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
July Solidarity Update 2024 // Actualización Solidaria de Julio 2024
Members of the CRLN delegation and members of NISGUA leaving a visit to a witness in the genocide case against Lucas García, in the Ixil region. Credits: Juan V. Miembros de la delegación de CRLN y miembros de NISGUA saliendo de la visita a un testigo del caso por [...]
FAMDEGUA Statement on the Bámaca Velásquez Case
Photo by NISGUA. Jennifer Harbury sits before the court on July 16th, 2024. On July 16th, Jennifer Harbury, the widow of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez (also known as Comandante Everardo), was to declare for the first time in front of a Guatemalan court, more than three decades after her [...]
Ixil Genocide case Update. July 8th-10th, 2024.
The photograph reads “Peritajes Genocidio Ixil. The expert in forensic anthropology, Danny Aroldo Guzmán, concluded today before the First Court of Criminal Sentence that is conducting the trial against former general Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, that 44th day of hearings, Guatemala July 8, 2024." Picture by FGER Monday, [...]
Actualización del caso Genocidio Ixil. Del 8 al 10 de julio de 2024
Fotografía de perito presentando las conclusiones de su peritaje antropólogico forense ante el Tribunal. Foto: FGER Lunes 8 de julio Audiencia 44 Esta semana, continuó la presencia en la sala de audiencias de la delegación de jóvenes guatemaltecos- estadounidenses para mostrar su solidaridad con los querellantes, testigos y [...]
Video Copal AA La Esperanza: Historia, Cambio Climático, y Relación de Guatemala con EE.UU
La comunidad Copal AA La Esperanza fue establecida en 1994 por personas retornadas después de estar refugiadas en México. Vivieron en el exilio por una década debido a la política estatal de genocidio durante el Conflicto Armado Interno. Los días 6 y 7 de junio de 2024 se [...]
Video Copal AA La Esperanza: History, Climate Change, and the Relationship between Guatemala and the US
The community of Copal AA La Esperanza was established in 1994 by Guatemalan refugees returning from exile in Mexico. They lived in exile for a decade due to the state policy of genocide in Guatemala during the Internal Armed Conflict. On June 6th and 7th of 2024, the [...]
