✨ November Solidarity Update / Actualización Solidaria de Noviembre ✨
[Español a continuación] Every November 1st, giant kites fill the skies over cemeteries across Guatemala. These barriletes gigantes—intricately decorated with vibrant colors and ancestral symbols—rise as bridges between worlds, carrying messages to those who have passed. In Maya cosmovision, death is not an ending [...]
Conectades por el agua y la esperanza: Reporte de la gira Generaciones en lucha
En clases de la universidad, en santuarios de iglesias y a orillas de los ríos y bosques, el pueblo de Carolina del Norte aprendió cómo el pueblo originario Xinka de Guatemala sigue protegiendo con éxito el agua y la tierra ante la mina Escobal. El [...]
Connected by Water and Hope – Generations in Struggle Speaking Tour Report
In university classrooms, on church pews, and at the edges of rivers and forests, the people of North Carolina learned how the Indigenous Xinka People of Guatemala continue to successfully protect water and land from the Escobal mine. The people of the United States are hungering for living [...]
🌺 October Solidarity Update / Actualización Solidaria de Octubre 🌺
[Español a continuación] In this month of October, Maya Peoples celebrate Waqxaqib’ B’atz’, the New Year of the sacred Chol Q’ij calendar — a time to renew our collective commitment to life, community, and dignity. Each new cycle invites us to reflect on what has [...]
Conmemorando dos años del Paro Nacional de 2023: “Defender hasta lo último la democracia de nuestros pueblos”
Este octubre se cumplen dos años del Paro Nacional Indígena de 2023 en Guatemala, una movilización histórica que reunió a miles de personas en todo el país en defensa de la democracia, la dignidad y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Durante 106 días, Autoridades [...]
Marking Two Years Since the 2023 National Strike: “Defending Our Peoples’ Democracy to the Very End”
This October marks two years since the 2023 Indigenous National Strike in Guatemala, a historic mobilization that brought together thousands of people across the country in defense of democracy, dignity, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. For 106 days, Indigenous Authorities and community leaders from [...]