Author profile: Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras

Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras is a Guatemalan sociologist at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and holds a Master’s degree in Governance and Development from the Universiteit Antwerpen. He has researched gender-based, symbolic and institutional violence.

The Crime of Defending a River: Domination, Racism, and Structural Violence in Guatemala

Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras • Apr 14 2022 • Articles

Despite structural violence against the Q’anjob’al people, a historic triumph stopped a hydroelectric plant on their sacred Q’an B’alam River.

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