Advocacy
BTS undertakes advocacy efforts in solidarity with our partners in Guatemala. We recognize that injustice in the north and south are linked, and these struggles are inextricably connected. As a network based in Canada, a key focus of our work is geared towards holding the Canadian government and corporations accountable.
BTS advocacy work includes activities such as:
- urgent actions, sign-on letters, MP meetings
- meeting with the Canadian Embassy, keeping them abreast of human rights issues in Guatemala and expressing our concerns
- working collaboratively with other organizations and members of coalitions based in Canada, Guatemala and globally
- organizing delegations to Guatemala and raising awareness within our own communities including speaking tours in the Maritimes by community leaders from Guatemala
- keeping the BTS network informed of issues of concern to our partners through our monthly newsletter, network call-ins and social media
- supporting and amplifying our partners’ work
Latest actions
TAKE ACTION: Tell Canadian Authorities to Call on New Guatemalan AG to Review, Resolve and Provide Reparations for Criminalization Cases
New Attorney General and Head of Public Prosecutor's Office, Gabriel García Luna Context As of May 2026, Guatemala has a new Attorney General (AG), Gabriel García Luna, ending Consuelo Porras's tenure at the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP). Under Porras, the MP was used to criminalize justice officials, human [...]
Solidarity Letter: 9th Anniversary of the Peaceful Xinka Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Casillas, Santa Rosa
Dear members of the Peaceful Xinka Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Casillas, Santa Rosa, We, the undersigned international organizations, express our deepest respect and admiration for the nine years that you have maintained the resistance camp and for the over fifteen years that you have been organizing to exercise [...]
TAKE ACTION: Email officials to demand release of CCDA’s Leocadio Juracán
On August 13, Leocadio Juracán, Agrarian Reform Coordinator of the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), was detained at La Aurora Airport as he was leaving the country to participate in a Translocal Social Movement Learning conference in South Africa. Leocadio is being criminalized for his work as a land [...]