The following excerpt is from an article published in the January, 2010 newsletter from Avivará. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
Recently it seems, they have been “taking it to the streets.” With the announcement in December that the government would be cutting 32,000 jobs in health, education and police due to the failure of the Guatemalan congress to approve a fiscal reform initiative, teachers blocked the major roadways into Guatemala City for several days in protest.
The Guatemala Teacher’s Guild has been meeting over the last several weeks with Bienvenido Argueta, the newly appointed Guatemalan Minister of Education, to determine what supplies will be available for the start of school, including such items as basic teaching materials and snacks for students. Even though these meetings have been held behind closed doors, it was leaked that the Guild will likely call for a general teacher’ strike if their demands for adequate funding are not met. Argueta urged the teacher’s not to hinder the beginning of the school year, but also acknowledged their right to demonstrate…
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