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Guatemalan workers at Lunafil win 410-day occupation despite violence. PBI accompanies. 1987-1988

Country
Guatemala
Time period
June 9, 1987 to October 3, 1988
Classification
Defense
Third-party nonviolent intervention
Cluster
Economic Justice
Total points
8.5 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Karen Ridd 11/06/2014

On 9 June 1987 workers of the Sindicato de Trabajadores de Lunafil (Lunafil Thread Factory Workers Union, or SITRALU) were given unwelcome news by management.  

The Lunafil factory was located on the main highway in Amatitlan, just 15 miles from Guatemala City (capital of Guatemala).  In that factory workers spun cotton grown on Guatemalan plantations into thread. The thread was then shipped to other factories for Guatemalan workers to use in sewing garments for export, the so-called maquiladoras. 

Twenty-five thousand refugees return safely to Guatemala using international nonviolent accompaniment (Project A), 1993-1999

Country
Mexico
Guatemala
Time period
January, 1993 to March, 1999
Classification
Third-party nonviolent intervention
Cluster
Democracy
Human Rights
National/Ethnic Identity
Peace
Total points
8 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Derrek Bentley 22/11/2013

From 1960 to 1996 Guatemalans endured a civil war in which the Guatemalan military and leftist guerrillas fought for control. In order to defeat the guerrillas, the government focused on controlling and depleting the potential guerrilla population- generally the Mayan Guatemalans. Approximately 200,000 indigenous Mayans were displaced in the early 1980s and in 1987 they decided it was time to head home.

Peace Brigades International (PBI) protects and aids Guatemalan Mutual Support Group (GAM), 1984-1989

Country
Guatemala
Classification
Third-party nonviolent intervention
Cluster
Human Rights
Peace
Total points
9 out of 10 points
Name of researcher, and date dd/mm/yyyy
Sarah Gonzales, 14/04/2013

From 1960 to 1996 Guatemalans endured a civil war in which the Guatemalan military and leftist guerrillas fought for control.   In order to defeat the guerrillas, the government focused on controlling and depleting the potential guerrilla population- generally the Mayan Guatemalans.