AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoIndigenous Media Funding: Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund opens a new call for proposals (deadline Aug. 9) supporting Indigenous radio, TV, print, murals, photographers, and Indigenous women and youth communicators across Central America including Guatemala. Maya Science in Guatemala: Researchers using digitally enhanced scans at San Bartolo-Xultun identified named astronomer-mathematician Sak Tahn Waax (“White-chested Fox”), linking Maya wall inscriptions to specific calculations and sky observations. Guatemala in U.S. Immigration Courts: A Guatemalan man sentenced to six months for illegal reentry after multiple prior removals, while another Guatemala-linked case in Virginia saw an ICE detainee released by federal order, with bond and immigration court fights ahead. ICE and Families in California: An EdSource analysis says ICE detained 650+ children in California under Trump’s second term, with a sharp rise in interior detentions and impacts on school attendance. Culture & Lifestyle: A traveling exhibition of Guatemalan-and-Mexican heritage artist Julia Gonzalez Hall is set to tour Nevada campuses, with free, family-friendly public events. Sports & Regional Ties: Cuba begins water polo at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo with a match against Guatemala.
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