A 13 años del martirio de Monseñor Gerardi
Graham Hunt*Español abajo* On April 26, 1998, two days after publicly presenting the Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (REMHI), the interdiocesan truth commission report detailing human rights abuses committed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war, bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera was brutally assassinated in the garage of his home. 13 years later, hundreds participated in commemorative activities in honor of the [...]
Se intensifica rechazo de reglamento de las consultas comunitarias – Rejection of regulation of community referenda intensifies
Graham HuntOn March 23, hundreds of representatives from more than 50 municipalities that have carried out community referenda in Guatemala, articulated in the Consejo de Pueblos de Occidente (CPO) and other regional groups, took to the streets in Guatemala City to repudiate the central government's initiative to regulate community consultations, announced one month earlier. The delegates submitted the Memorial del [...]
NISGUA Tour Underway! 2011 Itinerary
Listado de actividades en espanol.Our most recently updated itinerary can be found on our website www.nisgua.org. MINING AND VIOLENCE IN GUATEMALA: INDIGENOUS WOMEN RESIST2011 Speaking Tour with Tz’ununija’ Indigenous Women’s MovementMarch 28 - April 14, 2011NEW YORK CITY AND NEW JERSEY: MARCH 28-31March 28, Monday11:30am: Lunch with Community Friends in Action Grace Lutheran Church, 9 E. Homestead Ave., Palisades [...]
Se celebra consulta comunitaria en San Martín Chile Verde – San Martín Chile Verde celebrates community referendum
A man prepares to vote in Caserío Tui Bul. Graham HuntUn hombre se prepara para emitir su voto en el Caserío Tui Bul.On March 16, 2011, 17,849 residents of the predominantly Maya Mam municipality of San Martín "Chile Verde" Sacatepéquez, Quetzaltenango, added their voices to those of the roughly 600,000 people across Guatemala who have rejected the imposition of mining [...]
Evictions in Polochic Valley Denounced
Representatives from numerous organizations held a press conference on March 18 to denounce human rights violations committed during the eviction of hundreds of rural Maya Q'eqchi' families in the Polochic Valley, in the department of Alta Verapaz and to demand that the authorities halt the evictions. The organizations addressed a letter of protest to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the [...]
Denuncian desalojos del Valle del Polochic, Alta Verapaz
Representantes de diversas organizaciones sociales dieron una conferencia de prensa el 18 de marzo de 2011, para denunciar las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas esta semana y para exigir que se detengan los desalojos de comunidades campesinas q'eqchi's en la región del Valle del Polochic, departamento de Alta Verapaz. Dirigieron una carta de protesta al Señor Ban Ki-Moon, Secretario General [...]