Xinka Parliament denounces “anonymous invitation” to meet with Minera San Rafael
The Xinka People of Guatemala In light of the anonymous invitation circulated in the last week to a meeting with “representatives of Minería San Rafael to discuss the issues of care, maintenance, and commitments in compliance with the provisions
90+ organizations pen letter of concern for ongoing human rights violations against Xinka defenders
TO: María Consuelo Porras, Attorney General and Head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Hilda Pineda, Prosecutor of the Human Rights Section of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Edgar Horacio Portillo Morales, Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on Human Rights
Impacts of mining: Examples from Pan American Silver’s operations in Latin America
Pan American Silver is a Canadian mining company founded in 1994 that began operations with just one project -- the Quiruvilca mine in Peru. Since then, it has grown to become one of the world’s largest silver
Public Statement: Communities from the Meseta region in Argentina tell Pan American Silver to get out!
Public StatementTo the Mapuche Tehuelche People and the general population We, the undersigned Mapuche Tehuelche communities of the central northern “Meseta” region of Chubut, once again express our profound rejection of mega-mining. Specifically, we reject the Navidad Project, in the
Press release: 9th Anniversary of the Municipal Consultation in Nueva Santa Rosa
For the original press release in Spanish, click here. It's been nine years since the municipality of Nueva Santa Rosa carried out its first Municipal Consultation at the request of its residents. On July 3, 2011, community members went
“Our ancestral organizing practices are helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Xinka territory”
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt unequally around the globe, Xinka communities are finding new ways to organize and care for each other, while firmly rooting their response in ancestral ways of organizing that have