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
Perspectivas de les acompañantes: Cómo seguir luchando contra una mina durante 17 años
La internacionalista Greta (elle/ella) escribió esta carta en septiembre de 2024 y la revisó en marzo de 2025. Hoy quiero escribirles sobre organización intergeneracional, la formación de comunidad campesina, conexión con la tierra y lo que se necesita para sostener un movimiento durante casi dos décadas. Estos aprendizajes se [...]
Accompanier perspectives: How to Keep Fighting a Mine for 17 Years
Internacionalista Greta (they/elle/ella) wrote this letter in September, 2024 and revised it in March, 2025. Today I’d like to write about intergenerational organizing, rural community building, connection to the land, and what it takes to sustain a movement for nearly two decades. These learnings have percolated during accompaniment trips [...]
February Solidarity Update
In the February Solidarity Update: 🌎 A delegation from Needham, Massachusetts, visited Santa María Tzejá to strengthen a 38-year partnership and support the community's priorities. Their visit coincided with the commemoration of the 1982 massacre, honoring survivors' resilience and ongoing fight for justice. ✊🏽 The National Day of Dignification for [...]
Marco Rubio and the Future of Internationalist Solidarity
From February 1-6, 2025, Marco Rubio traveled to Central America for his first official visits as U.S. Secretary of State. With the exception of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Belize, every country hosted Rubio. His stated aim was “to advance President Trump’s America First foreign policy.” The four axes of this [...]
Justice and Dignity: March for the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala
(Español más abajo) On February 25, 2025, a march took place in Guatemala to commemorate National Victims' Dignity Day of the Internal Armed Conflict. The mobilization, which gathered over 500 people, began at the Supreme Court of Justice and ended at Constitution Plaza. Participants, mostly family members and survivors, [...]
“The Molina Theissen Sentence should stay final”. Statement from social organizations in support of the case
(Spanish below) On February 6, 2025, an appeal hearing of the 2018 sentence of the Molina Theissen case was held. This sentence sentenced Benedicto Lucas García, Manuel Callejas y Callejas, and Hugo Zaldaña Rojas to 58 years in prison for crimes against humanity, forced disappearance and aggravated sexual violence, [...]
