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

21June, 2011

Testimony given in Panzós massacre case

Walter Overdick gives his testimony. Graham HuntThe same morning, in the very same court room immediately prior to López Fuentes' indictment, another hearing was held regarding the 1978 Panzós massacre, recognized as the first massacre of Guatemala's darkest period of "scorched earth" counterinsurgency. Former mayor of Panzós Walter Overdick related [...]

18June, 2011

Breaking News: First Arrest for Genocide in Guatemala

FIRST ARREST FOR GENOCIDE IN GUATEMALAToday, June 17th, General Héctor Mario López Fuentes was captured in Guatemala City, twenty-nine years after having initiated the execution of Plan Victoria 82, developed by the Army Chief of Staff and Efraín Ríos Montt’s de facto government. He is accused of having perpetrated genocide [...]

18June, 2011

Primeras Noticias: Primera Captura por Genocidio en Guatemala

PRIMERA CAPTURA POR GENOCIDIO EN GUATEMALA Hoy 17 de junio, a 29 años de haber iniciado la ejecución del Plan Victoria 82 elaborado por el Jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército y el gobierno de facto de Efraín Ríos Montt, fue capturado en ciudad de Guatemala, el General Héctor Mario [...]

11June, 2011

Se celebra consulta comunitaria en Sacapulas, El Quiché

Miembros de la Coordinadora de Comunidades de Sacapulas en Resistencia y en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales y el Medio Ambiente, ente organizador de la consulta, desdoblan mantas bajo las ceibas de la plaza central de Sacapulas. Graham HuntEl 20 de mayo, 2011, en la quinta consulta comunitaria llevada a [...]

11June, 2011

Sacapulas, El Quiché, celebrates community referendum

Members of the Coordinadora de Comunidades de Sacapulas en Resistencia y en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales y el Medio Ambiente (Coordinating Committee of the Communities of Sacpulas in Resistance and in Defense of Natural Resources and the Environment), the body which organized the referendum, unfold banners in the central [...]

3June, 2011

Corte de Constitucionalidad otorga amparo, suspende reglamento de consultas comunitarias

El 23 de marzo del 2011, representantes de varios municipios que han celebrado consultas comunitarias, articulados en el Consejo de Pueblos de Occidente (CPO), interpusieron un amparo exijiendo que el gobierno desistiera en su intento por reglamentar las consultas. Graham HuntEl 25 de abril del 2011, la Corte de Constitucionalidad [...]