Timeline - NISGUA

September 2014

NISGUA Fall Tour 2014

nisgua_admin2018-01-11T20:14:15+00:00Tags: 2014 tour, ACODET, community consultation, Consulta, consulta comunitaria, dams, hydroelectric dams, ILO Convention 169, INDE, militarization, ministry of energy and mines (MEM), OIT convenio 169, Referendum, represa, Víctor Caal Tzuy, Xalalá Dam|

FULL ITINERARY: SEATTLE, WA.; OCTOBER 2-6 Area Contact Phil Neff: phil.neff@gmail.com OCTOBER 2 Seattle University, 1:30-2:30pm 901 12th Avenue Bannan Building, Room 102 Seattle, WA 98122 Traditions Fair Trade Café; 7-8:30pm $5-15 Sliding Donation [...]

Comunidades de Santa Rosa y Jalapa lanzan campaña contra la expansión de Tahoe Resources

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:33:10+00:00Tags: community consultation, comunicado, defensa del territorio, Escobal mine, Jalapa, Mataquescuintla, megaproyectos, Minera San Rafael, ministry of energy and mines (MEM), Referendum|

--> Comunicado de Prensa: Comunidades Organizadas en Defensa del Territorio y la Naturaleza de Santa Rosa y Jalapa Valla anti-minera ubicada en Mataquescuintla, Jalapa. Photo NISGUA Desde el año 2012 a la fecha, en [...]

Communities in Santa Rosa and Jalapa launch campaign to halt Tahoe Resources’ expansion

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:01:34+00:00Tags: CODIDENA, Comité en Defensa de la Vida y la Paz, consulta comunitaria, derechos humanos, Jalapa, Minera San Rafael, mineria, Referendum, solidarity|

"Water and life are worth more than silver or gold. You are intelligent, don't let them fool you." Community organized billboard campaign in Santa Rosa and Jalapa. Photo NISGUA In February 2013, the community [...]

Center for Independent Media denounces attacks following its coverage of violence in Alta Verapaz

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:01:50+00:00Tags: attacks, communique, environmental justice, eviction, hidroeléctrica, hydroelectric dams, Maya Q'eqchi', Megaprojects / megaproyectos, militarization|

Below is NISGUA's translation of a press release by Guatemala's Center for Independent Media (CMI-G) regarding attacks suffered as a result of its coverage of the violent eviction of communities opposing the imposition of [...]

August 2014

Will new World Bank lending policies undermine advances for justice in Guatemala?

nisgua_admin2025-10-20T23:28:42+00:00Tags: Chixoy dam, environmental justice, environmental law, ILO Convention 169, indigenous rights, Sipakapa, World Bank|

Only days after a Guatemalan appeals court emitted an historic ruling strengthening the domestic jurisdiction of Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO 169), a leaked draft of the World Bank’s new Safeguard Policies [...]

July 2014

Court rules that Guatemala must recognize results of community consultations

nisgua_admin2025-10-20T23:25:24+00:00Tags: community consultation, Constitutional Court, Consulta, consulta comunitaria, derechos indigenas, human rights, ILO Convention 169, indigenous authorities, indigenous rights, ministry of energy and mines (MEM), Sipakapa|

In an historic resolution, a Guatemalan Appeals Court ruled last week that the government must take into account the right to free, prior and informed consent when granting mining licenses on the lands of indigenous [...]