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Online Alerts (see below for written alerts):
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• October 2010: Suspend Marlin Mine Now
  Organizations and individuals can take action today to call on the Guatemalan government to protect the health and safety of communities near the mine by complying with the precautionary measures of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
  
  
• Tell Goldcorp Inc. to End the Persecution of Maya Mam Human Rights Defenders
  Goldcorp Inc, through its Guatemalan subsidiary Montana Exploradora, has once again taken legal action against Maya Mam campesinos resisting their mining operations in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, in the Western highlands ofGuatemala. Complaints were allegedly filed by Montana against 7 local leaders after a confrontation with the company over a land dispute and concerns over water resources that took place on Friday, June 12th in the community of Saqmuj, located in the village of Agel.
  
  NISGUA and Collectiff Guatemala, two solidarity organizations, are deeply concerned following reports of recent intimidation and persecution of human rights defenders, along with high levels of militarization as a result of this conflict.
  

• Dile a Goldcorp Inc. que deje de acosar a los defensores mayas de derechos humanos
  Goldcorp Inc, por medio de su subsidiara guatemalteca Montana Exploradora, nuevamente ha tomado acciones legales en contra de campesinos Maya Mam que están en contra de sus operaciones mineras en San Miguel Ixtahuacán, en el altiplano occidental de Guatemala. La denuncia se giro en contra de 7 líderes locales después de una confrontación con la compañía por una disputa de tierra y preocupaciones por los recursos hídricos que sucedió el viernes 12 de junio en la comunidad de Saqmuj localizada en la aldea de Agel.
  
  NISGUA y Collectiff Guatemala, dos organizaciones de solidaridad internacional, están profundamente preocupadas y siguiendo los reportes de recientes intimidaciones y persecución a los defensores de derechos humanos, así como por los crecientes niveles de militarización como resultado de este conflicto.

• Support War Survivors' Right to Truth and Justice
  The impunity rate for past and current crimes in Guatemala soars; 99% of crimes committed during the war have not been brought to justice. Of over 45,000 forced disappearances, only one case has gone to trial; and witnesses in the genocide cases have waited over eight years for a trial. Ask President Álvaro Colom to advocate for victims’ right to justice.
  

• Protect Guatemalan Human Right Defenders from Threats and Attack
  The last several years have seen a series of alarming attacks against the staff and offices of several Guatemalan organizations working against impunity. It's time to pressure the Guatemalan government to protect human rights defenders.
  

• Urge the Guatemalan Attorney General's Office to Move the Genocide Cases Forward
  The war survivors’ organization Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) presented their two cases in 2000 and 2001 against the military high commands of Romeo Lucas García and Efraín Ríos Montt, respectively. Six years later, the cases remain at a standstill in the investigative phase due to the constant switching of prosecutors assigned to the matter.  Send a letter to the Guatemalan Attorney General asking him to ensure the cases advance.

• Crackdown on Local Citizens Opposing Goldcorp’s “Marlin” Mine Escalates in San Marcos, Guatemala
  Nine arrest warrants have been issued for community members in the municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacán, department of San Marcos in an attempt to criminalize and eliminate local resistance to the Marlin mine, a gold and silver extraction operation in the area. Community leaders have also received death threats.
  

• Represiones Contra Ciudadanos Locales que se Oponen a la Mina Marlin de Goldcorp Aumentan en San Marcos, Guatemala
  Ocho ordenes de captura contra ocho mujeres y denuncia contra un hombre; lideres comunitarios reciben amenazas de muerte.