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Indigenous Maya Ixil authorities lead thousands of people marching for democracy in Guatemala City. SANDRA CUFFE / Truthout By Sandra Cuffe / Truthout The aroma of coffee wafts out from a communal kitchen tent at a Guatemala City protest encampment where people are counting down the days until the inauguration of the country’s next government. For months, leaders from autonomous Indigenous governance structures have spearheaded a movement to defend democracy by ensuring the transition happens,

Leaders from Indigenous governance structures have energized a movement to ensure the presidential transition happens.

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.

What happens when a nation’s justice system is used by a select, powerful few as a weapon? Guatemala’s president-elect is finding out in real time.

Guatemalans have set up more than 120 protest blockades around the country as a post-electoral crisis deepens.

Efforts to undermine the president-elect are taking a toll on his party and on Guatemalans standing up for democracy.

A surprise presidential runoff candidate, a blatant attack on electoral independence, and the shock waves that could shift the future of democracy in Guatemala.

Farming is among the most basic, and essential, relationships that humans can have with our planet. And it’s evolving to keep pace with changing climate conditions. In this episode, Whitney Eulich, the Monitor’s Mexico City-based Latin America editor and writer, talks with host Clay Collins about the roots of a Monitor story on global innovation in small-scale agriculture.

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.