The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has visited Totonicapán in western Guatemala. She was presented with a document setting out the concerns about the violations of individual and collective human rights of indigenous people in Guatemala. She was also given a copy of the legal action …
Amnesty International has issued an Urgent Action Alert for the circumstances surrounding mining in Santa Rosa, south-eastern Guatemala. The alert is available in English and Spanish, and there is more information available on the website of MadreSelva.
Siglo 21 reports that the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights has asked the Guatemalan government to ensure the quality of drinking water supplied to 18 Mayan communities close to the Marlin mine, operated by Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. part of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc., which also has the …
Eviction of Mayan Communities by Government Forces LAMMP is currently receiving chilling reports from Guatemala about the violent evictions carried out by government security forces and private militia against Mayan Q’qchi peasant communities in the area of Valle del Polochic.One of the trouble spots is centred around the Chabil utzaj …
Reaffirming our commitments as peasant, indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, our vision is one of respect for Mother Earth because for us she is Sacred and is part of our Spiritual Trinity: Nature, Creator-Shaper and Human Being;
Women in areas of Guatemala where mining companies operate have condemned the sexual abuse by security forces during forced evictions in, for example, San Juan Sacatepéquez. The women state that the police was acting on behalf of the Guatemalan Nickel Company (CGN), local subsidiary of HudBay Minerals Inc., a Canadian …
The BBC recently dedicated a part of its Crossing Continents radio programme on BBC4 to a piece by Bill Law on the Marlin mine in Sipacapa, Guatemala, under the title Canadian mine accused of causing skin infections. This is the company which LAMMP-ULAM targets in Guatemala. Our forthcoming European Tour …