6. How the death squads became the cartels - Guatemala part 2

The informal refugee camp in La Plaza de La República, which was once home to up to 3,000 people, was forcibly shut down by the City of Reynosa on May 2nd, 2022 displacing hundreds and resulting in the unfinished shelter that Solidarity has been working on, Senda 2, to be opened out of necessity. In this episode you’ll hear Solidarity’s field team explain day by day of what happened the week of the 2nd through a mixture of narration, interviews, Whatsapp messages, and sound clips from the field.

This episode is an update on the humanitarian crisis in Reynosa, Mexico and includes interviews with 10 women who have taken varying leadership roles within this space.

In this episode you hear from us! Dignity Displaced hosts and two of Solidarity Engineering’s founders, Chloe Rastatter and Christa Cook, talk about our work at the US/Mexico border. We answer the most frequently asked questions we get from reporters about who we are, what we do, and what it’s like as a grassroots organization at the border.

Continuing our mini series on why people are fleeing Guatemala, we were joined by author, lawyer, and human rights activist Jennifer Harbury. In this episode, we finish our interview with Jennifer who talks to us about how members of the CIA supported death squads went on to start some of the deadliest cartels in Latin America which now are a major root cause of Guatemalan migration to the US southern border.

Continuing our mini series on why people are fleeing Guatemala, we were joined by author, lawyer, and human rights activist, Jennifer Harbury. In this episode, Jennifer talks to us about the US' involvement in the genocide and civil war in the Guatemala during the 80s and 90s and how the CIA documents she got released after 3 hunger strikes show the US' direct support members of death squads in Central America who went onto start some of the deadliest cartels we see today.

In recognition of November being Native American Heritage month we brought the conversation within our borders to talk about water access in the Navajo Nation where 30% of the population lives without running water. This episode includes stories from two Diné leaders who had to step up to confront the growing water crisis during the COVID lockdown and beyond.

In the light of the worsening humanitarian crisis at the southern border this episode includes interviews with an experienced immigration lawyer, multiple humanitarian aid workers, and multiple asylum seekers to find out what has or hasn’t changed with the change of administration.

This episode includes 4 interviews with Guatemalan indigenous leaders, youth protesters, and water rights activists. Together, these interviews will give you an idea of how the historic power imbalances, foreign investment, and the ongoing fight for human rights in Guatemala effects migration toward the US/Mexico border.

This episode focuses on how climate change has both sudden and slow onset effects on migration. It includes a conversation with an expert in the field as well as an aid worker who has focused the past 30 years on confronting water sacristy.

This episode of Dignity Displaced follows several asylum seekers at the Matamoros refugee camp, as they describe their journey to the border, their experience at the camp, and their reaction to Biden's first steps to repeal the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).