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
FREDEMI Denounces Intimidation – FREDEMI denuncia persecución
Español abajo FREDEMI: Public denunciation of the persecution against defenders of land and collective rights: the persecution of Gregoria Crisanta Pérez On Wednesday August 31st at approximately 3:30 pm in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Ms. Gregoria Crisanta Pérez was leaving the village of Máquivil on her way to her home in [...]
Residents of Santa Cruz Chinautla denounce eco-ethnocide
Graham HuntIn a press conference on September 1, 2011, members of the Community Development Committee--COCODE--of the municipality of Santa Cruz Chinautla, accompanied by women, men, youth and elders, denounced before the national and international community the degradation of the Chinautla river basin, a situation which they characterize as an eco-ethnocide [...]
Vecinos de Santa Cruz Chinautla denuncian eco-etnocidio
Graham HuntEn una conferencia de prensa el 1 de septiembre, 2011, miembros del Comité Comunitario de Desarrollo -COCODE- del municipio de Santa Cruz Chinautla, acompañados de vecinos y vecinas mujeres, hombres, jóvenes y de tercera edad, denunciaron ante la comunidad nacional e internacional la situación de degradación ambiental en la [...]
Historica condena por masacre de Las Dos Erres
HISTORICA CONDENAPOR MASACRE DE LAS DOS ERRESEl Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos, CALDH, manifiesta su complacencia ante la reciente condena de cuatro militares responsables de la masacre del Parcelamiento Las Dos Erres, Petén, en diciembre de 1982 en donde fueron asesinadas más de doscientas personas.La sentencia condenatoria [...]
Two Municipalities of Santa Rosa Say NO to Tahoe Resources and Metal Mining
A resident of Nueva Santa Rosa holds up her index finger after exercising her right to vote. Delmi Arriaza In July, almost 13,000 residents from two municipalities in the department of Santa Rosa voted against all mining projects on their land. The municipalities are two of five in the [...]
Study presented regarding costs related to closing the Marlin Mine
Steve Laudeman. According to the text of the study, Laudeman is "A geological and civil engineer with 21 years of experience in dangerous materials, management of residues, construction of highways, mines and quarries, as well as infrastructure for nature reserves."Graham HuntOn July 27, 2011, in Guatemala City, the study "Issues [...]
