Guatemala

On August 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “#PBI accompanies the Ch’orti Maya Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula on a peaceful walk around the Los Manantiales Mine to denounce the company’s failure to respect the Constitutional Court rulings, which included the injunction for the suspension of Read more

“This week, #PBI is accompanying Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc in El Estor. On this occasion, we visited the COCODE [Community Councils for Urban and Rural Development] of the El Renacer community. They are currently working on measuring the plots and land of the entire community so that they can Read more

Video still: Rosmeri Rivera, representative of the communities of the Sierra Santa Cruz in Izabal, comments on the cancellation of the licences. Video by @lahoragt. PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “The environmental licenses were handled by Rio Nickel and Atlantic Producers companies, with Canadian capital. Since January, 54 communities in Read more

On August 12, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Justice for the girls of Safe Home Today #PBIaccompanies the Bureau of Human Rights (BDH) in the reading of the sentence of the #CasoHogarSeguro [Safe Home Case]. The judge, Ingrid Vanessa Cifuentes, has imposed sentences between 6 and 25 years for crimes of abuse of Read more

PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “We stand in solidarity with Leocardio and CCDA Guatemala for repressive actions taken against the defender of human rights and access to land for indigenous communities and farmworkers This action shows what Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Rapporteur of the United Nations on the Right to Adequate Housing, Read more

On June 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanied the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at a hearing against the owner of the company Cafe La Conquista S. A. for water pollution and forest damage. The hearing consisted of reading the documents offered as a preliminary trial. The beginning of Read more

On June 10, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Last week #PBIacompaña the Indigenous Council Maya Ch’orti’ of Olopa in a new hearing of the Cafe de La Conquista S.A. case. During the hearing, an expert, with professional training as an agricultural engineer with specialization in natural resources, presented a report on water pollution Read more

On May 31, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI observed the final hearing in the Mujeres Achí [Indigenous Achi women] case, in which the sentence was handed down: 40 years in prison for the three former PAC [Civil Self-Defence Patrols] members for crimes against humanity. The court recognized the use of sexual Read more

Photo: The sign says: “Caring for water is an act of love. Do it for yourself, for our children, for life on the planet. No to mining.” Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc reports: “On May 23, the 54 communities mobilized to demand that the environmental licenses and mining licenses Read more

On May 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday #PBI observes the continuation of the hearing of conclusions of the #mujeresachi [Achi women] case in which the court gave them the floor: “I represent the Achí women, I ask the court to pass sentence against the accused. I recognized them, I suffered in Read more