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Right now the most well documented genocide in recorded history is being committed by Israel–with the full throated military and political complicity of the United States–against the Palestinian people in Gaza. On Friday, March 8th (International Women’s Day) the biggest public display of solidarity with Palestine I’ve witnessed here [...]
An Internacionalista 2023 wrote this letter on August, 2023. Hello All, Welcome to my friends and family letter after 2 months of being in Guatemala! This letter is part update/part reflections on my time in Guatemala. I am so new here that I feel as though I [...]
![[ESP] Una tarjeta blanca sostenida por una mano. en la tarjeta se dibuja una vela con lápiz negro y unas letras que dicen: Don Noé presente. Por arriba y debajo de la vela pegado unos pétalos de rosas. [ENG] A white card held by one hand. On the card is drawn a candle with black pencil and some letters that say: Don Noah present. Above and below the candle glued some rose petals.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-11.png)
Ana (they/elle/ella). Internacionalista 2023 wrote this letter on January 18th, 2024. Dear friends, family and comrades: Bernardo Arévalo is president of Guatemala as of Monday in the very early morning. Even though he was elected on August 20th with 60% of the vote (aka landslide victory), that [...]
![[ENG] Landscape of Guatemala. With blue sky and green grass and mountains at the bottom. [ESP] Paisaje de Guatemala. Con cielo azul y hierba verde y montañas al fondo.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/signal-2024-02-01-141339_005.jpeg)
Michelle Liang (she/her), Internacionalista 2023 Welcome to my first Friends & (Chosen) Family Letter from Guatemala. Part of my responsibilities in my year with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), in the road to global solidarity, is to write a letter to my [...]
Ana (they/them), Internacionalista 2023 wrote this letter on October 23rd, 2023 during the Guatemala National Strike. Right now, it is day 21 of a massive Plurinational Strike in Guatemala, led by the Indigenous Authorities. There have been days with over 100 points of shut down highway [...]
This reflection is by Maisie (they/them) current Internacionalista. I’ve been in Guatemala for more than 8 months now. Since the last time I wrote y’all, my reflections have increased tenfold. Being here feels like looking at the ocean; at first the water’s surface is just a single large expanse, [...]
![[ESP] En una calle de guatemala, en el muro de un parque, hay un grafiti con letras blancas que dice: La memoria es justicia para nuestrxs abuelxs. [ENG] n a street in Guatemala, on the wall of a park, a graffitti with white letter said: The memory is justice for our ancesters](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5471-scaled.jpg)
Oli (they/them), former NISGUA Internacionalista and forever compa, wrote this after their second stint as a volunteer in Guatemala with NISGUA. During my first week back home in Philadelphia after accompanying in Guatemala, I finished the book Let The Record Show by Sarah Schulman about ACT [...]
Claire (they/them), former NISGUA Internacionalista, wrote this update during their time as a volunteer with NISGUA. Dear NISGUA family, Almost exactly one year after leaving staff, I’m honored to come back for a month as an accompanier. Frankly, it's a disturbing political scene to return to. You [...]
Oli (they/them) former NISGUA internacionalista wrote this update during their time as a volunteer with NISGUA. Read and enjoy! Dear community, I am in Guatemala for my second stint as an accompanier. Some of the struggles I accompanied when I was here last in 2018-19 have been won, [...]
Ruby Tedeschi (she/elle/ella) former NISGUA Internacionalista, recorded this update during their time as a volunteer with NISGUA. Turn the volume up and enjoy! Dear Friends and family I enjoy talking a whole lot more than I enjoy writing so I attached a voice recording [...]