Statement: Justice for journalist Norma Sancir
Judge Jorge Douglas Ochoa of the Criminal Sentencing Court of the Department of Chiquimula sentenced a commissioner and two agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) for the crime of abuse of authority in the detention of journalist Norma Sancir, who was covering a demonstration of the Chortís communities in Camotán. Nine years after the events occurred, 19 hearings, [...]
Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes: Una carta como mensajero, en el camino de la concienciación y la solidaridad mundial.
Michelle Liang (ella), Internacionalista 2023 Bienvenidos a mi primera carta de amigues y familiares (elegides) desde Guatemala. Parte de mis responsabilidades en mi año con la Red en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Guatemala (NISGUA por sus siglas en inglés), en el camino hacia la solidaridad global, es escribir una carta a mis comunidades en casa, alrededor de [...]
Accompanier perspectives: A letter as a messenger, in the road to awareness and global solidarity.
Michelle Liang (she/her), Internacionalista 2023 Welcome to my first Friends & (Chosen) Family Letter from Guatemala. Part of my responsibilities in my year with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), in the road to global solidarity, is to write a letter to my communities back home around every two months. In the following [...]
Actualización Solidaria de enero
Damos la bienvenida a un nuevo año, año de continuidad en las luchas y en la resistencia de los Pueblos, en Guatemala, en Palestina y en el mundo entero. Las voces que claman por la liberación de los Pueblos no cesan, unámonos en solidaridad a amplificar esas voces desde donde nos encontremos leyendo esta actualización. Sigamos acompañando a sobrevivientes [...]
January Solidarity Update
We welcome you all to the new year, a year of continuing the struggle and resistance of the people in Guatemala, Palestine, and the whole world. The voices that clamor for the people’s liberation do not cease. We join in solidarity to amplify those voices from where we find ourselves reading this update. We continue to accompany survivors and [...]
Statement of the permanent Assembly of Authorities of Indigenous People in Defense of democracy
THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA FOR THESE 105 DAYS OF RESISTANCE We have completed 105 days of dignified and historic resistance in defense of democracy, with which we have demonstrated that the power of the people should not be underestimated. When all was thought lost, our organization and coordination is succeeding in rescuing the little democracy we [...]