NISGUA Speaking Tour in North Carolina — Generations in Struggle: Indigenous People’s Experiences Defending Land, Water and Territory in Guatemala
From October 20-24, NISGUA will be in North Carolina hosting a speaking tour with the Diocesan Commission for the Defense of Nature (CODIDENA), one of the organizations we provide human rights accompaniment for. Made up primarily of Xinka people living on their ancestral territory, CODIDENA is key in organizing communities to succesfully protect land, water and territory from [...]
📖 September Solidarity Update // Actualización Solidaria de Septiembre 📖
[Español abajo] September marks the month when Guatemala celebrates its independence—but for many communities, the promise of freedom remains unfulfilled. Indigenous People, environmental defenders, and social movements continue facing systemic racism, inequality, and criminalization. Across the country, communities keep resisting, creating, and organizing, showing that real freedom comes not from national holidays, but from the ongoing struggle for justice, [...]
Interview Series – Where Joy Meets Struggle: Mother Earth Festival (Part 2)
Part 2: Community Power, Building the Future Reminder of the first part In the first part of the interview, we met Rafael and José from the New Dawn Elementary School, who shared with us the origins and evolution of the Mother Earth Festival in the community of Copal AA La Esperanza. We saw how, over 11 years, this festival [...]
Parliament of the Xinka Peoples’ Statement: Standing United Against Disinformation
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. STATEMENT PARLIAMENT OF THE XINKA PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC In recent weeks, intentionally and in bad faith, there has been false information circulated that would have people believe the Xinka have accepted a [...]
🌱 August Solidarity Update / Actualización Solidaria de Agosto 🌱
As August comes to a close in Guatemala, the canícula — 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, [...]
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 [...]