Timeline - NISGUA

Mataquescuintla reaffirms its commitment to uphold the results of the 2012 consultation that rejected mining

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:14:10+00:00Tags: CALAS, Escobal mine, Mataquescuintla, municipal consultation, Tahoe Resources|

Four years ago, residents of the southeastern Guatemalan municipality of Mataquescuintla held a municipal referendum in which 98.42% of participants voted against the presence of resource extraction projects in their territories. This past Friday, [...]

Murder of Young Assistant from Guatemalan Environmental Organization is Evidence of Escalating Risk to Human Rights Defenders

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:39:20+00:00Tags: attacks, Breaking the Silence (BTS), CALAS, Canada, CCIJ, Human Rights Defenders, JCAP, Mining, MiningWatch Canada, PLAN, Tahoe Resources, Urgent Action|

November 16, 2016 (Ottawa/Toronto/Vancouver/Reno/Washington/Guatemala) North American organizations are dismayed and deeply troubled by the execution-style murder of 22 year-old Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima, assistant to the director of the Guatemalan Centre for Legal, Environmental [...]

CALAS denounces the murder of colleague Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:58:09+00:00Tags: CALAS, environmental law, Human Rights Defenders, Mining, Tahoe Resources, UDEFEGUA, Urgent Action|

The Center for Environmental and Social Legal Action of Guatemala (CALAS) denounces the murder of Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima, assistant to the General Director Yuri Melini. Below is the translated urgent action and original [...]

Community members protest damage to homes near Tahoe Resources’ mine, fear violent reprisal

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:45:47+00:00Tags: #TahoeOnTrial, cracked houses, Escobal mine, Goldcorp, La Cuchilla, protest, Tahoe Resources|

The following article was written in collaboration with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network, MiningWatch Canada, and the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. In February [...]

Carta pública a las autoridades hondureñas sobre el reciente caso de expulsión de un defensor internacional de derechos humanos

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T01:31:08+00:00Tags: acompañamiento internacional, defensores de ddhh, Honduras|

Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra preocupación y condena por la detención y expulsión de un defensor de los derechos humanos al ingresar en Honduras el día 25 de octubre de 2016. Respetados Señores y [...]

Guatemalans appeal case against Tahoe Resources in Canadian court

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:39:30+00:00Tags: #TahoeOnTrial, BC Supreme Court, CIEL, civil case in Canada, community consultation, Escobal mine, PLAN, press release, Tahoe Resources, US SEC|

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) - Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Today, the British Columbia Court [...]