Timeline - NISGUA

February 2019

Survivors of State Terror, Organizations Reject Amnesty in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:43+00:00Tags: Amnesty, CALDH, Congress, crimes against humanity, HIJOS|

Guatemalan partner organizations, including CALDH and HIJ@S, published an open letter denouncing Guatemalan congressional attempts to pass amnesty legislation. The proposed legislation could overturn decades of work for justice, allowing those responsible for crimes against humanity [...]

Solidarity Update: January 2019

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:46+00:00Tags: accompaniment, Amnesty, civil society, community consultation, coup, Escobal, Escobal mine, GAP, hiring, international accompaniment, jobs, Maya Achí, Pan American Silver Corp., sexual violence, Tahoe Resources, take action, technical coup|

News recap: NISGUA is hiring!; Civil society reacts as political crisis escalates to a technical coup; Stand with Indigenous and campesino communities' right to self-determination; Pan American buys Tahoe Resources, inheriting Escobal Mine's legacy of human rights [...]

International Organizations Publish Statement in Solidarity with La Puya

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:43:58+00:00Tags: international arbitration, KCA, La Puya, militarization, Mining, resistance to mining, sign-on letter, solidarity|

NISGUA joins 10 international organizations who stand in solidarity with the communities of the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” impacted by the international arbitration claim filed against the state of Guatemala by US mining company, [...]

January 2019

Solidarity Update: December 2018

nisgua_admin2019-12-27T19:05:46+00:00Tags: accompaniment, ACODET, AJR, assassinations, CALDH, community consultation, Consulta, CREOMPAZ, criminalization, environmental defenders, environmental justice, genocide, GNIB, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, human rights, hydroelectric dams, impunity, indigenous rights, international arbitration, Ixquisís, justice, KCA, Military Zone 21, sexual violence, speaking tour|

News recap: Organizations demand justice in wake of assassinations and ongoing violence in Ixquisis, TAKE ACTION to stand with communities working to protect community consultations, NISGUA Speaking Tour shares lessons from successful organizing in Chixoy-Copón Rivers [...]

Media Advisory: Social movements at risk as technical coup unfolds in Guatemala

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T00:44:19+00:00Tags: ACODET, AJR, CALDH, CICIG, Constitutional Court, constitutional crisis, coup, criminalization, environmental defenders, environmental justice, genocide, human rights, impunity, indigenous rights, Jimmy Morales, justice, Political Crisis, social movement, Tahoe Resources|

For a downloadable version of this media advisory, click here. For nearly a year and a half, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has repeatedly defied the rule of law by attacking the UN-backed International [...]

Political Crisis in Guatemala: Organizations Call on Embassy, State Department to Support CICIG

nisgua_admin2025-04-22T17:26:34+00:00Tags: ancestral authorities, CICIG, Constitutional Court, constitutional crisis, Department of State, Guatemala, human rights, internal armed conflict, Ivan Velásquez, Jimmy Morales, rule of law, Sandra Jovel, sign-on letter, U.S. Embassy in Guatemala|

The Jimmy Morales administration has brought Guatemala to a technical coup, as it ramps up its attack against the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), in an effort to circumvent corruption investigations. [...]