Letter to the Executive Directors of the World Bank: No New Loans for Guatemala Until Chixoy Reparations Plan Implemented
On June 4, NISGUA, along with 33 other organizations from around the world, submitted a letter to the Executive Directors of the World Bank calling on them to delay their vote on the approval of a $340 million loan for Guatemala. The signing organizations ask that the bank cease to extend any loans to Guatemala until victims of the [...]
Urgent action to support La Puya communities opposing US-owned gold mine
Take action: Stand in solidarity with La Puya On Friday, May 23, the communities in resistance of La Puya were violently evicted from their blockade at the entrance to El Tambor gold mine. This attack comes after more than two years of peaceful resistance to the project, and repeated calls for dialogue. Hundreds of police used tear gas and [...]
Genocide survivors respond to congressional resolution to deny genocide
"We are thousands of Guatemalan victims of grave human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict. The only thing we ask for is justice." - Communique from survivors in response to congressional resolution to deny genocide Genocide survivors gather in front of the Congress of the Republic. On late Tuesday, May 13, the Guatemalan Congress passed a shocking [...]
Worldwide Day of Action: Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Genocide Sentence
On May 10, supporters, scholars and students from over a dozen countries celebrated the one-year anniversary of the genocide sentence. The worldwide day of action brought together communities to support the survivors' decades-long struggle for truth and justice in Guatemala. People across the world read the sentence aloud, participated commemorative events and shared personal reflections. In Guatemala City, the one-year anniversary [...]
Asesinato de joven de 16 años – Continúa la violencia vinculada a mina canadiense; urgen al Fondo de Pensiones de Canadá desinvertir en Tahoe Resources
El 13 de abril del 2014 Topacio Reynoso, una joven guatemalteca de 16 años, fue asesinada cerca de su comunidad de Mataquescuintla, Guatemala, donde organizaba un grupo de jóvenes en contra de la minería. Su padre, que había liderado la organización de una consulta municipal sobre la mina, fue herido de bala en el mismo incidente y permanece hospitalizado [...]
Sixteen-year old girl murdered in continued violence associated with Tahoe Resources’ mine, Canada Pension Plan urged to divest
(Ottawa/Toronto) A sixteen year old Guatemalan girl, Topacio Reynoso, was murdered on April 13, 2014 near her home town of Mataquescuintla, Guatemala where she was head of a youth movement against mining. Her father, a leader in organizing a municipal vote on the mine, was shot in the same incident and is in hospital in critical condition. This is [...]