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> Guatemala has the most unequal land distribution in the Western Hemisphere, with large landholders who comprise only 2% of the population possessing 70% of the productive lands. > Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala increased between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, El Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos documented 224 attacks against human rights defenders, in comparison with 122 attacks in 2004. > On March 30, 2006, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the indigenous accord, tens of thousands of workers, farmers and indigenous people marched in Guatemala City to demand the strengthening of indigenous rights, restriction of open pit mining licenses, and funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase land for redistribution. | |
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Participate in the Fall Speakers Tour
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2005 Tour: 500 Years of Resistance
Introduction
NISGUA regularly hosts Guatemalan activists who travel
throughout the U.S. speaking to church, solidarity,
law, women's, university and an array of other groups
about grassroots work and the general situation in Guatemala.
They discuss their work for democracy, human rights
and socioeconomic justice, a task that in recent months
has become much more dangerous.
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Speaker & Organizational Bios
Guatemalan grassroots groups are represented on the speaking tour by a variety
of dynamic speakers. The tours offer people in the U.S. a chance to learn about
current events and expert analysis of pressing issues facing Guatemala, directly
from speakers who are at the forefront of the struggle for justice and human
rights.
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Tour Actions
Each NISGUA speaking tour tends to be accompanied by a ‘tour action’ -
a way that people coming to events can immediately respond and show their support
for the struggle that the speaker represents. These actions are usually in the
form of petitions or letters addressed to key Guatemalan, U.S. or international
decision-makers. A successful tour can generate hundreds of such letters, which
helps to amplify the positions that the speaker is spreading throughout the tour.
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