🌱 August Solidarity Update / Actualización Solidaria de Agosto 🌱
As August comes to a close in Guatemala, the canÃcula — the midsummer dry spell — gives way to the return of the rains. These waters are vital for the milpa, the traditional fields of corn, beans, and squash that nourish both body and spirit. Just as the earth renews itself through these cycles, communities continue to cultivate memory, [...]
Perspectivas de les Acompañantes: Neoliberalismo y migración forzada – Violencia contra los Pueblos IndÃgenas de Guatemala
Internacionalista Taz (elle/they) escribió esta reflexión en agosto de 2025. A finales de julio, hace calor en Santa Anita las Canoas, la pequeña comunidad Maya Kaqchikel de Chimaltenango, un departamento del Altiplano Central de Guatemala. La tierra brilla con un tono anaranjado. Las hojas de los cafetales se mueven y centellean. Don Aguilar(1) está sentado en silencio en un [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: Neoliberalism & Forced Migration – Violence Against Guatemala’s Indigenous Peoples
Internacionalista Taz (they/elle) wrote this reflection in August 2025. Late July, it is hot in Santa Anita las Canoas, the small Maya Kaqchikel community in Chimaltenango, a department in the central highlands of Guatemala. The dirt glows orange. Leaves of the coffee trees shift and shimmer. Don Aguilar(1) sits quietly on a small stool to my left, both feet [...]
Statement from Indigenous Authorities on Criminalization and Political Persecution / Comunicado de las Autoridades IndÃgenas ante la criminalización y persecución polÃtica
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. FROM OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WE INDIGENOUS AUTHORITIES DECLARE: 1. Our emphatic rejection of the Public Prosecutor's actions against the former Vice Mayor of the Indigenous Municipality of Sololá (2022 - 2023), Esteban Toc Tzay, who [...]
Photo Storytelling: Witnessing Resistance – Stories of Justice, Memory, and Community / Fotorreportaje: Testigues de Resistencia – Historias de Justicia, Memoria y Comunidad
This photo storytelling highlights a visit to organized communities in the Kaqchikel region within the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at the end of July 2025. Through these images, Internacionalista Tas shares their experience, reflecting on their reactions and insights from this inspiring encounter. Este fotorreportaje destaca una visita a comunidades organizadas en la región Kaqchikel dentro de [...]
Serie de Entrevistas – Donde la AlegrÃa se Encuentra con la Lucha: Festival Madre Tierra (Parte 1)
Parte 1: OrÃgenes y Evolución de una Lucha Comunitaria Sobre esta entrevista La siguiente conversación fue realizada durante el 11º Festival por la Madre Tierra en la comunidad de Copal AA La Esperanza, Guatemala, en junio de 2025. Este festival, organizado anualmente por el Instituto Básico "Nuevo Amanecer", reúne a la comunidad en torno al cuidado ambiental a través [...]