TAKE ACTION: Call Canadian Government to Act in Support of Indigenous Communities and Guatemalan Democracy Last week, the BTS community learned about the devastating murder of Noé Gómez Barrera, Xinka ancestral authority and community leader. We ask you to stand with his loved ones and the Xinka People by writing [...]
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http://nisgua.blogspot.com/2014/04/urgent-action-from-la-puya-call-for-end.html Friday, April 11, 2014 Urgent Action from La Puya: Call for an End to Police Intimidation and Eviction Threats The National Police, at the service of US mining company Kappes Cassiday and Associates (KCA), have been carrying out acts of intimidation and threatening eviction against communities in resistance at [...]
As you read this, the communities in resistance to mining in San Jose del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc are holding their ground at the roadblock they have maintained since March of this year as they are threatened by a large group of pro-mining provocateurs. Please contact the US Embassy in [...]
