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
🌱 August Solidarity Update / Actualización Solidaria de Agosto 🌱
As August comes to a close in Guatemala, the canícula — the midsummer dry spell — gives way to the return of the rains. These waters are vital for the milpa, the traditional fields of corn, beans, and squash that nourish both body and spirit. Just as the earth [...]
Perspectivas de les Acompañantes: Neoliberalismo y migración forzada – Violencia contra los Pueblos Indígenas de Guatemala
Internacionalista Taz (elle/they) escribió esta reflexión en agosto de 2025. A finales de julio, hace calor en Santa Anita las Canoas, la pequeña comunidad Maya Kaqchikel de Chimaltenango, un departamento del Altiplano Central de Guatemala. La tierra brilla con un tono anaranjado. Las hojas de los cafetales se mueven [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: Neoliberalism & Forced Migration – Violence Against Guatemala’s Indigenous Peoples
Internacionalista Taz (they/elle) wrote this reflection in August 2025. Late July, it is hot in Santa Anita las Canoas, the small Maya Kaqchikel community in Chimaltenango, a department in the central highlands of Guatemala. The dirt glows orange. Leaves of the coffee trees shift and shimmer. Don Aguilar(1) sits [...]
Statement from Indigenous Authorities on Criminalization and Political Persecution / Comunicado de las Autoridades Indígenas ante la criminalización y persecución política
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. FROM OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WE INDIGENOUS AUTHORITIES DECLARE: 1. Our emphatic rejection of the Public Prosecutor's actions against the former Vice Mayor of the Indigenous [...]
Photo Storytelling: Witnessing Resistance – Stories of Justice, Memory, and Community / Fotorreportaje: Testigues de Resistencia – Historias de Justicia, Memoria y Comunidad
This photo storytelling highlights a visit to organized communities in the Kaqchikel region within the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at the end of July 2025. Through these images, Internacionalista Tas shares their experience, reflecting on their reactions and insights from this inspiring encounter. Este fotorreportaje destaca una [...]
Serie de Entrevistas – Donde la Alegría se Encuentra con la Lucha: Festival Madre Tierra (Parte 1)
Parte 1: Orígenes y Evolución de una Lucha Comunitaria Sobre esta entrevista La siguiente conversación fue realizada durante el 11º Festival por la Madre Tierra en la comunidad de Copal AA La Esperanza, Guatemala, en junio de 2025. Este festival, organizado anualmente por el Instituto Básico "Nuevo Amanecer", reúne [...]
