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Did You Know?

> Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala have doubled over the last five years. NISGUA's teams of on-the-ground international human rights monitors work to deter violence in communities, courtrooms and at public events.

> Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled during the bloodiest period of the war, currently holds a seat in the Guatemalan Congress. He is wanted for genocide and crimes against humanity.

> The Xalalá hydro-electric dam is rejected by 90% of the local population because it would displace thousands of indigenous people and damage farmlands and forests.

> Almost 400 mining concessions have been granted to transnational gold, silver, nickel, and zinc companies in Guatemala, posing severe threats to rural communities' social and environmental well-being.

Participate in the 2008 NISGUA Speakers Tour!
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This spring, NISGUA is bringing two activists from Guatemala to the U.S.

Jerónimo Osorio Chen of the Ixcán Referendum Follow-Up Commission will speak about the Xalalá dam, a highly contentious mega-“development” project that threatens to displace indigenous communities and wreak havoc on the ecosystem under the guise of fueling free trade.

Fausto Valiente of the Pastoral Commission for Peace and Ecology in San Marcos will discuss the toxic open-pit mining that has poisoned local waters and caused damage to people’s homes.

Jerónimo and Fausto will speak to audiences in several states to educate them and mobilize U.S. citizens against U.S. government and corporate actors who have the power to close the mine and stop the dam project.

Click here for more information on Jerónimo’s tour in the Midwest this April.

Visit here for a description of Fausto’s West Coast tour in May.