ACTIVE: Community Consultations

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 Hunt

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Additional reading about community consultations

22August, 2012

Pedro García Arredondo Convicted and Sentenced to 70 years in prison

Student Édgar Sáenz Calito was disappeared in June 1981. Photo: http://www.hijosguate.blogspot.com/ Pedro García Arredondo, former chief of the now defunct National Police's infamous Comando Seis was convicted for the forced disappearance of student Édgar Sáenz Calito in June 1981. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Investigations by [...]

22August, 2012

Pedro García Arredondo Sentenciado a 70 años por Desaparición Forzada

Estudiante Édgar Sáenz Calito fue desaparecido en junio de 1981. Foto: http://www.hijosguate.blogspot.com/ Se sentenció a condena de 70 años de prisión para Pedro García Arredondo, ex-jefe del Comando Seis del extinto Policía Nacional, para la desaparición forzada del estudiante Édgar Sáenz Calito en junio de 1981. Según las investigaciones [...]

16July, 2012

Tribunal 2012: “We are defending the life of all humanity with our struggle”

Participants listen as the international tribunal pronounces its final sentence. Graham Hunt On July 14 and 15, 2012, participants from throughout Mesoamerica and North America gathered in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, in northwest Guatemala, for the first ever International People's Health Tribunal. Over two days, the panel of judges listened [...]

20June, 2012

Mobilizing for Goldcorp’s 2012 Meeting of Shareholders

NISGUA, in coalition with our Guatemalan and international partners, prepared actions, events and materials for Goldcorp's Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2012 in northern Ontario. Alfonso Jiménez Morales participated in events as a representative of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH), which some of you will remember [...]

15June, 2012

Member of K’iche’ People’s Council Murdered – Asesinan a miembro del Consejo de Pueblos K’iche’s

On June 12, José Tavico Tzunun was murdered in his home. José was a member of the K'iche' People's Council, an organizer for the 2010 community referendum in Santa Cruz del Quiché, and an active community leader. K'iche' People's Council members announce the 2010 referendum results. We express our [...]

14June, 2012

URGENT ACTION: Activist Yolanda Oquelí attacked on her way home

On June 13, activist Yolanda Oquelí was attacked and shot three times on her way home from a protest. We join others in denouncing the attack and expressing our concern for Yolanda's safety and well-being, as well as the safety of other organizers and community members from the area. [...]