Guatemala Solidarity
Kevo Dell
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya (La Resistencia Pacifica La Puya) published the above announcement regarding the encroachment of members of the National Police into ...
Peace Brigades International
Brent Patterson
On May 21, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in the symbolic act of handing over machinery to the mining company ...
... mine located just north of Guatemala City since March 2010.
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya, which is made up of members from these communities, has stated, "[The environmental impact assessment] ...
... part that the government failed to adequately protect its mine from local communities that set up a peaceful protest camp out of fear that gold mining would contaminate scarce water supplies.
This accusation ...
Counterpunch
Jen Moore
In the wake of a shooting attack, death threats, and fear of further violence against members of the peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal silver mine in Guatemala, ...
... recognized rights of the communities to organize, defend the environment and protest peacefully against the mine.
A poster of the members of the Municipal Committee in Defence of Common and Public Goods ...
... who have peacefully opposed the mine for years, were falsely accused of sedition, making them targets for extrajudicial killings,” said Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada. “In 2020, police used violent ...
... court by Guatemalan plaintiffs who alleged the company’s private security were guilty of negligence and battery when they attacked and injured peaceful protesters at a mine operated by a subsidiary of ...
... and human rights abuses associated with the mining projects, including “loss of forests, agricultural lands, biodiversity, surface and ground water, peaceful co-existence among communities and loss of ...
... to provide adequate protection for KCA’s investment against local resistance. But KCA’s claim omits evidence of how violent police repression against peaceful protestors was used to open its mine.
This ...
... for anything, that’s why we organized, that’s our struggle,” said Juana Zúñiga, 36, whose husband José Abelino Cedillo, a 36-year-old barber, is also imprisoned awaiting trial.
A peaceful protest camp ...
... a recount of the votes had to flee to Lithuania in fear of imprisonment. In response to the allegations of electoral fraud, large peaceful protests have erupted across the country and were pushed back ...
... who have peacefully protested demanding the guarantee of social, cultural and environmental rights as human rights,” according to a Saint Isidro Parish statement released in August 2019 when the jailed ...
Trocaire
The ‘Guapinol 8’ were detained on 1st September last year for peacefully protesting against the exploitation of their community’s natural resources by private business interests.
Two daughters ...
... and despite this, they pressured the government to repress us. That’s exactly what happened on May 23, 2014 and how they managed to operate for two years,” remarks Álvaro Sandoval, member of the Peaceful ...
... company came to intimidate a peaceful camp that had been installed in the community of Guapinol as a demonstration of their legitimate opposition to an iron oxide mine operating illegally in the Carlos ...
... Public Ministry, the Police, and the Army, with the purpose of protecting the interests of the Inversiones los Pinares company.
Internationally recognized rights, such as the right to peaceful protest, ...
... member of the peaceful resistance to the mine was shot and injured by a security guard. This took place on September 7, 2018 in the community of Guapinol when the security chief arrived with dozens of ...
... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts.
This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...
... detention. The process faced by the defenders resulted from a series of peaceful demonstrations carried out in the municipality of Tocoa, Colón, in order to stop the operations of the Los Pinares mining ...