AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoIndigenous Rights & Peace: Indigenous Maya leader Mario Simón Chávez says Guatemala’s 1996 civil war may be over, but structural conflict continues through corruption, land dispossession, and attacks on self-determination as delegates bring the issue to the UN in Geneva. Mayan Science Breakthrough: Guatemala’s culture ministry says researchers have deciphered the name of the ancient Maya astronomer-mathematician Sak Tahn Waax from San Bartolo-Xultun murals, including a mathematical-astronomical formula tied to Mars and Venus. Guatemalan Diaspora Culture: The 10th Annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles returns Aug. 29-30 in Lafayette Park with free entry, seven blocks of music, crafts, and traditional food. Art & Women’s Voices: “TRAMA: A COLLABORATION,” a quilt work by Nora Chavooshian and 28 Guatemalan women quilt artists, is featured in “Freedoms Reframed” at Trent House Museum through Oct. 3. Sports & Identity: Dual U.S.-Guatemalan runner Lola Satre Morales breaks Guatemala’s 800m record and is honored by the national athletics federation. Health Watch: A cyclospora outbreak is surging in Michigan and spreading to nearby Ohio, with officials still hunting for the source.
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