IN THE NEWS

Keep updated on our work by viewing some recent news coverage focused on our advocacy, events and the history of the Center!

Sep 10

Press — CBS Sunday Morning: Immigration laws raising issues for Florida growers

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Jul 23

El Calor Mata! Heat Kills!

Heat is the leading weather-related killer, and it is becoming more dangerous with hotter days becoming a new norm in states like...

Jun 21

WLRN: Historic Chiquita trials — and verdict — bear a big South Florida imprint

This month a federal jury in West Palm Beach handed down a historic verdict. In what’s believed to be a first, a major U.S. corporation...

May 14

The Quarterly Quetzal — Issue # 1 [May 2024]

Introducing The Quarterly Quetzal, TGMC's Newsletter!

May 6

PRESS — WLRN: A Guatemalan genocide trial echoes among South Florida's Ixil Maya

“Florida's Guatemalan Maya refer to the brutal horror they experienced as the silent genocide — it was happening right under our noses...

Apr 4

PRESS - Noticias Telemundo: Le presentamos la 'escuelita maya' de Florida donde niños migrantes aprenden conservando sus raíces

"[La Escuelita Maya] está ubicada en Lake Worth, y la mayoría de sus estudiantes son de origen guatemalteco. Karymn Salcedo es su...

Mar 25

PRESS - The Florida Catholic: Meet Estella Martinez, a proud farmworker

"Since the beginning of the campaign 19 years ago, the staff of the Florida Catholic Media’s central office has shrunk from 20 members to...

Mar 18

PRESS RELEASE- BREAKING NEWS: Virgilio Aguilar Mendez RELEASED!

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Mar 1

PRESS RELEASE- BREAKING NEWS:The Case of Virgilio Aguilar Mendez

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Jan 23

The Case of Virgilio Aguilar Mendez:

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Jan 19

PRESS- The Boston Globe "Blame the victim: Immigrant faces charges in death of Florida policeman"

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Jan 9

PRESS- NBC "Attorney says video disputes charges that farmworker caused officer’s fatal heart attack"

A Guatemalan teen is charged in the death of a Florida sheriff’s sergeant, but his attorney says video shows the officer made an illegal...

Jan 9

PRESS- ABC News "Petition calls for release of Guatemalan teen charged with officer's death following heart attack"

Nov 28, 2023

Join The Guatemalan-Maya Center for Giving Tuesday 2023!

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Oct 20, 2023

PRESS: October 20 declared 'Guatemalan Day' in historic recognition of Palm Beach County's thriving

Oct 12, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: The Guatemalan-Maya Center announces their Festival de Fe y Alegría! 🎉

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Jul 8, 2023

PRESS - El mismo “pánico” y “caos”: el miedo se reaviva en una comunidad de migrantes en Florida por la ley de DeSantis

Para Mariana Blanco, subdirectora del Guatemalan Maya Center, la nueva ley migratoria del gobernador Ron DeSantis ha hecho que la...

Jun 30, 2023

BROKEN LAND: CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION IN GUATEMALA

As young Guatemalans desperately flee poverty, some organizations in Guatemala are workings towards rebuilding their communities self...

Jun 30, 2023

PRESS - 5 cosas que deben saber los inmigrantes indocumentados si son detenidos por la ley SB 1718 de Florida

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Jun 19, 2023

PRESS: NPR DISCUSSES HOW SB1718 IS PUSHING INDIGENOUS FAMILIES TO FLEE - AGAIN.

NPR sat down with Clìnica Maya's Director to discuss how SB1718 is forcing immigrant families to once again flee their homes out of fear...