May 2012
We are all Barillas – Statement of the Western Peoples’ Council
Unofficial translation by NISGUAComunicado original en español¡In Defense of Life, Territory, Mother Earth and the collective Rights of our Peoples! “WE ARE ALL BARILLAS” No to the submission of the Guatemalan state to multinational companies. [...]
*URGENT COMMUNIQUE*
*URGENT COMMUNIQUE*To the national and international public, regarding the recent events in the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas Huehuetenango, WE DECLARE:Yesterday, at around one o'clock in the afternoon, armed men ambushed three community leaders as [...]
*COMUNICADO URGENTE*
*COMUNICADO URGENTE*Ante la opinión pública nacional e internacional, ante los últimos acontecimientos sucedidos en el municipio de Santa Cruz Barillas Huehuetenango MANIFESTAMOS:El día de ayer a eso de la una de la tarde; hombres armados [...]
April 2012
Take Action! Sign Petition on Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine
Participe en la acción urgente dirigida a Goldcorp - Versión en españolCanadian mining company with U.S. investors could leave indigenous communities with multi-million dollar bill to pay.We need your support to help defend the rights [...]
NISGUA visits Sponsoring Community in Washington, D.C. area
The victim asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement and remembering. ... To hold traumatic reality in consciousness requires a social context that affirms and protects the victim [...]
March 2012
Paramilitaries Sentenced to Thousands of Years for Plan de Sánchez Massacre
The information below was translated from a press statement by CALDH (in Spanish below) Read Amnesty International's statementOn March 20, the First Tribunal for High Risk Cases in Guatemala sentenced 5 members of the Guatemalan [...]