We were born here, We did not come here Aquí hemos nacido, no hemos venido Machiwar kayopá temeyum Iranon kuxpon tará The indigenous Maya Ch’orti’ community in Chiquimula, Guatemala, is in conflict with the companies Las TresNiñas and Jonbo which… Read More ›
Former President Otto Pérez Molina poses with Escobal mine workers. Photo: Tahoe Resources This article was written and published by NISGUA, in collaboration with MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network. If the militarized security strategy that Tahoe Resources has used… Read More ›
A great piece on La Puya was posted on the website for El Eco del Dolor de Mucha Gente, which we have featured here previously. It really is a fine resource. There some fine photographs here and the whole piece… Read More ›
The ‘Comunidad en Resistencia‘ of La Puya achieved a notable victory in a Guatemalan appeals court when it ruled in favor of the right of the residents to be consulted about those projects that affect them and ordered the suspension… Read More ›
This video footage compiled by Guatevision includes a selection of brief clips showing some of the protests and state response. On April 28th, a massive contingent of police was sent into the Ixil triangle in Guatemala to evict a road… Read More ›
Early in the morning on April 17, the international day of the campesino’s struggle, nearly 450 indigenous Q’eqchi’ Mayan families from the Guatemalan departments of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, and Izabal arrived in the historic centre of Guatemala and began… Read More ›
“There were around 2,500 police and army in the region,” Francisco tells me. “With tanks and trucks and everything it seemed as if they were coming to war.” Since the construction of the Escobal silver mine in the neighbouring village… Read More ›
“An affidavit given on November 24, 2014 by Donald Paul Gray, vice president of the Canadian mining company Tahoe Resources Inc., has shed light on the strong interests at play since 2011 in contracting private security companies for the Escobal… Read More ›
Sr. Dani Brought accompanies resisters outside the gold mine at La Puya. Armed police are a constant, intimidating presence. (Mary Jo McConahay) Mary Jo McConahy has written this piece for the Global Sisters Report website. It is reproduced here. To… Read More ›
On Sunday, 1st March, La Comunidad de Resistencia celebrated their third anniversary in their struggle against the imposition of a gold mine in their community. Known as La Puya, the community is situated in the area around San Pedro Ayampuc,… Read More ›
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