One year of remote accompaniment: the bad, the complex and the beautiful
As I write these lines, I can’t help but think that just a year ago, on March 15, 2020, the first COVID-19 death was reported in Guatemala. On March 17, the state closed the borders and imposed a stage of siege. One month later, on April 23, I closed the NISGUA office in Guatemala for what we thought would [...]
March 2021 Solidarity Update: Day of Dignification of the Victims of the IAC, International Day of Water, and become a sustaining donor!
During the February 25 commemoration, social organizations placed a poster with national symbols, covered by pictures of the disappeared and victims of the Internal Armed Conflict, outside the Congress. Photo credit: Edith López Ovalle Dear friends and comrades: We are already walking through this year with so much inspiration in witnessing community [...]
COMUNICADO: ADH SE MANIFIESTA EN EL DIA MUNDIAL DEL AGUA.
Lea este comunicado que nuestres compañeres de La Asamblea Departamental de Pueblos de Huehuetenango (ADH) han escrito en el marco de la conmemoración del día mundial del agua. ¡El agua genera vida! ¡El agua es un ser vivo! Agua: Elemento fundamental para la subsistencia. En la actualidad el 90% de los seres vivos reclamamos la carestía [...]
Press Release: MAYA-IXIL HUMAN RIGHTS SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF GUATEMALAN STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE FIGHT FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES
(Español abajo) Maya-Ixil Human Rights survivors and victims of Guatemalan state-sponsored violence fight for asylum in the United States El Paso Immigration Lawyer Carlos Spector declares, “It’s the most significant case I’ve ever had.” El Paso, TX: Gaspar Cobo and Francisco Chávez are Maya-Ixil human rights leaders and defenders of their ancestral lands. They were forced to flee [...]