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 [...]
Violencia subraya la necesidad para una suspensión temporaria de la mina Marlin de Goldcorp
En la siguiente carte dirigida a las autoridades Guatemalecas y Goldcorp Inc., la Coalición en contra la Minería Injusta de Guatemala (CAMIGUA) expresa su profunda preocupación en relación a los informes sobre la violencia ocurrida el 28 de febrero de 2011 en la municipalidad de San Miguel Ixtahuacán. CAMIGUA entiende que eventos como los ocurridos el 28 de febrero subrayan [...]
Violence Near Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala Underscores Need for Mine Suspension
In the following letter to Guatemalan authorities and Goldcorp Inc., the Coalition Against Unjust Mining in Guatemala (CAMIGUA) expresses its profound concern following reports of violence in the municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacán. CAMIGUA believes that the recent incident underscores an urgent need for the Guatemalan government to fully implement precautionary measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [...]
Communities reject initiative to regulate community referenda
A man waves a banner with the logo of the Comité de Unidad Campesina. Graham HuntIn an interview with the Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Carlos Daniel de León of the Commerce and Investment Agency of Guatemala made known on February 19 that representatives of Guatemala's private sector had submitted to the executive branch of the [...]