Timeline - NISGUA

February 2019

International Organizations Publish Statement in Solidarity with La Puya

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:58+00:00Tags: international arbitration, KCA, La Puya, militarization, Mining, resistance to mining, sign-on letter, solidarity|

NISGUA joins 10 international organizations who stand in solidarity with the communities of the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” impacted by the international arbitration claim filed against the state of Guatemala by US mining company, [...]

January 2019

Solidarity Update: December 2018

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:46+00:00Tags: accompaniment, ACODET, AJR, assassinations, CALDH, community consultation, Consulta, CREOMPAZ, criminalization, environmental defenders, environmental justice, genocide, GNIB, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, human rights, hydroelectric dams, impunity, indigenous rights, international arbitration, Ixquisís, justice, KCA, Military Zone 21, sexual violence, speaking tour|

News recap: Organizations demand justice in wake of assassinations and ongoing violence in Ixquisis, TAKE ACTION to stand with communities working to protect community consultations, NISGUA Speaking Tour shares lessons from successful organizing in Chixoy-Copón Rivers [...]

Media Advisory: Social movements at risk as technical coup unfolds in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:44:19+00:00Tags: ACODET, AJR, CALDH, CICIG, Constitutional Court, constitutional crisis, coup, criminalization, environmental defenders, environmental justice, genocide, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, Jimmy Morales, justice, Political Crisis, social movement, Tahoe Resources|

For a downloadable version of this media advisory, click here. For nearly a year and a half, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has repeatedly defied the rule of law by attacking the UN-backed International [...]

Political Crisis in Guatemala: Organizations Call on Embassy, State Department to Support CICIG

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:44:40+00:00Tags: ancestral authorities, CICIG, Constitutional Court, constitutional crisis, Department of State, Guatemala, human rights, internal armed conflict, Ivan Velásquez, Jimmy Morales, rule of law, Sandra Jovel, sign-on letter, U.S. Embassy in Guatemala|

Jimmy Morales holds a press conference to announce unilateral cancellation of CICIG agreement. Photo credit: Moises Castillo/Associated Press The Jimmy Morales administration has brought Guatemala to a technical coup, as [...]

Political Crisis Continues in Guatemala: A Timeline

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:45:00+00:00Tags: CICIG, Constitutional Court, human rights, Jimmy Morales, justice, militarization, Political Crisis, Sandra Jovel, Timeline|

For nearly a year and a half, the Jimmy Morales administration has repeatedly defied the rule of law in its attacks on the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).The situation reached another climax [...]

December 2018

More than 100 Organizations Denounce Murders, Violence against Peaceful Resistance of Ixquisis

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:45:32+00:00Tags: assassination, community consultation, Energía y Renovación S.A., Huehuetenango, hydroelectric dams, IDB, Ixquisís, PDHSA, peaceful resistance, San Mateo Ixtatán, sign-on letter, statement, violence|

Statement on the double assassination, physical aggression, and the dangerous situation faced by communities in the Ixquisis region, Guatemala We, the below signed organizations, collectives, and people, express our deep concern about the [...]