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““LA VIDA NO TIENE PRECIO”: LA VIDA NO TIENE PRECIO”: Lessons Learned in GuatemalaLessons Learned in Guatemala
Course: Truth and Reconciliation: Politics and Course: Truth and Reconciliation: Politics and Possibilities of MemoryPossibilities of Memory
Interfaith Institute for Peace, Justice, and Social Interfaith Institute for Peace, Justice, and Social MovementsMovements
Burnaby, BC, Aug 14, 2008 Burnaby, BC, Aug 14, 2008
Unit presented by Angela Contreras-ChavezUnit presented by Angela Contreras-Chavez
Reconstructing the Social Fabric is like Reconstructing the Social Fabric is like ……
Weaving a Mayan TextileWeaving a Mayan Textile
Unit Description
Brief overview of the transformation of the recommendations made by Guatemala’s REHMI
report in terms of Reparation
Objective
Make you reflect on
one small thing that you can do
---individually, collectively; internally, externally--
to transform reconciliation into action.
CASE: Guatemala
Recommendations of the (1997) REHMI Project:
REPARATIONS!!!!
1. Material restitution2. Humanitarian assistance for victims/survivors3. Collective Memory4. Statement of Government Responsibility5. Official History6. Investigations of Cases7. Honoring the Victims (ceremonies, monuments, legal
procedures)8. Exhumations9. Restoring Memory to the People
NATIONAL PROGRAM OF REPARATION (PNR)
Measures
1. Psycho-social2. Cultural3. Dignity4. Health5. Bursaries
Tangible: housing, social dev projects, land titles.
Intangible: universal health, psycho-social, culture.
Tangible-intangible: elementary education (T tuition), dignity (T monuments, T houses of prayer Nimajay), social dev projects (T literacy for women), universal health (T pharma-care, T prosthesis)
Holistic Mechanism for Material Reparation (PNR)
BRINGING IN MAYAN VALUES
Relevant to Truth and Justice
• Harmony
• Respect the elderly
• Coexistence
• Solidarity• Binary complements: young-old, men-women, cold-hot,
present-past…
• Tetra complements: water, animals, air, people…
MAYA KEM: WEAVING A TEXTILE
1. [Tangible + intangible]
2. [(Long-term + short term) & (tangible + intangible)]
3. Tangible intangible
4. Intangible tangible
5. Accumulative and not exclusive
6. Intangible even when if victim doesn’t ask for it
7. Bursaries and universal health only after 3 yrs
8. All collective victims will receive intangible compensation
Workshops for Psychological-Social Reparation (tangible)
Psycho-social workshop is a pre-requisite for receiving material compensation (intangible tangible)
Psycho-social workshop after receiving monetary compensation (tangible intangible)
FROM TRUTH TO REPARATION: PHASES
1. Community preparation2. Interviews, diagnosis3. Analysis, prescription 4. Initiation: economic, material, projects5. Closing: economic, material6. PNR leaves community7. Monitoring8. Lessons learned
PREPARING THE COMMUNITY: Ceremony in front of military base The Q’ueqchi’es People of Verapaz
CLOSING: Inaugural Ceremony of Cross in Sahakok, Alta Verapaz
CLOSING: Inuagural Ceremony of Cross in Sahakok, Alta Verapaz
TANGIBLE + INTANGIBLE: The Cross at SahakokPast-present
Ceremony at The Xalab’e Cross, Alta Verapaz
CLOSING:
How can I participate in the movement towards restoring balance between Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal relations?
• Educate yourself and/or others on human dignity and challenges many people must face to enjoy basic indigenous rights to culture, self-determination, citizenship.
• Tangible or intangible acts of solidarity that help eliminate prejudices and inequalities