Xinka Parliament representative, Amilvar Urías Sanchez will be joining the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network for a tour of the Maritimes taking place October 18-23, 2024. He will discuss the Xinka Parliament's ongoing resistance to the Escobal mine in Guatemala, owned by Canadian mining company, Pan American Silver. [...]
Mothers Day and Mining Resistance The delegation visits Colís. Friday, May 10 was Mother’s Day here in Guatemala and the day that we went to go visit Colís, which is a community that has been in resistance to mining for some years. We had an early start to the day [...]
The Xinka Parliament accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation's Human Rights Award, photo credit: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation On June 6, the Xinka Parliament was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation's annual Human Rights Award. The award honors human rights defenders who face oppression [...]
Written by Maria Reyes. The Cerro Blanco mine, a project operated by the company Entremares S.A., is located in the municipality of Asunción Mita in the department of Jutiapa, just 15 kilometres from the border with El Salvador. Since 2007, the Cerro Blanco project has become a slow and certain [...]
Congressional hearing on February 7th, 2022 with Congress member Aldo Davila. Community members from Asuncion Mita and El Salvador bring concerns to corresponding ministries over the conversion of the Cerro Blanco mine from underground tunnels to open-pit mining The Cerro Blanco open-pit mining project threatens the right to [...]
During this interactive webinar, we collectively reflected on the various forms mining resistance can take, how mining resistance functions in both Guatemala and in Canada, and our futures within mining resistance work. This webinar consisted of 4 guest speakers who gave updates on current mining resistance efforts [...]
Para leer en Español haga clic aquí. On October 25, 2021, the Guatemalan Congress ratified a State of Siege in the municipality of Estor, Izabal, Guatemala. States of siege allow the Government to restrict certain articles of the Constitution within a municipality, including the provisions which provide for freedom of [...]
In solidarity and celebration of the communities of Mataquescuintla and San Carlos Alzatate, celebrating their 11th and 9th anniversaries of municipal consultations of the Escobal mining project, property of the Canadian company Pan American Silver. Please read the letters of solidarity and recognition from international organizations and supporters below. La [...]
