August 2018
Comunidad internacional exige una investigación sobre el asesinato de activista del medioambiente Estuardo Quevedo
El 12 de julio de 2018, el activista guatemalteco Ángel Estuardo Quevedo, miembro de la Resistencia Pacífica en Casillas que exige el cierre definitivo de la mina de plata El Escobal, fue asesinado mientras [...]
International community calls for an investigation into the murder of Guatemalan Environmental Activist Estuardo Quevedo
On July 12, 2018, Guatemalan activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo, a member of the Peaceful Resistance in Casillas which demands the permanent closure of the Escobal silver mine, was murdered while traveling in the municipality [...]
July 2018
Solidarity Update: July 2018
News recap: Environmental activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo killed in a wave of assassinations; Accompanier perspectives on violence at the U.S. border; New NISGUA report: Defending an ancestral decision-making process; Maya Achí women from Rabinal [...]
2018 Speaking Tour: How to Stop a Dam with Indigenous Resistance
In these times of intensifying repression and political upheaval, our social movements urgently need to share concrete lessons and strategies for organizing to defend land and life. The Latin American solidarity movement has a [...]
Reflection: Defending Truth and Memory Photo Exhibit in the US/Mexico Borderland Region
Former accompanier Kayla Autumn Myers writes about the photography exhibit, "Defending Truth and Memory." The exhibit traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico, in February, 2018. Visit our blog for more information about the exhibit and [...]
Xinka People’s Parliament denounces the murder of environmental activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo
On Thursday, July 12, 2018, Guatemalan activist Ángel Estuardo Quevedo, a member of the Peaceful Resistance in Casillas which demands the permanent closure of the Escobal silver mine, was murdered while traveling in the [...]