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Accompanier perspectives: AIDS and historical memory.

Oli  (they/them), former NISGUA Internacionalista and forever compa, wrote this after their second stint as a volunteer in Guatemala with NISGUA. During my first week back home in Philadelphia after accompanying in Guatemala, I finished the book Let The Record Show by Sarah Schulman about ACT UP and AIDS activism in New York in the 80s [...]

By |June 24th, 2023|Categories: Accompanier Perspectives|0 Comments

Vote with memory!

In the face of the proven cooptation of the three branches of the State by sectors historically interested in maintaining corruption, impunity, fear, and defenselessness, which characterize the recent governments of the business, military, and criminal right, the No More Genocide Coalition- (in Spanish Coordinadora Genocidio Nunca Más -CGNM) expresses to the national and international public opinion: We firmly [...]

By |June 23rd, 2023|Categories: Justice and accountability, Justicia|0 Comments

May Solidarity Update ⭐

Thank you for joining us in this May edition of NISGUA’s Solidarity Update. This month has been a month of justice. Not because of access to it, but because despite the lack of it, the people have never ceased to demand it. This month, hundreds of people took to the streets in honor of historical memory and to affirm [...]

Statement: General Elections 2023

The Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) rejects and question the candidacy for the presidential elections of Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa, daughter of the deceased ex-dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt. THE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION - AJR- COMMUNICATES TO THE PUBLIC OPINION Zury Ríos Sosa's participation as a presidential candidate offends the conscience, dignity and memory of the [...]

Statement: De Facto Amnesty

On June 9, Guatemala’s justice system granted substitute measures and house arrest to former high-rank military officials Benedicto Lucas García, Manuel Callejas y Callejas, and Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez, who were sentenced in 2018 for their participation in the illegal detention, torture, and sexual assault of Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen and the forced disappearance of her 14-year-old brother, Marco [...]

Un compromiso por el cuidado de nuestra Casa Común

Celebración del 8vo aniversario de la consulta municipal en San Juan Tecuaco San Juan Tecuaco, 21 de mayo de 2023 - En un emotivo encuentro, la Comisión Multisectorial de Defensa de la Naturaleza (COMUDENA) de San Juan Tecuaco conmemoró el 8vo aniversario de la histórica consulta municipal que tuvo lugar el 17 de mayo de 2015. En aquella [...]

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