Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 5

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 5

NewsTaco June 1, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 5: The Hunt Moves North Frustrated that the Dos Erres case […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala, Chapter 4

Mary Mata May 31, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 4: Strange News From Home In the summer of 2000, Oscar […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala, Chapter 3

Mary Mata May 30, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the third of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 3: Living Proof Within just a few weeks, the U.S. Embassy […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 2

Mary Mata May 29, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the second of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 2: ‘We’re Not Dogs For You To Kill’ The fall of […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala

Mary Mata May 28, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is a first of an eight part series) by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 1: ‘You Don’t Know Me’ The call from Guatemala put Oscar […]

Film Distancia Tells Story of Guatemala’s Civil War

Mary Mata April 27, 2012

By Antonio Zavala, Voxxi Tomas Choc an elderly man in a small town in Guatemala searching for his daughter, who he hasn’t seen in 20 years. He hopes against all odds […]

Immigration Rhetoric In GOP Primary Harmful To Latinos

Mary Mata March 20, 2012

By Gus K. West Immigration has surfaced as one of the top issues in this Republican presidential primary — thanks in no small part to the United States’ ever-growing population […]

Guatemalan Christmas Ponche

Mary Mata December 12, 2011

By Melissa Pitts First, let me begin this recipe intro by saying that this is not Mexican ponche! Guatemalan ponche is very different from your classic Mexican version (you’ll have […]

Happy Friday From Ricardo Arjona!

Mary Mata November 18, 2011

Central American artists often get overlooked in the world of Latin music, but Guatemalan Ricardo Arjona proves that the region has produced quality acts.  The two-time Grammy winner’s success goes […]

Champurradas, Guatemalan Cookies

Mary Mata November 16, 2011

By Melissa Pitts For those not familiar with Guatemalan cuisine, champurradas are typical Guatemalan cookies. It’s where biscotti meets sugar cookie in my opinion- and bring back fond memories. They’re […]