Yearly Archives: 2022

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Mayan Poqomchi’ environmental defender David Alejandro Maxena at court hearing

On June 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies David Alejandro Maxena of UVOC at his hearing, in which he seeks to demonstrate his roots in order...

PBI-Colombia expresses “deep concern and solidarity” following break-in and theft at the Nydia Érika Bautista Foundation

Still from video of the break-in. Infobae reports: “ denounced that in the early hours of last Sunday a man entered the headquarters of the...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Authorities from Nuevo Dia at Public Ministry

On June 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies indigenous authorities from Nuevo Dia to the Public Ministry of Jocotán, Chiquimula.” Nuevo Dia also posted: “Mayan Ch'orti Indigenous Authorities...

PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH in defence of the Choluteca River against pollution by poultry company

On June 7, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Last week we accompanied @Arcah_hn to the poultry company ‘El Cortijo’ whose toxic waste, warns the organization, is contaminating the...

PBI-Colombia urges protection for environmental defenders after armed attack against FEDEPESAN

PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “On May 31, 2022, leaders of the Federation of Artisanal, Environmental and Tourist Fishermen of the Department of Santander (FEDEPESAN)...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies six defenders criminalized for protecting ancestral territory from Los Manantiales mine

On June 6, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies 6 criminalized defenders of Olopa in the intermediate phase hearing. The six are part of a legal process...

PBI-Mexico says cancellation of Gunaa Sicarú “a milestone in the defence of the right to land”

Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanies a ProDESC media conference on a court ruling suspending Gunaa Sicarú in February 2020. On June 6, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “The defense process promoted...

Residents of Puerto Wilches block land and river access points to fracking pilot project sites

This morning, LA FM Bucaramanga tweeted: “In Puerto Wilches, the communities carry out protests and blockades in different parts of the municipality, in rejection...

What countries came to CANSEC to buy weapons?

Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. What countries were buying weapons at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa this past week? We can confirm the United Kingdom,...

Black Hawk helicopters, militarized conservation in Colombia and the “30 x 30” initiative

A Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter flies over Tinigua National Park in Colombia. Sikorsky is owned by Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest “defence” contractor. Photo...
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