Report: Advances in Escobal Mine Consultation Overshadowed by Constitutional Crisis in Guatemala
More than two years after the court ordered a consultation with the Xinka Indigenous people over the future of the Escobal silver
Xinka Parliament Announces Breakthrough in Escobal Mine Consultation Process, Rejects Pan American Silver’s Bad Faith
On October 15, 2020, the Xinka Parliament announced that Guatemalan authorities have finally recognized their representatives elected to participate in a consultation
40+ organizations sign letter in solidarity with the Xinka People in Guatemala
Photo credit: Breaking the Silence. The national and international organizations signatories to this letter on the occasion of Pan American Silver’s annual
Indigenous Xinka March in Guatemala to Banish Canadian Mine
By Elizabeth McSheffrey | National Observer | April 17, 2018 More than 2,000 Indigenous Xinka people march through the streets of Guatemala City
Thousands March in Protest of Escobal Mine and in Support of Xinca People’s Right to Self-Determination
By NISGUA |April 12, 2018 On Monday April 9, thousands took to the streets in Guatemala City as part of the “March
More than 99% of participants in the Quesada municipal consultation oppose mining
Written by NISGUA. This weekend, the municipality of Quesada, Jutiapa held a consultation in which 99% of voters expressed their firm opposition
Three steps you can take to halt Tahoe Resources’ expansion in Guatemala!
For the past five years, communities impacted by Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala have stood up to peacefully defend their
Crumbling political support for Tahoe Resources in Guatemala
Article co-written by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS). If the militarized security