Project Description
Community Consultations: A model of resistance under attack in Guatemala
A bill currently before Guatemalan Congress seeks to co-opt the consultation process and violate the rights of indigenous communities to free, prior, and informed consent. Add your voice in calling on the Guatemalan government to respect the results of community-organized consultations.
Three ways to take action:
1. Print out the postcard and mail it to NISGUA’s office for delivery
2. Read more about the incredible role that consultations play in community organizing to protect land, life, and self-determination
3. Sign the extended action! Petition available here.
Photo: Graham HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
![[ESP] En un espacio abierto con el cielo azul de fondo, una manta blanca con el rostro de una persona socializada como hombre en blanco y negro, debajo letras en color negro ilegible, la manta es sostenida por una persona por detrás. [ENG] In an open space with blue sky in the background, a white blanket with the face of a person socialized as a man in black and white, underneath letters in illegible black, the blanket is held by a person from behind.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/1-7-320x202.jpeg)
42 años de la desaparición forzada de Emil Bustamante
El 13 de febrero del 2024, se conmemoraron 42 años de la desaparición forzada de Emil Bustamante, líder social universitario. Sus familiares, amistades y colectivos organizados, se reunieron para marchar hacia el cuartel Matamoros, lugar donde fue visto con vida por última vez en 1982. “Esta terrible ignominia no [...]
Statement in solidarity with community journalist Norma Sancir
(Spanish below) On January 31, 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 [...]
Statement: ODHAG offices raided
The Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala (ODHAG) denounces that during the early morning hours of February 14, the offices of Culture and Peace, the programs of historical memory, childhood, conflict transformation and community organization were broken into by unknown persons. They report the theft of laptop [...]
![[ENG] A photograph taken in a street in the open air, a table with books and yellow flowers, in front a sign with beige background and red letters reading: "Free Palestine" accompanied by a Palestinian flag (black, red, white and green colors). Behind a multitude of people standing or sitting on some concrete bleachers, some of them holding the Guatemalan flag (light blue and white). [ESP] Fotografía tomada en una calle al aire libre, una mesa con libros y flores amarillas, delante un cartel con fondo beige y letras rojas en el que se lee: "Palestina libre" acompañado de una bandera palestina (colores negro, rojo, blanco y verde). Detrás una multitud de personas de pie o sentadas en unas gradas de hormigón, algunas de ellas sosteniendo la bandera de Guatemala (azul claro y blanco).](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/Palestina-guatemala-1-320x202.jpeg)
Solidaridad con el pueblo Palestino
En la Red en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Guatemala (NISGUA, por sus siglas en inglés) reafirmamos nuestro compromiso y solidaridad con los Pueblos organizados en lucha por la defensa de la vida y territorios y en resistencia a la ocupación y el apartheid, que desde tácticas coloniales justifican [...]
Solidarity with the People of Palestine
The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) reaffirms our commitment and solidarity with people organized in the struggle to defend life and territories and in resistance to occupation and apartheid, which through colonial tactics justify the violence against and dehumanization of Palestinian and Indigenous Peoples. For [...]
![[ESP] Una tarjeta blanca sostenida por una mano. en la tarjeta se dibuja una vela con lápiz negro y unas letras que dicen: Don Noé presente. Por arriba y debajo de la vela pegado unos pétalos de rosas. [ENG] A white card held by one hand. On the card is drawn a candle with black pencil and some letters that say: Don Noah present. Above and below the candle glued some rose petals.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-11-320x202.png)
Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes: Lecciones organizativas de 106 días de resistencia indígena en el Ministerio Público
Ana (elle/ella). Internacionalista 2023 escribió esta carta el 18 de enero de 2024. Querides amigues, familiares y camaradas: Bernardo Arévalo es presidente de Guatemala desde el lunes a primera hora de la mañana. Aunque fue elegido el 20 de agosto con el 60% de los votos (una [...]
