Marco Baumgartner
I was a volunteer in the Guatemala project and since then I follow closely the work of PBI, which is very important for the people who fight every day for their rights.
Marco Baumgartner
Guatemala, 2014-2015
Guatemala
Félix
PBI has made me a better person, it has trained me as an activist and as an agent of social intervention, and through PBI I have met people and experienced situations that I will always carry in my heart
Félix
Guatemala, 1995
Anónimo
PBI has given me the opportunity to cross the path of people who defend Life. And now that I am at a moment in my life when I think I have to choose between believing and not believing, having crossed their paths gives me the possibility to choose: I do want to believe.
Anonymous
Guatemala
Caroline Tessier
The first right of human rights is to be respected and to be able to say and act nonviolently when they are not respected. I have a deep admiration for people who put their lives on the line to advance a recognized and deserved social cause
Caroline Tessier
Guatemala, 2008-2014
Roberto Meloni
In the field it has been very nice to be able to meet the men and women we accompanied, but also to see how such a small organization can do such a complete and relevant work
Roberto Meloni,
Guatemala, 2016-2017
GUATEMALA
In 2014, PBI conmemorated thirty years of accompaniment in Guatemala.
GUATEMALA
The Guatemalan Peace Accords were signed, ending more than 30 years of civil war. Following the signing of the Peace Accords and a subsequent reduction in the number of human rights violations and accompaniment requests, PBI decided to close it’s project.
GUATEMALA
PBI installed its first team during a period of intense state terror and repression. PBI’s work quickly focused on protecting victims and nascent nonviolent organisations confronting government violence.
GUATEMALA
Following a deterioration of the human rights situation, PBI once again began receiving accompaniment requests from Guatemalan civil society. An exploration was carried out in 2001 and a team re-opened in 2003.