On September 3, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya at their monthly mass. The Resistance is currently beginning the pre-consultation process to decide the future of mining extractivism in the region.” On Sunday May 7, PBI-Canada and PBI-Guatemala visited with the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya Read more…
On August 18, Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc spoke with PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson about the criminalization he is experiencing, his commitment to frontline journalism, and the current political situation in Guatemala. Ninety-nine people from around the world registered for this webinar, with viewers in the United States, the Read more…
Photo by Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press reports: “Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced plans to spend $200 million to grow its production capacity at its plant in Montreal to help meet increased demand in Eastern Canada. The company said Monday [August 14] the plan will increase production capacity Read more…
Photo: Katharina Ochsendorf testified via videoconference from the Guatemalan consulate in Germany. Photo by Prensa Comunitaria/ Simón Antonio. Norma Sancir is a Maya Kaqchikel journalist, social communicator and human rights defender of the Ch’orti ’people in Chiquimula, Guatemala. She was arrested on September 18, 2014, by the National Civil Police Read more…
Join us on Friday August 18 for a conversation with criminalized journalist Carlos Choc. Register here. This report published on June 22, 2023, by Article 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other organizations notes: “Carlos Choc has had two arrest warrants against him and is currently under substitute Read more…
“This land is ours” On May 5, a Peace Brigades International-Canada delegation met with Olivia, a representative of the Residents Association of Chicoyogüito, Alta Verapaz (AVECHAV) at a café in the city of Cobán in the department of Alta Verapaz. She told us about the eviction and displacement of her Read more…
Last month, on Thursday May 4, a PBI-Canada delegation met with the community of “15 de febrero” on the South Coast of Guatemala. They told us that they had been looking for land since 2013. On February 15, 2018, they officially received land through the Fundo del Tierras (Land Fund), Read more…
PBI-Guatemala photo (April 18, 2016): “We observe the press conference convened by the Molina Theissen family seeking justice for the forced disappearance of Marco Antonio Molina Theissen and the illegal detention, torture and rape suffered by his sister Emma at the hands of the Guatemalan army.” The Associated Press reports: Read more…
On May 30, PBI-Guatemala posted on their Facebook page: “PBI accompanies the 4 people criminalized from the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu for defending the right to water. Today a sentence of complete acquittal was issued for the 4 defenders in the absence of elements that can first establish a Read more…
On Sunday May 7, PBI-Canada and PBI-Guatemala visited with the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya at a roadside site that it has maintained for more than ten years at the entrance to the “El Tambor” Progreso VII Derivada gold mine. During our visit to the site a short drive outside Read more…