A girl peeks at soldiers in El Gallito, Guatemala City, under a state of siege. Across much of Central America, children grow up in the shadow of the military and its guns, on promises of curbing violence that bleed into abuses, Carlos Barrera. #CentralAmericaLens 📸 beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...

One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles. www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Irish government unable to sleep because they're so angry that the child of Omelas doesn't pay rent on the filthy basement room they're locked in

It is so disappointing to see that the government of Pres. Bernardo Arévalo is winding down the Cuban doctors program. Cuban doctors provided much needed medical attention in rural communities that were often abandoned by the state. This also hands the far-right a victory they've sought for years.

Is this the Guardian reverting to 'type' or is the second coming imminent?

The Guatemalan government reports dozens of arrests in two days under state of siege. Arévalo avoids naming the “political structures” he accused of colluding with 18th Street, but singles out and accuses the gang of conspiring to assassinate him in 2023. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

It's now just ONE more signature and we've reached the threshold. Currently at 10,079 and we need 10,080

The barristers' defence speeches in the Filton trial are well worth a read - and coverage by @realmediapress.bsky.social has been brilliant realmedia.press/the-filton-t...

C'mon folks, only 721 people to go and we've passed the Irish threshold. If you haven't signed this already, why not? It's an important EU citizen led initiative that needs 7 countries to pass their threshold, and then the EU government machine is forced to talk about it. #Speirgorm #IrishSky

I thought it a wonderful, moving, and human film.

The Guatemalan government reports dozens of arrests in two days under state of siege. Arévalo avoids naming the “political structures” he accused of colluding with 18th Street, but singles out and accuses the gang of conspiring to assassinate him in 2023. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

This should have resonance in Ireland with what is proposed there? #speirgorm

The Metropolitan Police is completely unaccountable for the way it cracks down on protests in London. That doesn’t change unless we take action. Add your group's support to Netpol's call for an end to the Met's zero accountability in its policing of demonstrations netpol.org/end-zero-acc...

‘Arévalo Begins Third Year under State of Siege amid Clashes with 18th Street’ @romangressier.com Yuliana Ramazzini Carlos Barrera @elfaroenglish.bsky.social @erin-hale.bsky.social @aljazeera.com #Guatemala_Corruption #Guatemala_State_Of_Siege #Guatemala_Gangs #Guatemala_Prisons

Guatemala was not part of this survey, but the same thing has been happening there since the 1970's. Christian supremacy beliefs (and subsequently conspiratorial thinking) have grown within the evangelical circles. One day I will write my big project about this...

The Guatemalan government reports dozens of arrests in two days under state of siege. Arévalo avoids naming the “political structures” he accused of colluding with 18th Street, but now singles out and accuses the gang of conspiring to assassinate him in 2023. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

New report in @elfaroenglish.bsky.social on the state of siege in Guatemala and President Bernardo Arévalo's escalating accusations against the 18th Street gang (also known as Barrio 18) 👇

Arévalo Begins Third Year under State of Siege amid Clashes with 18th Street. New reporting from @elfaroenglish.bsky.social beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

🚨 Assembly point confirmed - National march for Palestine - End the genocide ⏰12 noon, 31 January 📍 Russel Square The assembly point for the march for Palestine has been confirmed. We will assemble at Russel Square at 12 noon before marching from there to Whitehall. Join us.

Great piece, this...

This, by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Here's another of my Labour MP profiles and this one's a humdinger. - Peter Swallow, MP for Bracknell. 🥀 - His partner is a lobbyist and has worked for 5 years at Mandelson's Global Counsel. - He has been funded by arms firms including Elbit Systems. labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/t...

The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this... #Palestine #Israel

Inside the West Bank: Life under Israeli occupation is cruel and violent. My op ed today jrnl.ie/6911841

This anti-Palestinian censorship, which poses serious questions as to the intellectual integrity of these groups, is now in our 2025 archive 👇. It is, sadly, yet another example of why we were right to create Everyday Orientalism 10 years ago. Fin.4/ everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/a...

Lush's soap most of the money from which goes to funding Medical Services for Palestinians in Gaza. Let everybody know.

so much love for the Give Up Yer Aul Sins nativity story. Dozens of classic lines in it #spéirgorm youtu.be/qEM6VLjZJbk

‘Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”’ Ramiro Guevara interview with Regina José Galindo @elfaroenglish.bsky.social translation by @maxgranger.info #Guatemala #Guatemala_impunity #Guatemala_state_violence #art #Guatemala_art #Guatemala_contextual_art

Performance artist Regina José Galindo uses poetry and performance to engage society and explain the social contexts behind her work and the role of political art in Central America’s democratic crisis, reports Ramiro Guevara. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

‘Nine Minutes in the Fire, Eight Years For the First Light’ @edu-grattan.bsky.social @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala_Hogar_Seguro_Virgen_de_la_Asunción#Guatemala#Guatemala #Guatemala_Impunity #Guatemala_GBV #GBV

When Maya Ixil survivors demanded accountability for when troops razed their villages, they found a Guatemalan justice system in ruins. A retired general was about to launch his final counteroffensive in a trial collapsing from within. #ChronicleOfTheYear beta.elfaro.net/en/from-the-...

#OtD 11 Dec 1981 a Reagan-backed death squad massacred around 1000 people in El Mozote, El Salvador. Prior to being killed, many of the victims were tortured and girls as young as 10 were raped by the US-trained troops stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8281...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die'

Israeli attacks on the occupied West Bank are reaching a critical level. It is imperative we act to call out these heinous attacks, raids, abductions, and violence of the Israeli occupation.

A Guatemalan immigrant held at Camp East Montana here in El Paso has died. He had been held at the facility since September. At least 25 migrants have died in ICE detention this year.

Forest City 1 is a charter city proposal by a network of right-wing libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, centrists, and even so-called green supporters. The Guardian, Spiked, CAPX, the Free Speech Union are signatories, something is going very wrong with UK free zones open.substack.com/pub/european...

Military Diary Case: “Every judicial delay prolongs the never-ending grief” Andrea Godínez @ocotegt.bsky.social #Guatemala #Military_Diary_Case #Caso_Diario_Militar #Pacto_De_Coruptos

In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Has to be an @theonion.com story?

‘The Books the CIA Burned in Guatemala’ by José Cal @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala_PBSUCCESS #Guatemala_CIA #Guatemala_1954_Coup #Guatemala_Democracy #Guatemala_Cold_War #José_Cal

"Ryanair is shutting its frequent flyers members’ club after only eight months because customers exploited its benefits too much." www.theguardian.com/business/202... Go figure!

Forest City 1 Suffolk is the beginning of many more charter cities dependent on deregulated SEZ frameworks, and billions in public money. Find out more here👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/european...

THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones. open.substack.com/pub/european...

What is the point of writing in the midst of genocide? In episode 4 of the PalFest Podcast, Tareq Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates consider this and other questions animated by Baconi's new memoir FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION. Listen at: www.palfest.org/podcast

Tarmac of Tears: Back in Guatemala, Trump’s Deportees Weep Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

This 🧵- important to know what's being said and what's not being said. Whose interests are being served?

Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...

#OtD 21 Nov 1920 British colonial police in Ireland raided Croke Park stadium during a Gaelic football match and began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd of thousands of people, killing 14, including one player stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9419...