Solidarity Updates

15February, 2017

Solidarity Update: February 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:48+00:00February 15th, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: annual dinner, BC Supreme Court, Casillas, Escobal mine, Gunpoint Exploration, JODVID, Las Lajitas, Luis Fernando García, Maya Q'eqchi', ministry of energy and mines (MEM), Ohlone Shellmound and Village Sacred Site, resistance to Trump, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Sepur Zarco, sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, tour|0 Comments

Photo: Holly Sheenan. News recap: Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Sepur Zarco verdict; Civil suit continues against the Ministry of Energy and Mines, in an attempt to cancel Las Lajitas license; Hundreds respond to calls for [...]

23January, 2017

Solidarity Update: January 2017

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:49+00:00January 23rd, 2017|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: annual dinner, CALAS, CICIG, delegations, Dos Erres, Erick Archila, Escobal mine, extrajudicial killings, Hidro Santa Cruz, Huehuetenango, internationalism, Ixquisís, Kaibil, La Cooperacha, PDHSA, Sebastián Alonso Juan, Trump|0 Comments

Photo: Francisco Simon, Prensa Comunitaria News recap: Former Kaibil, accused of participating in Dos Erres massacre, arrested in Maryland; Elderly protester killed in the Ixquisis region, Huehuetenango; Former Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines arrested in [...]

6December, 2016

Solidarity Update: December 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:49+00:00December 6th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: CALAS, Dakota Access Pipeline, delegations, Dos Erres, Edgar Ovalle, Emma Guadalupe Antonio Theissen, FAFG, internationalism, Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima, Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Mataquescuintla, Military Zone 21, Molina Theissen Family, NISGUA statement, Referendum, Rios Montt, Sepur Zarco, tour, Trump, Urgent Action|0 Comments

Photo: CPR Urbana News recap: Lucas García to be tried for the disappearance of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen; Staff member from the environmental justice law firm CALAS is murdered; The municipality of Mataquescuintla re-affirms 2012 referendum results [...]

7October, 2016

Solidarity Update: October 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:50+00:00October 7th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompaniment, adolfo ich chamán, Alliance for Prosperity, Angélica Choc, Convergence at US/Mexico border, cross-border organizing, ECAP, forced disappearance, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Maudi Tzay, Maya Q'eqchi', racial justice, Sepur Zarco, Stop Urban Shield, tour, Xamán massacre|0 Comments

News recap: “Guatemalan women healing towards justice” tour kicks off this weekend at the border; Alliance for Prosperity means more of the same U.S. foreign policy towards Central America; Xamán massacre will be prosecuted in Inter-American Court; [...]

26August, 2016

Solidarity Update: August 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:50+00:00August 26th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: ADH, Casillas, Convergence at US/Mexico border, Dos Erres, Edgar Ovalle, Escobal mine, Huehuetenango, impunity, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, Military Zone 21, Minera San Rafael, political prisoners, Ramiro Osorio Cristales, Rigoberto Juárez, Santos López Alonzo, Stop Urban Shield, Tahoe Resources, tour, US SEC|0 Comments

News recap: National and international human rights defenders threatened as transitional justice advances; Communities celebrate the release of political prisoners from Huehuetenango; SEC complaint says Tahoe Resources failed to disclose widespread opposition to Escobal silver mine. [...]

5July, 2016

Solidarity Update: July 2016

By nisgua_admin|2019-12-27T19:06:51+00:00July 5th, 2016|Categories: Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability, Solidarity Update, Trans-Territorial Organizing|Tags: accompaniment, actions, Casa de la Memoria, CREOMPAZ, Day for Heroes and Martyrs, ECAP, Gunpoint Exploration, HIJOS, Huehuetenango, JODVID, Maudi Tzay, Military Zone 21, political prisoners, Sepur Zarco, Tahoe Resources, Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, tour|0 Comments

News recap: Psychologist Maudi Tzay joins NISGUA this fall on tour in the United States; Eight former military to stand trial for charges in the CREOMPAZ case; Urban activists return to Central Square for the [...]