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
Más de 45 organizaciones exigen libertad para el defenser Maya Chuj Julio Gómez
Julio Gómez, Maya Chuj Coordinador del Gobierno Ancestral Plurinacional local, dirigiéndose a miles de personas en el Parque Central de San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango. Fotografía por Nelton Rivera, Prensa Comunitaria Km. 169 28 de enero de 2020 Lic. María Consuelo Porras Fiscal General de la República [...]
Over 45 organizations demand release of Maya Chuj land defender Julio Gómez
Julio Gómez Lucas speaks before a crowd of thousands of people in San Mateo Ixtatán, Huehuetenango. Photo credit: Nelton Rivera, Prensa Comunitaria Km. 169 January 28, 2020 María Consuelo Porras Attorney General of the Republic of Guatemala Édgar Godoy Samayoa Department of the Interior Nester Mauricio [...]
Accompanier Perspectives: Our struggles are connected and so is our liberation
Welcome to this second Friends and Family letter, I hope you are staying warm and cozy this winter days! I wish you a festive, joyous and reflective time. Below you’ll read about my reflections as well as my wishes for the next decade: for political prisoners to be freed, [...]
Parlamento Xinka: El incumplimiento de los ministerios de llevar a cabo la consulta sobre la mina Escobal
Representantes del Parlamento Xinka hablan con los medios durante su conferencia de prensa el 18 de diciembre de 2019. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA POR EL INCUMPLIMIENTO DE LOS MINISTERIOS DE ENERGIA Y MINAS Y DE AMBIENTE Y RECURSOS NATURALES DE LLEVAR A CABO LA CONSULTA AL PUEBLO [...]
Xinka Parliament: Ministries have failed to execute consultation over Escobal mine
Representatives of the Xinka Parliament speak with the press following their press conference on December 18. PRESS RELEASE THE MINISTRIES OF ENERGY AND MINES AND OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE FAILED TO EXECUTE THE CONSULTATION OF THE XINKA PEOPLE REGARDING THE ESCOBAL MINE It has [...]
