Solidarity Updates

30July, 2018

Solidarity Update: July 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:48+00:00July 30th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompanier perspectives, assassination, attacks, Estuardo Quevedo, José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, Maya Achí, nisgua report, U.S. border, U.S. imperialism, U.S. militarism, violence|0 Comments

News recap: Environmental activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo killed in a wave of assassinations; Accompanier perspectives on violence at the U.S. border; New NISGUA report: Defending an ancestral decision-making process; Maya Achí women from Rabinal [...]

24May, 2018

Solidarity Update: May 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:49+00:00May 24th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: 500 years, accompanier perspectives, Alex Reynoso, cinema, Emma Guadalupe Antonio Theissen, Grassroots gatherings, March for Life, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Molina, Molina Theissen Family, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, water|0 Comments

News recap: VICTORY! Four former military officials found guilty in the historic Molina Theissen trial; Host a summertime community screening of 500 YEARS!; Accompanier perspectives on land, genocide, and gentrification in Guatemala and the U.S.; Security measures restored [...]

26March, 2018

Solidarity Update: March 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:49+00:00March 26th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: ACODET, actions, AJR, CALDH, Chechenyo Ohlone, crimes against humanity, Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen, forced disappearance, genocide trial, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Nebaj, NISGUA Local, nisgua report, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, tour, transitional justice, Xalalá Dam|0 Comments

News recap: Prayerful action on the Equinox at the Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site in California; Genocide retrial moves to Nebaj to hear testimonies from elderly and protected witnesses; Nearly 40 years later, former military [...]

25January, 2018

Solidarity Update: January 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:42+00:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompaniment, AJR, attacks, Bay Area, Constitutional Court, CREOMPAZ, Escobal, GAP, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Huehuetenango, hydroelectric dams, land defenders, Military Zone 21, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, PDHSA, Rios Montt, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: We're ready for 2018 with a new cohort of GAP volunteers; NISGUA Local: Building connections between global movements to defend life and territory; Members of the AJR denounce ongoing racism as they [...]

8December, 2017

Solidarity Update: November 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00December 8th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Casillas, Constitutional Court, Escobal, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, Needham Congregational Church, nisgua report, Nobel Women's Initiative, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, sponsoring community, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: Needham Congregational Church celebrates 30 years of U.S.-Guatemala solidarity; As Ríos Montt and Rodríguez Sánchez are retried, witnesses and survivors reaffirm 2013 genocide sentence; NISGUA report highlights grassroots strategies to preserve historical [...]

30September, 2017

Solidarity Update: September 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:44+00:00September 30th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, environmental defenders, Escobal mine, genocide, Ixil, Ixquisís, Jimmy Morales, JODVID, justice for genocide, news in brief, police violence, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, Stop Urban Shield, Tahoe Resources, testimony, tour|0 Comments

News recap: Solidarity in the streets; U.S. Speaking Tour, "Guatemalan Youth in Defense of Land and Life," kicks off on October 9th; Thousands call for resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and Congressional representatives; Grieving [...]