ACTIVE: Community Consultations

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

8November, 2011

Former General Wins Presidential Election in Guatemala

On November 6, Guatemala's presidential elections ended in a close victory for retired General Otto Pérez Molina. Pérez Molina's Patriot Party has promised an iron fist approach to security in the face of rising crime and international drug trafficking. Carrying a majority in urban and Eastern departments, Pérez Molina won [...]

8November, 2011

Desparcimiento del agua residual contenida en la represa de cola de la mina Marlin

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15October, 2011

New genocide charges brought against military high command

José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, former Director of Military Intelligence under the de facto government of Efraín Rios Montt, has become the second person to be formally charged with genocide after he was arrested on October 12, 2011.Rodríguez Sánchez is accused as an intellectual author of military counter-insurgency campaigns between 1982 [...]

4October, 2011

Hearing suspended pending verification of health of Héctor Mario López Fuentes

Julia Cortéz, legal representative of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR). The AJR and the Center for Legal Human Rights Action (CALDH) are the plaintiffs in the legal case against the retired general Héctor Mario López Fuentes, accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and forced disappearance.Graham HuntFirst suspended on [...]

4October, 2011

Se suspende juicio pendiente verificación del estado de salud de Héctor Mario López Fuentes

Julia Cortéz, representante legal de la Asociación para la Justicia y Reconciliación -AJR-. La AJR y el Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos -CALDH- son los querellantes adhesivos en el caso legal contra el general retirado Héctor Mario López Fuentes, acusado de genocidio, crímenes de lesa humanidad y [...]

30September, 2011

Pedro Pimentel Rios To Be Tried for Murder and Crimes Against Humanity

(Photo credit: Kevin Hayes) Guatemala – First Tribunal Judge Carol Patricia Flores found Guatemalan ex-military Pedro Pimentel Rios' defense to be without merit yesterday, ruling that the accused can be tried for mass murder and crimes against humanity in the case of Las Dos Erres. Pimentel Rios' [...]