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Maya Achi Women Speak about Fight for Justice to NISGUA, BTS Networks

nisgua_admin2019-06-14T20:44:51+00:00Tags: Asociación Bufete Jurídico Popular de Rabinal, Breaking the Silence (BTS), Maya Achí, Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case, Rabinal, Rabinal Legal Clinic|

Maya Achi Survivor Paulina Ixpata Alvarado and Maya Achi lawyer Gloria Pérez speak about their experiences working for justice. On two warm afternoons in Rabinal, Paulina Ixpata Alvarado and Gloria Pérez [...]

Solidarity Update: April 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:44+00:00Tags: accompanier perspectives, ACODET, Asociación Bufete Jurídico Popular de Rabinal, Breaking the Silence (BTS), GAP, Indigenous Environmental Exchange, indigenous resistance, jobs, Maya Achí, Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case, NMSU, Rabinal, Rabinal Legal Clinic, sexual violence, webinar|

Our April Solidarity Update features a news recap: NISGUA and BTS Jointly Organize Webinars about Maya Achí Women’s Fight for Justice Report-back on 2019 Delegation: NISGUA and NMSU Organize Environmental Indigenous Leadership Exchange Accompanier [...]

Xinka Parliament condemns Pan American’s interference in consultation process

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:40:40+00:00Tags: AGM, Canada, Casillas, Escobal, Jalapa, justice, Jutiapa, Mina San Rafael, mines, Mining, Pan American Silver, Quelvin Jimenez, Santa Rosa, stockholders, Tahoe Resources, vancouver, Xinka, Xinka Parliament|

An image made by the Xinka Parliament reads: "In our Xinka territory, water, our cosmovision, and spirituality are worth more than gold and silver." On Wednesday, May 8th, hundreds of members [...]

Indigenous people call on Pan American Silver to cease local interference out of respect for consultation process in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-05-08T18:27:21+00:00Tags: community consultation, Escobal mine, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Mina San Rafael, Pan American Silver, PanAmerican Silver, Quelvin Jimenez, Santa Rosa, Tahoe Resources, Xinka, Xinka Parliament|

(Vancouver/Victoria/Ottawa/Tatamagouche/Washington, D.C.) Ahead of Pan American Silver’s annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver today, the Xinka Indigenous Parliament released a statement calling on the company to stop attempts to engage with communities outside of the [...]

Accompanier Zine: An Introduction to Community Consultations in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:41:14+00:00Tags: accompanier, community consultation, defense of life and territory, Guatemala, Indigenous, internal armed conflict, justice, mining law, water is life|

Current NISGUA accompanier Olivia Pandolfi (they/them or she/her) created this zine about community consultations as a Friends and Family Letter to their community. To read the zine as a PDF, click [...]

Accompanier Perspectives: Women Seek Justice in Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:41:26+00:00Tags: accompanier perspective, accompanier perspectives, accompaniment, international accompaniment, Maya Achí, Rabinal, sexual violence|

Maya Achi women demanding justice for sexual violence enter the court for a trial date in the case's intermediate phase. Photo credit: ACOGUATE Current accompanier, Tal Netter-Sweet, shares their experience [...]