Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The increased militarization of Guatemala has resulted in abuse and mistreatment of the people of Guatemala. [24] Militarism spreads a perception of brutality and makes it easier to access weapons, which makes the rates of domestic violence against women go up. [8] Guatemala's military has a substantial history of human rights violations. [25]
Common crime violence has exacerbated the situation for women, creating a dual upsurge in both of gender-based violence and femicide in Guatemala. According to the UN, two women are murdered on average each day in Guatemala. [8] As shown by high rates of domestic abuse, females also face more vulnerabilities of private violence while young ...
Females in Guatemala are high danger as they become easy target for any men in high power, whether is government officials, military officials, or drug trafficking. As the population of female is increasing, the homicide rate have also increased greatly with women of ages 16–30 are the victims. [13]
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last. After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military ...
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala's president-elect Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday the government is using violence to counter protests and create tension which could be used as an excuse for ...
Sarah Osten, director of Latin American and Caribbean studies at the University of Vermont, said gang violence is endemic in Guatemala, which suffered a 36-year civil war that didn't end until 1996.
Roberto Barreda (deceased on August 6, 2020 in Guatemala City) was the main suspect in the disappearance and possible murder of his wife, Cristina Siekavizza. The crime would have occurred on July 6, 2011 and the trial was expected to take place in April 2020. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has prevented its realization.
Killer's Paradise is a 2007 documentary exploring the high murder rate of women that has persisted unsolved in Guatemala since the end of the Guatemalan Civil War.The film is a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and the BBC and was directed by Toronto-based journalist and filmmaker Giselle Portenier.