Solidarity Updates

5December, 2018

Solidarity Update: November 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:47+00:00December 5th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: 2018 tour, ACODET, actions, attacks, community consultation, criminalization, defamation, hydroelectric dams, municipal consultation, partner statement, political education and horizontal exchange, self-determination, Xalalá Dam|0 Comments

News recap: NISGUA celebrates a successful fall speaking tour; Communities celebrate another year of resistance; Take action to stand with Indigenous Peoples to demand respect for Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala; ACODET releases statement in [...]

29October, 2018

Solidarity Update: October 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:47+00:00October 29th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: 2018 tour, 500 years, accompaniment, ACODET, AJR, calendar, Dos Erres, Edwin Canil, genocide, genocide retrial, genocide verdict, House parties, hydroelectric dams, indigenous resistance, indigenous rights, international accompaniment, Ixquisís, José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, Rodriguez Sanchez, Santos Lopez Alonso, Xalalá, Xalalá Dam, Zoom|0 Comments

Solidarity Update news recap: NISGUA’s Fall Speaking Tour Kicks Off in November; AJR President, Edwin Canil, speaks on the fight for justice for genocide in "Learning From Survivors" talk; NISGUA welcomes a new GAP cohort; Former [...]

29September, 2018

Solidarity Update: September 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:47+00:00September 29th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: AJR, CALDH, CICIG, Constitutional Court, Escobal mine, genocide trial, Grassroots gatherings, grassroots global justice alliance, Ixil, José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, Solidarity to Solutions Summit, Tahoe Resources, Xinka Parliament|0 Comments

News recap: Court affirms that the state enacted genocide, but finds Rodríguez Sánchez not guilty in a split decision; Constitutional Court upholds temporary suspension of Escoal mine and calls on the State to consult [...]

24August, 2018

Solidarity Update: August 2018

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:05:48+00:00August 24th, 2018|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: Escobal, Estuardo Quevedo, Front Line Defenders, Huehuetenango, Inter-American Development Bank, Ixquisís, Sebastián Alonso Juan, sign-on letters, Tahoe Resources|0 Comments

News recap: Communities in Huehuetenango call out the Inter-American Development Bank for human rights and environmental violations in Ixquisis; Over 60 international organizations call for an investigation into the murder of environmental activist Estuardo [...]

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 [...]