The Global Debate: Guatemala

 

Guatemala Videos 

See video messages from Guatemalan politicans and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

 

Peace Launch

See extracts from Guatemala's panel event for the Peace Launch on March 12th.

 

Guatemala First Lady 

Find out what Sandra Torres de Colon has to say about the relationship bewtween peace and education.

The Launch: March 12th

 In Guatemala, a panel event was organised to spark the debate, featuring high-profile representatives from national and international organisations working on education and peace. Those involved in the debate included Rigoberta Menchú, former Nobel Peace Prize winner, Viceminister of Bilingual and Intercultural Education, Virginia Tacám, Secretary of Peace and Human Rights, Olando Blanco, signatory to the Guatemalan Peace Accords, Raquel Zelaya and the Guatemalan First Lady. The relationship between education and peace has truly become an issue for debate.

Read the Guatemalan newspaper article from DIARIO CENTROAMÉRCIA at www.dca.gob.gt/nacion.html.

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