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Nov 26, 2012 · Guatemala is a multi-ethnic country; along with the Xinca and Garifuna, there are 21 different Maya groups making up an estimated 51 percent of the national population and speaking 26 Mayan languages.
4 days ago · The Maya community in the Bay Area has grown to tens of thousands of people from Guatemala and Mexico who speak Mam, K'iche, Yucatel, and other Maya languages. ... And a lot of discrimination ...
Jun 9, 2024 · “As a young Mam woman growing up in Oakland, my mother and I went through a lot of discrimination. I saw how scared my mom was to even speak Mam or ask for help – people would stare and laugh at us,” recalled Esmeralda Mendoza, co-founder of Radio B’alam-Voces Maya.
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Jul 13, 2021 · Mam (also known as Qyol Mam), from the Mam language branch, like Kaqchikel has around half a million speakers in Guatemala. It is spoken in 61 different municipalities across three departments; 20 in Huehuetenango, 12 in Quetzaltenango, and 29 in San Marcos.
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Its real purpose was to eliminate any social and political agency of Maya people as part of the army’s racialized genocide campaign, as well as to transform and colonize the Mayan highlands into a militarized territory that the government could control and contain them. [7]
Discrimination also continues in the restrictions on indigenous peoples’ rights in judicial proceedings. Many Maya continue to be tried in Spanish, even though they do not speak the language. This is due to a shortage of both bilingual judges and/or interpreters.
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Jun 29, 2021 · Guatemala Discriminates against Indigenous Peoples, Denying Access to Radio Frequencies. En español. Por Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff) On June 9-10, 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard the historic case of Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel Peoples of Sumpango vs. Guatemala.
