Timeline - NISGUA

November 2014

“We are a peaceful people” – Mataquescuintla celebrates 2nd anniversary of municipal referendum against mining

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:19:36+00:00Tags: Comité en Defensa de la Vida y la Paz, community consultation, Consulta, Escobal mine, Mataquescuintla, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, peaceful resistance, San Juan Bosco, Tahoe Resources|

"Second Anniversary, Municipal Consultation as requested by Residents." Photo: CPR Urbana “Authorities will come and go, but it’s the responsibility of the people to uphold this decision,” says Moisés Divas to a large crowd [...]

A glimpse into the future? Community maps show Tahoe’s potential to expand

nisgua_admin2018-01-11T20:10:01+00:00Tags: Breaking the Silence (BTS), Escobal mine, interactive maps, Jalapa, Mataquescuintla, MiningWatch Canada, San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, state of siege, Tahoe Resources|

Haga clic aquí para leer en españo. The maps below were created as part of a collective, community-based process to build awareness around the existence of mining exploration and exploitation licenses in the department [...]

Reflections on the “Rivers for Life: Cultural Resistance to the Xalalá Dam” fall speaking tour

nisgua_admin2017-12-08T22:13:43+00:00Tags: "Rivers for Life: Cultural Resistance to the Xalalá Dam", 2014 tour, ACODET, Banco Mundial, Chixoy dam, cross-border organizing, hydroelectric dams, INDE, Ixcán, Maya Q'eqchi', Megaprojects / megaproyectos, political education and horizontal exchange, Víctor Caal Tzuy, Xalalá Dam|

Tour speaker, Víctor Caal Tzuy, shows NISGUA's Rivers for Life solidarity banner to ACODET members from Las Margaritas Copón. The goals for the 2014 NISGUA speaking tour were much like those which have guided [...]

October 2014

The Q’eqchi’ and the Duwamish

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:01:10+00:00Tags: ACODET, Duwamish, indigenous rights, Ixcán, Maya Q'eqchi', media, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, rivers, tour, Víctor Caal Tzuy, Xalalá Dam|

This article was originally published in Spanish, online at elsalmon.org By Alejandro Echeverría October 13, 2014 Indigenous leaders Víctor Caal Tzuy and Ken Workman Ken Workman is a Seattle native who despite his tall [...]

Guatemalan Prosecutor summons Tahoe Resources CEO to testify about criminalization of community leaders

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:01:24+00:00Tags: CODIDENA, Comité en Defensa de la Vida y la Paz, consulta comunitaria, derechos humanos, Kevin McArthur, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, Minera San Rafael, San Rafael Las Flores, Tahoe Resources|

For additional background on this case see the article: A cheat sheet for Kevin McArthur on Tahoe Resources' tactics to silence opposition in Guatemala PRESS RELEASE Friday, October 17, 2014 Source: Committee in Defense [...]

September 2014

Ixil communities of Nebaj express opposition to US-led extraction in their territory

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:55:54+00:00Tags: accompaniment, AJR, genocide, genocide trial, internal armed conflict, International Day of Indigenous Peoples, Ixil, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, mineria, Mining, pueblos indigenas, Rios Montt|

"Historically, we have never received the support of the state or the government for our development, which is why it seems fair that we be able to take advantage of our own natural resources [...]