{"id":7241,"date":"2020-08-25T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/?p=7241&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-09-29T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:17:52","slug":"vivas-nos-queremos-resistance-at-the-intersection-of-feminism-coronavirus-and-the-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/world\/vivas-nos-queremos-resistance-at-the-intersection-of-feminism-coronavirus-and-the-police-state\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Vivas Nos Queremos. Resistance at the intersection of feminism, coronavirus and the police state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Isa Villalon, NISGUA <a href=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/gap\/\">internacionalista<\/a>, wrote this letter upon their return to the United States in March, 2020. Since her return, Isa has been organizing with Abolish ICE Denver.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" data-bg-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text\">\n<p>I wasn\u2019t able to send out my last friends and family letter before I left Guatemala. Now, as you may know, I am back in the US. Sending this out now feels a little bit out of place, considering that a large part of it was written in what now feels like a different world, a different time period. Yet, this world we are living in today isn\u2019t a different place. During this pandemic people are still experiencing the same injustices that they always have, the same oppressive cycles are still affecting the same people disproportionately.\u00a0 So, the work we are doing will continue. We will adapt, pivot and rebuild, but we will not digress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" data-bg-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text\">\n<p>Just as they have for everyone, these last few weeks have changed a lot for me. On Friday, March 13th, I\u00a0 accompanied the Association of Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) to\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijmonitor.org\/2020\/03\/even-in-wartime-there-are-moral-limits-plaintiffs-finalize-presentation-of-genocide-charges-against-senior-military-officials\/\">Ixil Genocide Trials<\/a>. That day, while we sat and ate lunch, cable news in the restaurant announced that the first case of COVID-19 had been identified in Guatemala. We watched the news, shrugged, and went right back to our conversations. But from that point on, every hour of every day was brought on with a little more collective concern. Things were changing rapidly and everything was becoming increasingly uncertain. On Sunday, a close friend had to make the extremely difficult decision to leave the country due to health concerns. Later that evening, the Guatemalan government announced its borders would be closing at midnight the following day. And by Monday, March 17th, I had to pack my life up and get on a flight 3 hours after buying my ticket. I feel anger, sadness, powerlessness and shame in leaving. Abandonment of my life there. A loss of community. A mourning for the ones I love. Deep concern for their safety. I also know that this all needs to be held in perspective\u2013the virus is going to affect everyone but on a sliding scale, and in vastly disproportionate ways.<\/p>\n<p>As we have seen repeatedly throughout history, in times of shock comes an increase in collective care, but also an increase in militarization, capital exploitation and privatization. Since the first case was announced in Guatemala, the country has only become more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-central-america-cu\/thousands-of-central-americans-detained-for-flaunting-coronavirus-rules-idUSKBN21M03U\">militarized<\/a>, and, just as it has here, inequality has become that much more overt. The Guatemalan government responded by imposing a 4pm-4am curfew. All services deemed \u201cinessential\u201d have been shut down, as well as all public transportation. The informal economy, where 75% of Guatemala\u2019s workforce makes a living, has greatly slowed, causing millions of people to be uncertain about where they will get their next meal. Assemblies and freedom of movement have been completely restricted. The Xinka Parliament, a resistance movement against the <a href=\"https:\/\/nacla.org\/news\/2019\/10\/10\/guatemala-mining-indigenous\">Escobal Mine<\/a>, has, for the last two years, maintained a 24-hour road encampment, blocking the entrance to the mine. As a result of the implementation of a curfew, they have had to make the extremely difficult decision to disband the encampments in order to protect public health. A few hours north, the Swiss-owned Guatemalan Nickel Company (CGN) mine, ordered to suspend operations last July, has continued to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonfrontiers.ca\/guatemalan-state-must-obey-constitutional-court-orders-and-suspend-operations-at-cgns-fenix-nickel-project\/\">ignore the court order<\/a>\u00a0as well as the current curfew orders mandated in response to the COVID-19 health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 has taken over our lives.\u00a0 It has made everything else seem inconsequential, and larger struggles feel impossible to hold. Here in Colorado, we are all called in solidarity to quarantine. Yet, most people, in the US and internationally, cannot quarantine. Most people cannot stop working. Most people do not have the financial capacity to stock up on two weeks of supplies. The virus will kill many, but I fear that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@PrensaComunitar\/covid-19-causar%C3%A1-m%C3%A1s-pobres-que-muertos-the-independent-c541906bae05\">hunger will kill more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21568\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/download.jpg?resize=198%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A bunch of 4 sunflowers are wrap together with the words we are all solidarity, we really have\" width=\"198\" height=\"255\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cSolidarity Sunflower\u201d by Roger Peet from just seeds collective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COVID 19 is not just a health issue. It is a political issue that is tied up in economic systems that prioritize corporate greed over public safety and social systems that leave our most vulnerable populations unhoused and uncared for. Previously colonized countries will feel the burden of the economic fallout the heaviest. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued to raid neighborhoods and mass incarcerate migrants in for-profit prisons. Although international travel has been barred,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/03\/guatemalan-deported-tests-positive-covid-19-official-200330030439882.html\">deportations have not<\/a>. Women are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/colorado.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b025f0feff85cc4735fba515a&amp;id=1531cf2622&amp;e=e64b31ce76\">being forced to quarantine\u00a0with abusive partners<\/a> and access to sexual and reproductive health services are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/colorado.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b025f0feff85cc4735fba515a&amp;id=cfb972f869&amp;e=e64b31ce76\">being frozen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Movements for housing, public health care, LGBTQ+ rights, women\u2019s rights and economic reform are all fundamental to how we respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Every single movement towards liberation is interconnected, and we need mutuality, human solidarity, and grassroots movements now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>As the globe becomes more militarized, resistance\u00a0has\u00a0become more dangerous.\u00a0The involvement of and contribution from women and femmes in these resistance movements and solidarity networks is significant and increasing, as are the threats that they face.\u00a0Our compa\u00f1eras in Latin America are fighting every day, despite grave risks, to secure a future free of resource privatization, militarization and exploitation.\u00a0This has not changed in the COVID-19 context.<\/p>\n<p>This letter was written in conjunction with a series I have been working on to highlight the struggles of seven different human rights defenders and to commemorate their lives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21541\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397.jpg?resize=640%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397-800x619.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/a326f3d2-6c90-4f62-8fc5-e35af1859397.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Black and white drawing of four women: in the top left corner is Berta C\u00e1ceres with short wavy dark hair; in the bottom left corner is Marielle Franco with her fist under their face and a large headband and round earrings; in the middle is M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a with her fist raised high ; and in the top right corner is Rigoberta Menchu with a floral huipil, smiling slightly. \" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Isa Villalon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fusion-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">March 3rd was the four-year anniversary of\u00a0<em><strong>Berta C\u00e1ceres\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(top left) murder. The following day, March 4th, would have been her 49th birthday. Berta C\u00e1ceres was a Lenca Indigenous leader who fought in Honduras for land rights, for women\u2019s rights, against capitalism, neocolonialism, US imperialism and militarization. In 2006, she led one of the country\u2019s largest peaceful resistance movements (COPINH) against the development of the internationally funded Agua Zarca Dam, which was set up to be one of the largest dams in Honduras. The dam would have displaced thousands of families and essentially dried up the Gualcarque River, which is sacred to the Lenca people and provides sustenance for surrounding crops. C\u00e1ceres was shot and killed in her home in 2016 by US trained special forces that had been contracted by the dam company. Although\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rwr.fm\/coverage-en-2\/sentences-of-up-to-50-years-for-murderers-of-berta-caceres\/\">seven perpetrators have been convicted<\/a>\u00a0for her killing, there has been no justice against the intellectual architects of her murder.<\/p>\n<p>March 14th marked the two-year anniversary of\u00a0<em><strong>Marielle Franco<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s assassination. Marielle Franco (bottom left) was a queer, Black human rights activist, feminist, and politician. She championed economic justice, racial and gender equality, and the demilitarization of the police force in Brazilian favelas, where, just as in the US, police violence disproportionately affects the Black community. She fought tirelessly for LGBTQ+ rights in Brazil, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/trans-women-mexico-fight-justice-murders-go-unpunished-n1051886\">most dangerous country in the world<\/a>\u00a0for transgender women. Marielle stood up for the poorest and most marginalized, and for that she was murdered. She was assassinated in 2018 by two retired military police officers that made up part of a local militia group known for carrying out paid killings for the wealthy and powerful. The two police officers that were convicted for her killing had close ties to the President of Brazil\u2019s, Jair Bolsanaro\u2019s, family.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(middle) is a Peruvian environmental activist who is fighting against the development of one of the world\u2019s largest open pit gold and copper mines. In the face of defamation, assault, criminalization and intimidation by Newmont Mining corp., ( based out of Denver) she has successfully led a community resistance that has halted the construction of the mine. You can learn more about her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tuo1AXD2ENs\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rigoberta Mench\u00fa<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(right) is a K\u2019iche Mayan human rights activist that was instrumental in the peace process following Guatemala\u2019s Internal Armed Conflict. She grew up working on plantations and lost most of her family due to poor working conditions and the Internal Armed Conflict. She has been a prominent voice promoting Indigenous rights, Indigenous feminism, and peasant worker\u2019s rights in Guatemala. At 33 she won the Nobel Peace Prize. She has been an advocate for justice, reconciliation and historical memory regarding the Internal Armed Conflict and genocide against Guatemala\u2019s\u00a0 Indigenous Mayan people. She just recently brought to court and won the first racial discrimination\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalsurvival.org\/news\/guatemala-rigoberta-menchu-wins-racial-lawsuit\">case<\/a>\u00a0ever in Guatemala against five members of the Guatemalan Republican Front, one of the parties in power during the genocide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21543\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21543\" title=\"7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6.png?resize=365%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6-200x127.png 200w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6-400x255.png 400w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6-800x509.png 800w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7a7f3cc9-1566-4198-89a4-fad0113fd6d6.png 1200w\" alt=\"Black and white drawing of Dominga Ramos Saloj, with short hair and heart -hoop earrings. \" width=\"365\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Isa Villalon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The day after we commemorated the fourth anniversary of Berta Caceres\u2019 assassination, another land defender in Guatemala was murdered. Her name was\u00a0<em><strong>Dominga Ramos<\/strong><\/em>. She was part of CODECA (Committee for Campesino Development), a human rights organization and political party that fights for improving wage and working conditions for farmers, land reform and nationalization of electric companies in Guatemala. Members of CODECA have faced some of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/sites\/default\/files\/represion_contra_codeca-2.pdf\">highest rates<\/a>\u00a0of assassination and criminalization in the country. Fourteen members of CODECA were murdered between 2018 and 2019. Every single one of these murders has been met with impunity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21544\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21544\" title=\"5d580cc4-bf63-44d2-9090-f7ccd1c58b6a\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5d580cc4-bf63-44d2-9090-f7ccd1c58b6a.jpeg?resize=185%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5d580cc4-bf63-44d2-9090-f7ccd1c58b6a-200x319.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5d580cc4-bf63-44d2-9090-f7ccd1c58b6a.jpeg 400w\" alt=\"Black and white drawing of Juana Raymundo Rivera, with short and straight hair, wearing a sweater and long skirt. \" width=\"185\" height=\"295\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Isa Villalon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Juana Raymundo Rivera<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was a human rights defender and member of CODECA as well. She worked as a nurse, was an advocate for women\u2019s rights, and was an Ixil Mayan youth activist. She was sexually assaulted and tortured before she was killed in July of 2018. She was only 25 years old when she was murdered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21545\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21545\" title=\"08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc.png?resize=282%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc-200x126.png 200w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc-400x252.png 400w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc-600x379.png 600w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc-800x505.png 800w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/08f547c6-a76f-4356-92c6-97447545dddc.png 1200w\" alt=\"black and white drawing of Topacio Reynoso Pacheo, with long straight hair, smiling showing her teeth. \" width=\"282\" height=\"178\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Isa Villalon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Topacio Reyonoso was an artist, a musician and the head of a youth activist group that fights against the second largest silver mine in Latin America, the then-US-Canadian-owned Escobal Mine. (the same mine mentioned earlier that has had to disband their encampments). Topacio was sixteen when she was murdered in an assault that targeted her and her father, Alex Reynoso. Although her father, another well-known member of the resistance, survived the attack, there have been two other <a href=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/shooting-attack-in-mataquescuintla-jalapa-against-opponents-of-tahoe-resources-escobal-mine\/\">assassination attempts<\/a> against him since.<\/p>\n<p>Threatening power and profit is dangerous, and even more so for those that are least protected by the state. Human rights defenders should not be killed for their work. Women, femmes and trans folks should not be killed for their gender identities. I hope that we can remember these names, remember these faces, and remember these stories and carry them with us as we move forward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21546\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21546\" title=\"f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a.png?resize=640%2C746&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a-200x233.png 200w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a-400x466.png 400w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a-600x699.png 600w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a-800x932.png 800w, https:\/\/nisgua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/f5c892c2-acd1-413d-b634-ff301562a80a.png 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women from CODECA (Committee for Peasant Development) protest continued assassination, criminalization and threats against human rights defenders. Sign reads \u201cNo to the persecution of people in resistance\u201d. Photo credit: Front Line Defenders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fusion-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In these times, it is easy to direct our attention elsewhere, but we cannot look away. Those that are most affected by this pandemic will be split along lines of race, gender identity, sexuality and economic standing. Black, brown, Indigenous and queer women and femmes will face the brunt of this repression. Although Guatemala has one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/why-does-guatemala-have-one-of-the-highest-rates-of-femicide-in-the-world\/\">highest rates of femicide<\/a>\u00a0in the world, this problem is in no way unique to Guatemala. In the US, although there is very little compiled data on femicides, some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/apr\/11\/the-nurse-tracking-americas-epidemic-of-murdered-women\">numbers<\/a>\u00a0say that there are up to 50 femicides per day. A disproportionate amount of these deaths are transgender women and women of color.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2a840442-f49a-45b0-b1a1-7531a7cd3d30.filesusr.com\/ugd\/6b33f7_27835308ecc84e5aae8ffbdb7f20403c.pdf\">Numbers<\/a>\u00a0of murdered and missing women within the Indigenous community in the US are extremely high, especially in areas impacted by the Keystone XL Pipeline. In Mexico, 10 women are murdered every day on account of their gender.\u00a0<strong>On March 30th, Maria Elena Ferral, a journalist and human rights defender in Veracruz, Mexico, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/anabel-h%C3%A9rnandez-condemns-murder-of-journalist-mar%C3%ADa-elena-ferral-in-veracruz\/a-52972126\">murdered<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0The pandemic will not curb the assassination and targeting of human rights defenders, nor the violence that women and transgender people face everyday, but will likely increase it.<\/p>\n<p>These women are not victims, and they are not vulnerable, but rather, they are targeted and they are survivors. Despite the risks, femme activists continue to drive the struggle for land, water and human rights everyday. It is up to us to continue to fight and stand in solidarity with them.\u00a0 I look to them for strength in this work. The loss of one will create thousands, and those thousands will come back, multiply, and create millions. I believe in the human spirit, in human resilience and in the power of human solidarity. In the words of Pablo Neruda \u201c<em>You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot stop the spring from coming<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a copy of the article <a href=\"https:\/\/nisgua.org\/accompanier-perspectives-vivas-nos-queremos\/\">https:\/\/nisgua.org\/accompanier-perspectives-vivas-nos-queremos\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isa Villalon, NISGUA internacionalista, wrote this letter upon their return to the United States in March, 2020. Since her return, Isa has been organizing with Abolish ICE Denver. I wasn\u2019t able to send out my last friends and family letter before I left Guatemala. Now, as you may know, I am back in the US. 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