On December 1, 2010, Angélica Choc announced the initiation of legal proceedings against the Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals Inc. and its Guatemalan subsidiary, Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel S.A. (CGN), for their indirect responsibility in the September 27, 2009 murder of Angélica's husband, Adolfo Ich Chamán, at the hands of [...]

La Via Campesina is coordinating one of the alternative Cancún forums, bringing real solutions to climate change from the world's farmworkers.  La Via Campesina ha coordinado uno de los foros alternativos en Cancún, trayendo soluciones verdaderas al cambio climático desde los campesinos del mundo."Small Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down [...]

Change the System, Not the Climate!  No to REDD!  World Bank out of the Climate!  These are the messages echoing in Cancún today, the first day of the International Foro for Climate Justice and the Dialogue of the People.www.dialogoclimatico.orgCambia el Sistema, No el Clima!  No a REDD!  Banco Mundial Fuera [...]

Global social justice mobilizations have arrived in Cancún to participate in alternative activities running parallel to the current round of UN climate negotiations, also known as COP16.  NISGUA is here with the Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH), after traveling from Huehuetenango to San Cristobal de las Casa, where we joined a [...]