Timeline - NISGUA

July 2013

Indigenous organizations denounce proposed mining moratorium

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T18:29:49+00:00Tags: ADH, community consultation, CPO, Escobal mine, Huehuetenango, indigenous rights, international law, Mining, ministry of energy and mines (MEM), San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, Tahoe Resources|

In a televised program broadcast from outside Tahoe Resources’ conflictive Escobal mine project, President Otto Pérez Molina announced a proposed two-year moratorium on the granting of new mineral mining licenses. A similar moratorium put [...]

On June 30, the March for Memory proclaimed: “I am also a victim of genocide”

nisgua_admin2018-01-15T15:10:28+00:00Tags: AJR, Army Day, CALDH, genocide, Guatemala City, HIJOS, history, June 30, March for Memory, memory|

In Guatemala City, hundreds celebrated the Day of Heroes and Martyrs on June 30, in lieu of the perennial national holiday known as Army Day. Since 1999, groups of urban activists have chosen to [...]

Communities of Santa Rosa and Jalapa denounce criminalization of leaders opposing Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine

nisgua_admin2018-01-15T15:11:29+00:00Tags: Alberto Rotondo, criminalization, CUC, environmental justice, Escobal mine, Goldcorp, Guatemala, human rights, Jalapa, militarization, Mining, San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, state of siege, Tahoe Resources, Xinca|

Since the May 2 declaration of a state of siege in four municipalities surrounding Tahoe Resources' mine, 12 members of the Committee in Defense of Life and Peace of San Rafael had their homes [...]

Hundreds accompany the Ixil people on their Day of Dignity

nisgua_admin2018-01-15T15:13:13+00:00Tags: AJR, CALDH, caravan, communique, Day of Dignity, genocide, indigenous authorities, International Day of Indigenous Peoples, Ixil, Nebaj, sentence, solidarity, trial|

Several hundred traveled from Guatemala City to Nebaj on June 21-22 with the "Caravan for the Dignity of the Ixil People and Against Genocide". Photo: NISGUA Ixil authorities welcome organizations to Nebaj. Photo: NISGUA [...]

June 2013

NISGUA’s genocide trial coverage: the complete collection

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:58:37+00:00Tags: AJR, CALDH, genocide, Guatemala, history, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, international law, Ixil, justice, Rios Montt, Rodriguez Sanchez, solidarity, survivors, testimony, trial|

While we await the next steps of the genocide trial, we are honored to provide an accessible archive of the daily coverage we provided from day 1 of the trial. Please read and share [...]

Sipakapa celebrates 8th anniversary of community consultation

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T17:21:54+00:00Tags: community consultation, environmental justice, Escobal mine, Goldcorp, Marlin Mine, Mining, People's International Health Tribunal, Sipakapa, state of siege, Tahoe Resources|

On June 18, the communities of Sipakapa, a municipality affected by GoldCorp's Marlin Mine in Western Guatemala, celebrated the eighth anniversary of one of the first community consultations in the country. Today, more than [...]