Project Description
Community Consultations: A model of resistance under attack in Guatemala
A bill currently before Guatemalan Congress seeks to co-opt the consultation process and violate the rights of indigenous communities to free, prior, and informed consent. Add your voice in calling on the Guatemalan government to respect the results of community-organized consultations.
Three ways to take action:
1. Print out the postcard and mail it to NISGUA’s office for delivery
2. Read more about the incredible role that consultations play in community organizing to protect land, life, and self-determination
3. Sign the extended action! Petition available here.
Photo: Graham HuntAdditional reading about community consultations
Photo Storytelling: Witnessing Resistance – Stories of Justice, Memory, and Community / Fotorreportaje: Testigues de Resistencia – Historias de Justicia, Memoria y Comunidad
This photo storytelling highlights a visit to organized communities in the Kaqchikel region within the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at the end of July 2025. Through these images, Internacionalista Tas shares their experience, reflecting on their reactions and insights from this inspiring encounter. Este fotorreportaje destaca una [...]
Serie de Entrevistas – Donde la Alegría se Encuentra con la Lucha: Festival Madre Tierra (Parte 1)
Parte 1: Orígenes y Evolución de una Lucha Comunitaria Sobre esta entrevista La siguiente conversación fue realizada durante el 11º Festival por la Madre Tierra en la comunidad de Copal AA La Esperanza, Guatemala, en junio de 2025. Este festival, organizado anualmente por el Instituto Básico "Nuevo Amanecer", reúne [...]
Interview Series – Where Joy Meets Struggle: Mother Earth Festival (Part 1)
Part 1: Origins and Evolution of a Community Struggle About this Interview This conversation took place during the 11th Mother Earth Festival, held in June 2025 in the community of Copal AA “La Esperanza,” Guatemala. Organized annually by the local elementary school, Instituto Básico “Nuevo Amanecer”, the festival brings [...]
ADH Proposal Towards a National Water Law / Propuesta de la ADH hacia una Ley Nacional de Aguas
[Español abajo] In recent years, Guatemala has been experiencing growing water scarcity, driven both by climate change and by the unregulated use of water by extractive industries and monocultures. Since 1991, Guatemalan legislators have introduced 13 bills aimed at creating a Water Law, yet none have been passed. The [...]
✨ Apply Now: GAP Internacionalista 2026 – Solidarity in Action // ¡Postúlate ahora! GAP Internacionalista 2026 – Solidaridad en Acción ✨
[Español más abajo] Calling Organizers Committed to Justice: Apply to Join our 2026 GAP Internacionalista Cohort Organizers in the United States and in Guatemala have a great deal at stake. Across Guatemala and the U.S., communities are rising up to defend life and territory—and facing violent backlash for doing [...]
ADH Statement: In Defense of Indigenous Peoples on Their International Day / Comunicado de la ADH: En Defensa de los Pueblos Indígenas en su Día Internacional
Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. THE DEPARTMENTAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLES OF HUEHUETENANGO IN DEFENSE OF THE TERRITORY AND FOR THE AUTONOMY AND SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLES – ADH – sends [...]
