Guatemala resists U.S. border imperialism
Three hundred community members organized by the ADH took over the Mesiilla check point on the Guatemala-Mexico border on August 9, protesting the "third safe country" agreement, systemic impunity & the invasion of [...]
2019 Delegation: Environmental Indigenous Leadership
Diné delegates hold their flag representing the Navajo Nation outside of the Copal AA school. Photo credit: Chantelle John 2019 Delegation: Environmental Indigenous Leadership This March, NISGUA partnered [...]
Social Movements Fight Institutionalized Impunity
Martina Bar Sunun, first spokesperson for the board of the AJR, marches with a sign representing the AJR. Social Movements Fight Institutionalized Impunity In the midst of a [...]
2018 Accomplishments
Our 2018 Accomplishments In 2018, NISGUA created opportunities for horizontal exchange, for political education, and for growing into a lifelong commitment to organizing for a just world. This year, as communities faced [...]
18 Years Seeking Justice in the Courts
People from the community of Choatalúm meet with human rights lawyer Edgar Pérez as the first case of forced disappearance goes to trial (Credit: Amanda Kistler) 18 Years Seeking Justice [...]
Community Consultations: A model of resistance
Maya K’iche’ and Maya Uspanteko citizens vote in an October 2010 referendum in Uspantán, El Quiché. More than 25,000 residents voted to reject mining and hydroelectric megaprojects in the municipality. Photo: Graham Hunt [...]
Water is Life
In Guatemala, the decades-plus organizing of ACODET offers concrete lessons to movements defending land and neighborhoods. ACODET has staved off the imposition of the Xalalá Dam and strengthened a regional movement for indigenous self-determination. They not only denounce the waste and pollution of water, but also lift up the need to protect indigenous life and strengthen community defense.
2017 Accomplishments
Members of the NISGUA staff and board meet with the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH). Our 2017 Accomplishments This year, our work continued to focus on drawing deeper connections [...]
Forced Disappearance: Resilience and creativity in the defense of memory and search for justice
450 chairs are set up in Guatemala City on June 30, 2017 to commemorate the 45,000 people disappeared by the Guatemalan military. Credit: CPR Urbana. Photo: Faces of some of [...]
In Defense of Land
In defense of land: Environmental defenders on the frontlines of the global struggle for community self-determination and respect for the Earth The Earth is in the midst of an unprecedented ecological crisis, the impacts [...]