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Statement from the peaceful resistance to Tahoe’s Escobal mine, currently blocking mine-related traffic in Casillas

nisgua_admin2020-01-01T21:25:09+00:00June 21st, 2017|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

For more than five years, communities surrounding Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala have opposed the project operating in their territories. Through 18 community and municipal referenda, multiple legal actions, and different sits-ins, encampments, and protests, impacted communities continue to show that Tahoe Resources has no social license for its project. [...]

Tahoe En La Mira: las comunidades guatemaltecas se levantan para defender la tierra y la vida

nisgua_admin2017-11-25T19:37:18+00:00January 19th, 2016|Español|

Cuando en 2009, la empresa Tahoe Resources compró los derechos del proyecto Escobal de Goldcorp Inc., estaba adquiriendo mucho más que una mina de plata. La empresa canadiense/estadounidense también adquirió el legado de Goldcorp de abusos y violaciones a los derechos humanos, con la colaboración de fuerzas de seguridad estatales [...]

Tahoe on Trial: Communities rise up to defend land and life

NISGUA2017-11-25T19:37:18+00:00October 19th, 2015|Defense of Life & Territory|

When Tahoe Resources bought the rights to the Escobal project from Goldcorp Inc. in 2009, it acquired more than a silver mine. The Canadian and U.S.-owned company also acquired Goldcorp’s legacy of imposition and violation of rights with collaboration from state and private security. Tahoe’s Escobal mine has depended on a [...]

Communities defend right to clean water, continue to speak out against Tahoe’s dirty mine

nisgua_admin2018-01-10T20:12:58+00:00June 12th, 2015|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

In honor of World Environment Day, communities impacted by Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine did what they have consistently done since the mining company came on to their lands - stand up for land, water and life against mega-development extraction. The situation is critical: just over a year into the [...]

A glimpse into the future? Community maps show Tahoe’s potential to expand

nisgua_admin2018-01-11T20:10:01+00:00November 12th, 2014|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

Haga clic aquí para leer en españo. The maps below were created as part of a collective, community-based process to build awareness around the existence of mining exploration and exploitation licenses in the department of Santa Rosa, Jalapa and Jutiapa. The initiative was led by local Guatemalan communities and [...]

Tahoe Myths: Setting the record straight

nisgua_admin2018-01-12T09:50:37+00:00July 18th, 2013|Defense of life and territory, Escobal|

On Monday July 8, Guatemala's Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the six victims and co-plaintiffs in the case, filed a formal accusation against Alberto Rotondo, former security manager for Minera San Rafael, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian mining company Tahoe Resources. Rotondo was employed by the company when he [...]

Se solicita a Comisión de Valores en Canadá investigar a Minera Tahoe luego de que escuchas telefónicas vincluan a sus empleados en hecho violentos en Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:36:28+00:00June 3rd, 2013|defensa del territorio, Escobal (ESP)|

PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA 3 de junio 2013 (Toronto/Ottawa) El Proyecto Justicia y Responsabilidad Corporativa (Justice and Corporate Accountability Project - JCAP) en Canadá entregó el día viernes una queja a la Comisión de Valores de la provincia de Ontario en relación a la empresa Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: [...]

Guatemalan government declares state of siege in municipalities surrounding Tahoe Escobal mine

nisgua_admin2018-01-16T15:22:46+00:00May 3rd, 2013|defensa del territorio, Escobal|

During the early hours of Thursday, May 2, one day after the first anniversary of the state of siege in Santa Cruz de Barillas, Huehuetenango, the Guatemalan government declared another state of siege in four municipalities surrounding Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine. The imposition of martial law comes less than one [...]

Exercising rights: Communities Defend Territory

NISGUA2015-12-30T19:20:45+00:00October 12th, 2015|Defense of Life & Territory|

During the past year, conflict around Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver mine has intensified. So, too, has the resistance. Community leaders from San Rafael Las Flores demand that the consultations be respected where communities have voted against resource extraction activities on their lands.

May Solidarity Update ⭐

nisgua_admin2023-06-22T20:03:54+00:00June 22nd, 2023|Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Uncategorized|

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 [...]