ACTIVE: Community Consultations2018-11-26T22:34:44+00:00

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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 Hunt

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Additional reading about community consultations

3October, 2025

📖 September Solidarity Update // Actualización Solidaria de Septiembre 📖

[Español abajo] September marks the month when Guatemala celebrates its independence—but for many communities, the promise of freedom remains unfulfilled. Indigenous People, environmental defenders, and social movements continue facing systemic racism, inequality, and criminalization. Across the country, communities keep resisting, creating, and organizing, showing that real freedom comes not [...]

3September, 2025

Parliament of the Xinka Peoples’ Statement: Standing United Against Disinformation / Comunicado del Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka: Unides Contra la Desinformación

Unofficial translation by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA). You can find the original statement in Spanish further below. STATEMENT PARLIAMENT OF THE XINKA PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC In recent weeks, intentionally and in bad faith, there has been false information circulated [...]

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