Blanca Violeta López Samayoa: Forging a clear path to conflict transformation

April 9, 2024

Blanca Violeta López Samayoa has learned how to command the attention of a room. She has a lot to say and talks fast. Holding a conflict mediator role as a woman in spaces normally dominated by men in rural Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has not been easy, but it has shaped the way she speaks and carries herself.  ...
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Ernesto Jacinto Mejía: Mediating for a Chiantla in peace

April 5, 2024

Residents of Chiantla in Huehuetenango, Guatemala were fed up with a local rock-crushing company. The company’s large trucks drove up and down the community’s roads at high speeds around 50 times per day, deteriorating roads and creating an unsafe environment for children walking to school and other pedestrians. The community knew who to go to for help. ...
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Youths Solutions to Entrenched Challenges

April 2, 2024

Puerto Cortés, Honduras—This Caribbean seaside city is home to the country’s largest port. Like other parts of the country, the city has exceptionally high rates of violence and other daunting challenges, which drive irregular migration to neighboring countries....
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Newton Barreno Rosales: Entrepreneur, leader, inspiration

April 2, 2024

In a small community of Totonicapán, a young man named Newton Barreno Rosales has a big presence....
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