Starting this Sunday, June 22 - 27, a delegation of European Bishops will visit Guatemala to support local work against poverty and in favour of peace and reconciliation. CIDSE is coordinating the tour, with participation from our members Broederlijk Delen, Trocaire, Manos Unidas, Fastenopfer, and of course a strong presence of Guatemalan civil society including 22 different local groups, organisations and dioceses. Among the places they will visit is La Puya, where on May 23, 2014, police evicted peaceful protesters against a mining project led by Exmingua (Extracciones Mineras de Guatemala, subsidiary of Kappes Cassiday & Associates). The demonstrators, from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, will be joined by the delegation at the local church in the celebration of the Euchariston Sunday June 22. The struggle at La Puya is one of a number of community resistance movements in Guatemala and other parts of Latin America, where campesinos and communities are threatened by the expansion of mega-projects such as mines, dams and monoculture plantations and their claims to human rights and a life in dignity is severely criminalised.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:30:47 +0000
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