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Accompanier perspectives: Organizing lessons from 106 days of Indigenous resistance at the Public Ministry

Ana (they/elle/ella). Internacionalista 2023 wrote this letter on January 18th, 2024. Dear friends, family and comrades: Bernardo Arévalo is president of Guatemala as of Monday in the very early morning. Even though he was elected on August 20th with 60% of the vote (aka landslide victory), that he would be inaugurated was not a sure thing. Since [...]

By |February 8th, 2024|Categories: Accompanier Perspectives|0 Comments

Victoria para Aguacatán, Huehuetenango: La publicación del Acuerdo Municipal de Protección al Agua

El 23 de diciembre de 2023, el Pueblo de Aguacatán, Huehuetenango celebró la publicación del Acuerdo Municipal de Protección al Agua en el Diario Oficial de Centroamérica. El Acuerdo Municipal simboliza el reconocimiento del derecho para defender al territorio y agua y el poder de organización local de base.  La regulación de algunas disposiciones en el código municipal- que [...]

By |February 7th, 2024|Categories: defensa del territorio|0 Comments

A Win for Aguacatán, Huehuetenango: Publication of the Municipal Water Protection Agreement

On December 23, 2023, the community of Aguacatán, Huehuetenago celebrated the publication of a Municipal Water Protection Agreement in the Official Journal of Central America (Diario Oficial de Centroamérica). The Water Protection Agreement symbolizes the recognition of Indigenous people’s right to land and water in the Municipal Code, and the power of local grassroots organizing. The codification of certain [...]

By |February 7th, 2024|Categories: Defense of life and territory|0 Comments

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, [...]

By |February 5th, 2024|Categories: Justice and accountability, Justicia|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |February 2nd, 2024|Categories: Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |February 2nd, 2024|Categories: Accompanier Perspectives|0 Comments
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