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May 2014

Organizaciones internacionales exigen justicia ante ataque armado en contra de líderes comunitarios opuestos a la mina Escobal de Tahoe Resources

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T01:32:09+00:00Tags: Escobal mine, Goldcorp, Jalapa, Mataquescuintla, Megaprojects / megaproyectos, militarización, Minera San Rafael, mineria, MiningWatch Canada, San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, Tahoe Resources|

Merilyn Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, 1997 -2014 (Foto: Danilo Zuleta) Han pasado dos semanas desde el ataque mortal contra Alex y Topacio Reynoso, lideres comunitarios de Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, quienes estuvieron oponiéndose activamente a la mina [...]

International organizations demand justice in deadly attack against opponents of Tahoe Resources’ mine

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:46:09+00:00Tags: Amnesty, assasination, Minera San Rafael, mineria, Mining, San Rafael Las Flores, state of siege, Tahoe Resources|

Merilyn Topacio Reynoso Pacheco, 1997 - 2014. (Photo: Danilo Zuleta) Two weeks have passed since the deadly attack against Alex and Topacio Reynoso, community leaders from Mataquescuintla, Jalapa who were actively opposed [...]

April 2014

Organizations in defense of territory denounce violence against their communities

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:26:01+00:00Tags: criminalization, CUC, Escobal mine, La Puya, Mining, repression, San José del Golfo, San Juan Sacatepéquez, San Rafael Las Flores, Tahoe Resources, Waqib'Kej, Xinca Parliament|

Late Sunday night, around 10:30PM, father and daughter activists involved in the resistance against Tahoe Resources' Escobal Mine, Edwin Alex Reynoso and Merilyn Topacio Reynoso, were attacked by unknown suspects. Alex and Topacio were [...]

Urgent Action from La Puya: Call for an End to Police Intimidation and Eviction Threats

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:50:08+00:00Tags: actions, criminalization, El Tambor, eviction, intimidation, Kappes Cassiday & Associates, La Puya, police violence|

The National Police, at the service of US mining company Kappes Cassiday and Associates (KCA), have been carrying out acts of intimidation and threatening eviction against communities in resistance at La Puya, just north [...]

Accusations of anomalies and corruption place contract for Xalalá Dam studies in question

nisgua_admin2018-01-12T08:51:59+00:00Tags: Amilcar Pop, emergency contract, geological feasibility studies, hydroelectric dams, INDE, Xalalá Dam|

Following the "emergency contract" for geological feasibility studies signed between Guatemala's National Electrification Institute (INDE) and Brazilian company Intertechne Consultores S.A. last November, communities organized against the Xalalá Dam publicized the controversial transaction and [...]

Say No to State Department funds for Guatemalan Army

nisgua_admin2025-10-20T23:02:26+00:00Tags: actions, ADH, Chixoy dam, John Kerry, militarization, Otto Pérez Molina, petition, US military aid|

Join NISGUA and GHRC in calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to deny certification of DOS funds to Guatemala "We need more teachers and not military brigades." Photo: PrensaComunitariaGuatemala’s UN Truth Commission report not only [...]