Sololá indigenous peoples reaffirm their right to resistance and reject criminalization

The Indigenous Municipality of Sololá issued a statement on April 23 in which it reiterated its rejection of the criminalization of social protest, noting that in October 2023 the indigenous peoples exercised their right to peaceful resistance to defend democracy in Guatemala. According to the pronouncement, the mobilizations of that time emerged as a response to the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office, headed by the Attorney General Consu…