1 12 1 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/d49cae9278140ff9c726776605ae95b3.pdf 5c9220046fadbb6733e72a34ca0656e1 PDF Text Text "FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE Page MARGINAL AND OPPRESSED" 7 A new Council of Ethnic Communities "RunujelJunam" (CERJ) has been formed in Guatemala "to defend the human and cultural rights of Indigenous communities in Guatemala, so that they may keep their Identity as the original and legitimate Representatives of the Guatemalan people." In August, CERJ presented a protest to the Human Rights Commission of the National Congress, saying that those who wished to leave the "Voluntary Defense Committees" established by the military were being accused of being "Communists" and threatened. The organization also plans to work for land rights, literacy, housing, and cultural values. SOURCE : Consejo De Comunidades Etnicas, Sa. Avenida 3-13, Zona 5, Santa Cruz Quiche, Guatemala. PLANTATION WORKERS STRIKE Families of the "desaparecidos," Guatemala. ©Rick Droz ~,_/---~ On January 23, 198~ 40,000 farmworkers launched a strike against the coffee, cotton, and sugar cane plantations of the southern coast of Guatemala. The strikers, coordinated by the Committee ofFarmworker Unity (CUC), are calling for the daily wage to be raised to 10 quetzales (U.S. $3.70) per day. According to CUC, hundreds of workers have been fired for participating in the strike, and workers are being threatened and denounced as subversives by armed men in plainclothes, working for the plantation owners. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "For the Rights of the Marginal and Oppressed" (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title "For the Rights of the Marginal and Oppressed" (Guatemala) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (7).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Abstract Note A new council was formed in Guatemala to protect the human and cultural rights of local Natives. Pages 7 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Derechos Humanos Fall 1988 Guatemala Human Rights protection of human rights Winter 1989