Americas Policy Group
@apgopa.bsky.social
The Americas Policy Group (APG) is a national network of Canadian civil society organizations working for human rights and social & environmental justice in Latin America and the Caribbean
TODAY!! As persecution of water defenders continues in #ElSalvador, international leaders will hold a virtual press conference to voice their support for the rights and rightful struggle of courageous faith communities working to protect clean water. #WaterIsLife #ElSalvador #mining #VoicesAtRisk
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
TODAY!! As persecution of water defenders continues in #ElSalvador, international leaders will hold a virtual press conference to voice their support for the rights and rightful struggle of courageous faith communities working to protect clean water. #WaterIsLife #ElSalvador #mining #VoicesAtRisk
‼️ TOMORROW ‼️International leaders will speak out in solidarity with faith communities courageously working to protect clean water in El Salvador. From Canada, APG member Christie Neufeldt of @unitedchurchcda.bsky.social will raise her voice - for us all! #WaterIsLife #mining #VoicesAtRisk
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
‼️ TOMORROW ‼️International leaders will speak out in solidarity with faith communities courageously working to protect clean water in El Salvador. From Canada, APG member Christie Neufeldt of @unitedchurchcda.bsky.social will raise her voice - for us all! #WaterIsLife #mining #VoicesAtRisk
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Canada should follow the lead of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) who spoke out in October expressing ‘unequivocal support’ for sovereignty, territorial integrity and maintaining the Caribbean region as a Zone of Peace.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Canada should follow the lead of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) who spoke out in October expressing ‘unequivocal support’ for sovereignty, territorial integrity and maintaining the Caribbean region as a Zone of Peace.
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We urge Canada to suspend Operation CARIBBE and its Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. to avoid any risk of Canadian intelligence being used in unlawful, lethal attacks.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We urge Canada to suspend Operation CARIBBE and its Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. to avoid any risk of Canadian intelligence being used in unlawful, lethal attacks.
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Canadian organizations with decades of experience and partnerships in the Americas sent a letter to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, @manindersidhu.bsky.social, Minister McGuinty urging them to protect the rule of law, sovereignty and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. bit.ly/3K03kv9
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Canadian organizations with decades of experience and partnerships in the Americas sent a letter to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, @manindersidhu.bsky.social, Minister McGuinty urging them to protect the rule of law, sovereignty and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. bit.ly/3K03kv9
Together with @commonfrontiers.bsky.social, we sent an urgent call to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, @manindersidhu.bsky.social & Defence Minister McGuinty
to protect rights & the rule of law amid unlawful, lethal U.S. airstrikes in Latin America & the Caribbean.
Read our message 👉🏽 bit.ly/4pgajyO
to protect rights & the rule of law amid unlawful, lethal U.S. airstrikes in Latin America & the Caribbean.
Read our message 👉🏽 bit.ly/4pgajyO
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Together with @commonfrontiers.bsky.social, we sent an urgent call to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, @manindersidhu.bsky.social & Defence Minister McGuinty
to protect rights & the rule of law amid unlawful, lethal U.S. airstrikes in Latin America & the Caribbean.
Read our message 👉🏽 bit.ly/4pgajyO
to protect rights & the rule of law amid unlawful, lethal U.S. airstrikes in Latin America & the Caribbean.
Read our message 👉🏽 bit.ly/4pgajyO
Canadians have repeatedly called for a strong and independent @CORE_Ombuds to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad. Instead of strengthening the office, Canada seems on the verge of closing it down. The Carney government must appoint an empowered #Ombuds immediately 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Canadians have repeatedly called for a strong and independent @CORE_Ombuds to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad. Instead of strengthening the office, Canada seems on the verge of closing it down. The Carney government must appoint an empowered #Ombuds immediately 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
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🚨60+ civilians killed with ZERO evidence provided. US military attacking boats off Venezuela & Colombia—and now aircraft carriers are moving in. What's really happening? Get answers from top #LatAm experts. Nov 12 @ 8PM ET/5PM PT. Don't miss this. https://bit.ly/47PmUlP
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨60+ civilians killed with ZERO evidence provided. US military attacking boats off Venezuela & Colombia—and now aircraft carriers are moving in. What's really happening? Get answers from top #LatAm experts. Nov 12 @ 8PM ET/5PM PT. Don't miss this. https://bit.ly/47PmUlP
This week, The Hill Times published APG's joint op-ed with the Alliance for Human Rights in #Ecuador about the alarming human rights situation AND Canada's silence as it seeks to advance a controversial free trade agreement. Read the full story with links to our sources ▶️ bit.ly/3Wwyg8Y
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week, The Hill Times published APG's joint op-ed with the Alliance for Human Rights in #Ecuador about the alarming human rights situation AND Canada's silence as it seeks to advance a controversial free trade agreement. Read the full story with links to our sources ▶️ bit.ly/3Wwyg8Y
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🙌 PEOPLE POWER!
This Saturday, the Ecuadorian government announced that it has revoked the environmental license for the Loma Larga project!
This is the result of community power and peaceful resistance!
DPM Metals must abide by the law, listen to communities and definitively cancel the project!
This Saturday, the Ecuadorian government announced that it has revoked the environmental license for the Loma Larga project!
This is the result of community power and peaceful resistance!
DPM Metals must abide by the law, listen to communities and definitively cancel the project!
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🙌 PEOPLE POWER!
This Saturday, the Ecuadorian government announced that it has revoked the environmental license for the Loma Larga project!
This is the result of community power and peaceful resistance!
DPM Metals must abide by the law, listen to communities and definitively cancel the project!
This Saturday, the Ecuadorian government announced that it has revoked the environmental license for the Loma Larga project!
This is the result of community power and peaceful resistance!
DPM Metals must abide by the law, listen to communities and definitively cancel the project!
Excellent reporting on the visit of courageous Xinka leaders and the massive support they have received in Canada as they call for respect for their rights to self-determination AND their decision denying consent to Canadian #mining that threatens their lands, water & safety.
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo
Marisol Guerra y Marta Muñoz están recorriendo el este de Canadá pidiendo "se respete la decisión del Parlamento Xinka", pueblo indígena de Guatemala, de negar el consentimiento a las actividades de la mina El Escobal de la canadiense Pan American Silver.
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[Reportaje] Delegadas Xinkas explican en Canadá su rechazo a mina canadiense | RCI
El proyecto de mina Escobal es de Pan American Silver, con sede en Vancouver.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Excellent reporting on the visit of courageous Xinka leaders and the massive support they have received in Canada as they call for respect for their rights to self-determination AND their decision denying consent to Canadian #mining that threatens their lands, water & safety.
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo
Powerful call from Xinka leaders, civil society orgs & Green Party leader Elizabeth May ALL calling on #Canada and Vancouver-based Pan American Silver to respect #IndigenousPeoplesRights and the Xinka's decision to reject consent for the Escobal mine in #Guatemala. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Guatemalan Indigenous Leaders Urge Closure of B.C.-Owned Mine
At a news conference in Ottawa, Marisol Guerra and Marta Muñoz, two Xinka women from Guatemala, call on the Canadian government to support the closure of Vancouver-based Pan American Silver’s Escobal ...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Powerful call from Xinka leaders, civil society orgs & Green Party leader Elizabeth May ALL calling on #Canada and Vancouver-based Pan American Silver to respect #IndigenousPeoplesRights and the Xinka's decision to reject consent for the Escobal mine in #Guatemala. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
🚨TOMORROW Learn about a historic consultation by the Xinka, amid terrifying repression, and how Vancouver-based Pan American Silver has responded.
#IndigenousPeoplesRights #IndigenousSovereignty #mining #Guatemala #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #solidarity
#IndigenousPeoplesRights #IndigenousSovereignty #mining #Guatemala #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #solidarity
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🚨TOMORROW Learn about a historic consultation by the Xinka, amid terrifying repression, and how Vancouver-based Pan American Silver has responded.
#IndigenousPeoplesRights #IndigenousSovereignty #mining #Guatemala #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #solidarity
#IndigenousPeoplesRights #IndigenousSovereignty #mining #Guatemala #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #solidarity
🚫"No" means "NO"! 🚫
TAKE ACTION ✊🏽 Tell Vancouver-based Pan American Silver they must respect the rights of the Xinca Indigenous people and permanently close the Escobal mine in #Guatemala that threatens them.
#PuebloXincaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
Sign the petition ⏬
TAKE ACTION ✊🏽 Tell Vancouver-based Pan American Silver they must respect the rights of the Xinca Indigenous people and permanently close the Escobal mine in #Guatemala that threatens them.
#PuebloXincaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
Sign the petition ⏬
The Xinka People demand that Pan American Silver permanently close the Escobal mine. It threatens their environment, water, language, culture, and territory. Tell the CEO of Pan American Silver to respect their decision.
🔗 bit.ly/xinkapeoples...
🔗 bit.ly/xinkapeoples...
September 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚫"No" means "NO"! 🚫
TAKE ACTION ✊🏽 Tell Vancouver-based Pan American Silver they must respect the rights of the Xinca Indigenous people and permanently close the Escobal mine in #Guatemala that threatens them.
#PuebloXincaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
Sign the petition ⏬
TAKE ACTION ✊🏽 Tell Vancouver-based Pan American Silver they must respect the rights of the Xinca Indigenous people and permanently close the Escobal mine in #Guatemala that threatens them.
#PuebloXincaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
Sign the petition ⏬
NEXT WEEK! Don't miss a conversation with Xinca leaders about why they say NO to Canadian company Pan American Silver's Guatemala mine.
📅 September 23, 5:30-7:30pm
🏘️ Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa, Room 5028
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
📅 September 23, 5:30-7:30pm
🏘️ Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa, Room 5028
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
September 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEXT WEEK! Don't miss a conversation with Xinca leaders about why they say NO to Canadian company Pan American Silver's Guatemala mine.
📅 September 23, 5:30-7:30pm
🏘️ Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa, Room 5028
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
📅 September 23, 5:30-7:30pm
🏘️ Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa, Room 5028
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
#Ecuador Over 90,000 people reportedly took part in yesterday's march demanding a stop to a controversial mining project by Canada's Dundee Precious Metals in an ecologically sensitive paramo that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people. Rights and the rule of law are at stake.
Today, thousands of Cuencanos are taking to the streets to march for the protection of water against metal mining, showing an overwhelming opposition to Canadian mining in the paramo de Kimsakocha, Ecuador!
📸: FOA Azuay
📸: FOA Azuay
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Ecuador Over 90,000 people reportedly took part in yesterday's march demanding a stop to a controversial mining project by Canada's Dundee Precious Metals in an ecologically sensitive paramo that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people. Rights and the rule of law are at stake.
The APG is honoured to co-host this important event with Xinca women leaders from Guatemala. Join us to hear about their courageous struggle for self-determination and protection of the rights of their people, threatened by the Canadian-owned Escobal mine.
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
Canada must respect Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala & support closing the Escobal mine.
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️
September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa
RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...
🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The APG is honoured to co-host this important event with Xinca women leaders from Guatemala. Join us to hear about their courageous struggle for self-determination and protection of the rights of their people, threatened by the Canadian-owned Escobal mine.
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
#PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XincaPeopleSayNo
On April 24-25, APG had its first in-person AGM in over 5 years!
Thank you to PSAC - AFPC for hosting our meeting, our panellists and guests and the 20 member organizations who joined us for this important meeting.
Minutes from the meeting are available on our website:
www.apg-gopa.com/events
Thank you to PSAC - AFPC for hosting our meeting, our panellists and guests and the 20 member organizations who joined us for this important meeting.
Minutes from the meeting are available on our website:
www.apg-gopa.com/events
June 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
On April 24-25, APG had its first in-person AGM in over 5 years!
Thank you to PSAC - AFPC for hosting our meeting, our panellists and guests and the 20 member organizations who joined us for this important meeting.
Minutes from the meeting are available on our website:
www.apg-gopa.com/events
Thank you to PSAC - AFPC for hosting our meeting, our panellists and guests and the 20 member organizations who joined us for this important meeting.
Minutes from the meeting are available on our website:
www.apg-gopa.com/events
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The @UBCIC & representatives of the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala will call on the Canadian government & Pan American Silver to honor the Xinka’s decision to deny consent for reopening the Escobal mine.
📺 TODAY, May 28, 10 a.m. PT / 1 PM EST
Join us 🔗 shorturl.at/ZrK1Q
📺 TODAY, May 28, 10 a.m. PT / 1 PM EST
Join us 🔗 shorturl.at/ZrK1Q
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: UBCIC Press Conference on Canada’s Respect for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the m...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: UBCIC Press Conference on Canada’s Respect for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the m...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The @UBCIC & representatives of the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala will call on the Canadian government & Pan American Silver to honor the Xinka’s decision to deny consent for reopening the Escobal mine.
📺 TODAY, May 28, 10 a.m. PT / 1 PM EST
Join us 🔗 shorturl.at/ZrK1Q
📺 TODAY, May 28, 10 a.m. PT / 1 PM EST
Join us 🔗 shorturl.at/ZrK1Q
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We, civil society organizations and representatives of social movements in Canada, stand in solidarity with the Xinka Parliament. We call on Guatemalan authorities, Pan American Silver and the Canadian government to:
May 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We, civil society organizations and representatives of social movements in Canada, stand in solidarity with the Xinka Parliament. We call on Guatemalan authorities, Pan American Silver and the Canadian government to:
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Open Letter: 27 Canadian Organizations and Coalitions Support Xinka People’s Right to Self-Determination over Canadian Escobal Mine
▶️https://shorturl.at/4FoXN
▶️https://shorturl.at/4FoXN
May 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Open Letter: 27 Canadian Organizations and Coalitions Support Xinka People’s Right to Self-Determination over Canadian Escobal Mine
▶️https://shorturl.at/4FoXN
▶️https://shorturl.at/4FoXN
APG expresses its heartfelt solidarity with CECG and REDCONPAZ in light of the violent break-in to their offices and stealing of information on the night of Saturday, 26, and early morning of Sunday, 27.
⛓️💥Read our statement here: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
⛓️💥Read our statement here: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
May 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
APG expresses its heartfelt solidarity with CECG and REDCONPAZ in light of the violent break-in to their offices and stealing of information on the night of Saturday, 26, and early morning of Sunday, 27.
⛓️💥Read our statement here: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
⛓️💥Read our statement here: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
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After a historic seven year consultation, today the Xinka Parliament released the long-awaited decision on the Escobal Silver Mine - they withhold their consent to the project!
Read more: www.miningwatch.ca/news/2025/5/...
Read more: www.miningwatch.ca/news/2025/5/...
May 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
After a historic seven year consultation, today the Xinka Parliament released the long-awaited decision on the Escobal Silver Mine - they withhold their consent to the project!
Read more: www.miningwatch.ca/news/2025/5/...
Read more: www.miningwatch.ca/news/2025/5/...
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Coming up in one week!
The fight for permanent closure: Panamanians address renewed efforts to reopen a Canadian copper mine.
🗓️ Wed, May 7
⏲️ 11am PST/ 1pm Panamá/ 2pm EST
Register now: bit.ly/fight-for-cl...
The fight for permanent closure: Panamanians address renewed efforts to reopen a Canadian copper mine.
🗓️ Wed, May 7
⏲️ 11am PST/ 1pm Panamá/ 2pm EST
Register now: bit.ly/fight-for-cl...
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Coming up in one week!
The fight for permanent closure: Panamanians address renewed efforts to reopen a Canadian copper mine.
🗓️ Wed, May 7
⏲️ 11am PST/ 1pm Panamá/ 2pm EST
Register now: bit.ly/fight-for-cl...
The fight for permanent closure: Panamanians address renewed efforts to reopen a Canadian copper mine.
🗓️ Wed, May 7
⏲️ 11am PST/ 1pm Panamá/ 2pm EST
Register now: bit.ly/fight-for-cl...
✉️On April 29, APG sent an open letter to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, Melanie Joly, in concern over the arrests of the ancestral Authorities in Guatemala in April 23.
🔗Read the full letter on our website: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
🔗Read the full letter on our website: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
May 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
✉️On April 29, APG sent an open letter to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, Melanie Joly, in concern over the arrests of the ancestral Authorities in Guatemala in April 23.
🔗Read the full letter on our website: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...
🔗Read the full letter on our website: www.apg-gopa.com/statementsle...