), Abel Raymundo (Chort leader), Benot Maria (French citizen dedicated to defending Indigenous Peoples), Misael Lpez Cataln (community leader), Carlos Muc Pop (Qeqch leader) and an Indigenous leader from Purulha, Baja Verapaz, among others. Photo: AEPDI - Q'eqchi Ombudsman Office. OCLC 1006532841. MARTIN: People in Indigenous communities are exposed to the same disinformation as elsewhere and the falsehood that the vaccine is experimental. On Thursday, February 23, the US Justice Department announced that, with the cooperation of the government of Mexico, it had taken into custody three high . The government has done little to introduce necessary, and long overdue, reforms. Sadly, Guatemala's indigenous population faces higher rates of poverty, racism, and exclusion than non-indigenous Guatemalans. Bernardo's lawyers immediately filed an appeal following his conviction however the hearings have been cancelled or suspended on numerous occasions, including due the decision of 69 judges from the appeals chamber to refrain from hearing the case. The World Bank aims to promote indigenous peoples' development in a manner which ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights, and uniqueness of indigenous peoples. Stepnick, Andi,, OBrien, Eileen, 1972- (Eighth ed.). They are independent of any government or organisation and serve in their individual capacity. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: (Speaking Spanish). But just don't ask the government to invest one filthy cent on that population. A newly unsealed federal criminal indictment also describes how MS-13 gang leaders negotiated with El Salvador's top jailer, Osiris Luna Meza, who now oversees Nayib Bukele's new mega-prison. This largely comprises native plants found on the ancestral territories, both in backyard gardens and in natural areas protected by the communities. Moreover, a 2018 investigation by the Guatemalan daily newspaper Prensa Libre showed that, in recent years, the largely Indigenous departments of San Marcos and Huehuetenango have registered more than 50 percent of all abandoned public works projects. Posted in Guatemala. Guatemala is home to 24 principal ethnic groups. society demanded transparency and fairness in the use of public funds. The prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) and MG antimicrobial resistance (AMR) appear to be high internationally, however, prevalence data remain lacking globally. USAID supports the Government of GuatemalasLa Rutainitiative, which fosters dialogue between Indigenous Peoples in the Western Highlands and the Guatemalan central government to increase service delivery and reduce social conflict. 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