Communities affected by the Marlin mine demonstrate at the Canadian embassy in Guatemala City. Photo by PAQG. On April 8, PBI-Guatemala posted on their Facebook page an article about a court challenge in Canada over redacted government documents relating to a Canadian owned mine in Guatemala. Red Eco reports: “On March 2, Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking new field brigadistas. The application deadline is August 1. Following this deadline, the next key date in this process is the training and selection week (December 5-11). The application forms can be found here. PBI-Guatemala accompanies organizations including the Peaceful Resistance La Puya, Read more…
Photo by REDSAG. On April 15, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies 4 criminalized defenders in the region and we are worried about the massive police presence in one of their communities.” This refers to the four members of the Retalhuleu Community Council (CCR) that has been experiencing Read more…
Mexican soldiers in Chiapas near the border with Guatemala. Photo by Isaac Guzman/Agence France Presse. On April 12, Common Dreams reported: “Human rights defenders expressed concern Monday after the Biden administration announced it reached agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala for those countries to boost their deployments of military forces Read more…
Chávez during the Defend Dissent Tour in Canada, 2013. Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic is a member of the Council of K’iche Peoples for the Defence of Life, Mother Nature, Land and Territory (CPK), that the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project began to accompany in 2013. That organization was founded in 2007 Read more…
On April 10, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Last week we traveled to Cobán to present ourselves to different departmental authorities and to visit the members of the CCDA Verapaz to inform us about their security situation.” Cobán is the capital city of the department of Alta Verapaz and is located about 220 Read more…
On April 5, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanied members of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón at the public hearing before the CSJ [Supreme Court of Justice] for the Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol.” Caal Xol is a leader of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón, a collective of 38 Maya Q’eqchi communities, Read more…
PBI-Honduras and PBI-Guatemala are seeking volunteers to be field brigadistas. Honduras The deadline to apply with PBI-Honduras is April 19. The other key dates in the application process are interviews (May 3-30), online self-training (May 31-August 15) and the virtual training week (late-August). The application forms can be found here. Read more…
“The hearing will be held in the Supreme Court of Justice for the appeal of annulment where magistrates of the criminal chamber will listen to the arguments about the falsity of crimes that the hydroelectrics on the Cahabon River fabricated for me.” – Bernardo Caal Xol Maya Q’eqchi river defender Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has highlighted that the sugar business in Guatemala means “sweet profits for exporters, bitter impacts for communities.” Abelino Mejia Cancino is a member of the PBI-Guatemala accompanied Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR). Abelino says: “We need people to realize that when they consume sugar, Read more…