We have featured the struggles in the communities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo before <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/third-month-of-resistance-against-a-radius-gold-owned-mine-in-guatemala/"Yoli" Oquelí, here. News that the communities had been awarded the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award also reached us and… Read More ›
Environment
Totonicapán action
Regarding the massacre at Totonicapán, if people want to take action you can use the attached letter (click on ‘read more’ below) or sign up to the AVAAZ petition here.
Totonicapán, Those Who Are No Longer With Us.
“On the night of October 4th, Totonicapán hospital was completely overshadowed by a halo of confusion and crying. A sour, toxic, acidic odour, the typical stench of tear gas, much alike to pepper – although much worse – was hanging… Read More ›
Totonicapán rising
“The death toll of last week’s massacre of Maya K’iche protesters in Totonicapán continues to increase, with reports of up to 8 or 9 killed; at least 6 of the 34 people injured in the attack remain hospitalized. Initial evidence,… Read More ›
Indigenous protesters killed in Totonicapán
Renata Avila writes on the Global Voices site that, “at least 7 civilians were killed, up to 32 were injured, and 35 were intoxicated on October 4, 2012, when combined armed forces violently removed demonstrators from Cuatro Caminos (”four roads”),… Read More ›
Criminalization and Violence Erupt in the Shadow of the Escobal Mine
We have featured the struggles of San Rafael Las Flores against mining interests before both <a href=http://gsntest.jocote.org/uncategorized/goldcorp%e2%80%99s-legacy%3a-criminalization-and-mining-resistance-in-san-rafael-las-flores/' right to consultation in the face of the project and last week, in an unclarified series of events, violence erupted when security forces… Read More ›
Santa Cruz Barillas wants its leaders back
Santa Cruz Barillas is a town in the Western Highlands in the Department of Huehuetenango and it has the misfortune to be the site of the Cambalam hydroelectric dam. The municipality has been the site of conflict since the issuing… Read More ›
Out of land and nowhere to go: Occupying land in Cahabon, Guatemala
“Cahabon, like much of Guatemala, suffers from a high percentage of land disputes. At the moment it is estimated that 50% of the rural population who work small plots of land are waiting to be recognized as legitimate owners. The… Read More ›
Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award
GSN is pleased to pass on the news that the communities of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo have been announced as the winners of the Alice Zachmann Human Rights Defender Award. The Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC)… Read More ›
Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge against Mining Law
“Today [July 20th 2012], Guatemala’s Constitutional Court will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the 1997 mining law for failure to consult with the country’s indigenous peoples who make up more than half the population. The lawsuit, filed by… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 