Timeline - NISGUA

May 2019

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 [...]

2019 NISGUA Delegation: Environmental Indigenous Leadership Exchange

nisgua_admin2019-05-29T23:04:46+00:00Tags: ACODET, Alta Verapaz, Cobán, Copal AA, defense of life and territory, Indigenous, Ixcán, justice, Kayla Myers, leadership, NMSU, Quiché, Uspantán, water protectors, youth|

This March, NISGUA partnered with New Mexico State University to host a week-long exchange between Indigenous undergraduate students and Maya Q'eqchi', Mam, Q'anjob'al, and K'iche' environmental defenders. Ten NMSU students visited with NISGUA partners [...]

March 2019

Solidarity Update: March 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:45+00:00Tags: ACODET, Amnesty, Cobán, Congress, cross-border Indigenous statement, cross-border organizing, cross-border solidarity, Day of Dignity, delegations, environmental defender, indigenous authorities, indigenous peoples, indigenous resistance, inter-nation solidarity, Ixcán, political education and horizontal exchange, press release, survivors, Uspantán|

News recap: Survivors Achieve Tentative Victory against Proposed Amnesty Law; ACODET Leaders, Indigenous Authorities Hold Press Conference in Defense of Community Consultations; NISGUA and New Mexico State University Organize Indigenous Environmental Leadership Delegation to [...]

NISGUA partners with New Mexico State University for Indigenous delegation to Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:42:01+00:00Tags: Cobán, delegations, environmental defenders, indigenous peoples, indigenous resistance, Ixcán, New Mexico, political education and horizontal exchange, rights of indigenous peoples, Uspantán|

This March 23-30, NISGUA is partnering with New Mexico State University to host a week-long exchange between Indigenous undergraduate students and Mayan environmental defenders. Ten NMSU students will visit with NISGUA partners in the [...]