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
Genocide Never again Coalition Statement: Past Impunity is Present impunity
PAST IMPUNITY IS PRESENT IMPUNITY 43 years after the massacre committed at the Spanish Embassy, the undersigned organizations, members of the No More Genocide Coalition, which brings together organizations of relatives of victims, victims themselves of the direct repression committed by the Guatemalan Army in our communities against the [...]
Statement from relatives of the Military Diary Case
After judge Gálvez who was overseeing the trial for Guatemala's Military Diary Case was forced into exile under trumped up charges, yesterday, February 2, at the hearing of a former Colonel and former police officer accused in the Military Diary case, a new judge granted both house arrest. The [...]
Actualización solidaria: Enero
Este mes queremos ponerles al día sobre el caso de genocidio de Lucas García, la lucha para proteger el agua en Huehuetenango, ¡y cómo nos fue nuestra celebración de fin de año! Un tema común que ha surgido mientras analizamos las condiciones actuales en Guatemala es la militarización histórica [...]
Solidarity Update: January
This month we want to update you on the Lucas García genocide case, the struggle to protect the water in Huehuetenango, and how our end of year celebration went! A common theme that has emerged as we analyze the current conditions in Guatemala is the historic and current militarization [...]
Agua, Memoria y Militarización: Cómo una de nuestras contrapartes está construyendo Poder.
Fotografía por NISGUA Puede ser difícil para quienes están afuera de NISGUA entender las luchas que apoyamos aquí en Guatemala. Si se me preguntara, eso es debido en gran parte a la cantidad de historia y contexto necesario. Porque lo que realmente se necesita no es sólo [...]
Water, Memory, & Militarization: How one of our partners is building Power.
Photo by NISGUA It can be difficult for people outside of NISGUA to understand the struggles we support here on the ground in Guatemala. If you ask me, this is in large part because of the amount of story required. Because what is truly needed is [...]
