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
![[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)
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 [...]
Accompanier perspectives: Organizing lessons from 106 days of Indigenous resistance at the Public Ministry
Ana (they/elle/ella). Internacionalista 2023 wrote this letter on January 18th, 2024. Dear friends, family and comrades: Bernardo Arévalo is president of Guatemala as of Monday in the very early morning. Even though he was elected on August 20th with 60% of the vote (aka landslide victory), that [...]
![[ENG] Around 10 community members under a yellow roof. In the foreground, a female-presenting person is reading a copy of the Official Journal of Central America. A male-presenting person is holding up a copy of the Official Journal of Central America. [ESP] Alrededor de 10 miembros de la comunidad abajo de una terraza amarilla. En el primer plano, una persona que presenta feminina está leyendo una copia del Diario Oficial de Centroamérica. Un hombre está levantando una copia del Diario Oficial de Centroamérica](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/signal-2024-01-25-182117_006-320x202.jpeg)
Victoria para Aguacatán, Huehuetenango: La publicación del Acuerdo Municipal de Protección al Agua
El 23 de diciembre de 2023, el Pueblo de Aguacatán, Huehuetenango celebró la publicación del Acuerdo Municipal de Protección al Agua en el Diario Oficial de Centroamérica. El Acuerdo Municipal simboliza el reconocimiento del derecho para defender al territorio y agua y el poder de organización local de base. [...]
A Win for Aguacatán, Huehuetenango: Publication of the Municipal Water Protection Agreement
On December 23, 2023, the community of Aguacatán, Huehuetenago celebrated the publication of a Municipal Water Protection Agreement in the Official Journal of Central America (Diario Oficial de Centroamérica). The Water Protection Agreement symbolizes the recognition of Indigenous people’s right to land and water in the Municipal Code, and [...]
![[ESP] En un fondo blanco, en la la parte de arriba y abajo al borde de la página ondas color morada, lila, azul, celeste que se mezclan entre si. En la esquina superior izquierda el logo de una paloma en pleno vuelo y a los pies de ella las letras CALDH de color azul. En letras negras el pronunciamiento. [ENG] On a white background, at the top and bottom edge of the page purple, lilac, blue, light blue waves that are mixed together. In the upper left corner the logo of a dove in full flight and at its feet the letters CALDH in blue. In black letters the statement.](https://nisgua.org/wp-content/uploads/GFMtuZtWEAAoXTQ-320x202.jpeg)
Statement: Justice for journalist Norma Sancir
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 demonstration of the Chortís communities [...]
