Timeline - NISGUA

September 2019

September Solidarity Update 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:40+00:00Tags: Collaborate, community consultation, consultations, cross-border solidarity, donate, Escobal mine, internal armed conflict, Maya Achí Sexual Violence Case, Pan American Silver, state of siege, Xinca Parliament|

News recap: Hear the voices of our Guatemalan partners who speak out against the current state of siege, take action to support Xinca land defenders, and read updates on the Maya Achí sexual violence [...]

Western Regional Assembly statement on the state of siege

nisgua_admin2019-09-23T15:01:54+00:00Tags: ADH, Assembly of Peoples of Huehuetenango, criminalization, dams, El Estor, extractivism, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jimmy Morales, militarization, Mining, Quetzaltenango, Quiché, San Marcos, Sololá, state of siege, statement, Western Regional Assembly|

On September 4, 2019, Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales declared a state of siege in 22 municipalities and 5 departments of Guatemala. The decree came after an event in Semuy II, El Estor, Izabal, in [...]

Solidarity Update: August 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:41+00:00Tags: ADH, AJR, border, border policy, elections, Gap scholarship fund, Guatemala Accompaniment Program, Huehuetenango, Mesilla, Pan American Silver, Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa, presidential elections, racial justice, scholarship, Tahoe Resources, third safe country, Xinca Parliament|

News recap: After presidential elections we amplify our partners' analyses as to what they expect from the new government; we also share voices of people in resistance to U.S. Intervention along the Guatemalan border; [...]

One year later, Xinka land defenders against Escobal mine return to Constitutional Court

nisgua_admin2020-01-16T00:22:12+00:00Tags: Constitutional Court, Escobal mine, human rights, imperialism, Jalapa, Jutiapa, MARN, MEM, Mining, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, natural resources, neoliberalism, Pan American Silver, peaceful resistance, protest, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Tahoe Resources|

The march begins to form outside of the Supreme Court of Justice. A sign reminds of the negative impact that the mine has on the local watershed. [...]

August 2019

Accompanier Perspectives: climate change and Indigenous organizing

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:34:32+00:00Tags: Accompaniers Perspectives, ACODET, agency, Chixoy River, climate change, climate history, climate memory, ecosystems, extractivism, Maya Q'eqchi', People's Resistance, Quiché, Rivers for Life, water is life, Xalalá Dam|

Accompanier Olivia Pandolfi (they/she or elle/ella) writes about climate change and indigenous resistance in Quiché, Guatemala. In the text you'll read about extractivism, linguistics, and a multiple-hour Google Earth tour of Guatemala's river systems. ————— [...]

Apoya la justicia racial: Christina Reyes lanza el Fondo de Becas GAP

nisgua_admin2019-08-29T18:00:41+00:00Tags: acción de solidaridad, Accompaniers Perspectives, accompaniment, collective liberation, donate, GAP, grassroots organizing, Guatemala Accompaniment Program, Latinx, liberación colectiva, NISGUA organizers, organizer, Perspectivas de lxs acompañantes, racial justice, scholarship, solidaridad, solidarity, training|

Una semilla de transformación y liberación se plantó hace dos años, cuando compartimos la visión de solidaridad de NISGUA y nuestro compromiso con un marco de justicia racial para toda la organización. Nos comprometimos a [...]