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2011-12: Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Zone 1. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
December 12th, 2011.
According to Roman Catholic tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared for the fourth and last time to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on December 12th, 1531, on the Tepeyac Hill in modern day Mexico City. Guatemalan faithful flock to Guatemala City’s Guadalupe Sanctuary every year on the aforementioned date to venerate the Virgin of Guadalupe. As part of the tradition, children are dressed in indigenous outfits to represent Juan Diego who belonged to the Chichimeca ethnic group. (more…)
2011-11: Arlington West Memorial: 8 Years and Counting
Santa Monica. Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
November 11, 2011.
The armistice that ended the First World War was signed on November 11th, 1918. Since, many allied nations have adopted the date to commemorate members of the armed forces who have served in a war. In the United States, this day is observed as Veterans Day.
This year’s holiday marks the eight anniversary of a unique commemoration carried out by the Los Angeles chapter of Veterans for Peace (VFP) on the sands of world-renowned Santa Monica Beach. Every Sunday since Veterans Day 2003, numerous VFP members and volunteers have been erecting a temporary and symbolic cemetery aptly named Arlington West Memorial. White crosses represent one fallen Iraq or Afghanistan War veteran, while red crosses represent ten U.S. servicepersons killed in action in these two wars.
2011-11-11: Veterans Day at Arlington West Memorial
Veterans Day 2011, observed on November 11th, marks the eight anniversary of the anti-war memorial known as Arlington West that is setup every Sunday as well as on special dates next to the Santa Monica Pier. Each white cross represents one US serviceperson killed in action either in Iraq or Afghanistan, while each red cross represents ten. The coffins and blue crosses represent US members of the armed forces killed this week.
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2011-10. As Firm as a Tree: Portraits of Diodora
Maquivil Hamlet. San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala.
October 24th, 2011.
Issue: Mining / Land Tenure
On July 7, 2010, Diodora Hernandez, a staunch anti-mining activist, was shot point-blank on the right eye outside her home in the small community of San José Nueva Esperanza – only a few meters from a fence that delimits Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine. One year after her miraculous recuperation, Diodora’s anti-mining stance and activism remains as steadfast as ever.
2011-10-15. Global Day of Action: Occupy LA.
Thousands march through downtown Los Angeles in support of Occupy Together’s Global Day of Action.
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2011-10. Coffee Co-Ops in the Polochic River Valley (2008-09)
After the global coffee crisis in the early 2000’s, dozens of landowners, mostly of European descent, abandoned their coffee landholdings in the Polochic River valley. In San Miguel Tucurú, several local Q’eqchi’ and Pocomchí Mayan communities, often considered slave labor and part of the property’s goods, took over the abandoned landholdings and began a process of legalization while attempting to continue coffee production and surviving on sustainable agriculture methods.
Work produced with the support of Dutch NGO Solidaridad during 2008-09.
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2011-10. Joint Exhibit. Water, Rivers and Peoples. Paris.
Since 2009, MiMundo.org has been participating in the collective exhibit Water Rivers and People.
From Sept. 26 to Oct. 23, 2011:
Bassin de la Villette
Face au 45 quai de Seine
Paris, France
2011-10. Joint Exhibit. Water, Rivers and Peoples. Guatemala.
The Foundation for the New Culture of Water has organized a sizeable photo exhibit named Water, Rivers and Peoples that, according to its website, “offers a human profile of the conflicts and struggles for water. Through the photographs and testimonies, the people affected cease to be a statistic and directly communicate their anguish, reasons and hopes.”
Besides contributing to the core exhibit with images from the Guatemalan Chixoy Dam case involving the massacres of Maya Achi communities in Rabinal, MiMundo.org’s role expanded as the exhibit arrived in Guatemala. During this portion of the exhibit’s tour, MiMundo.org was commissioned to photograph several Guatemalan cases involving conflicts and struggles for water, including issues involving metal mining, troubled Lake Atitlan, and Mayan spirituality in relation to Water, among others.
The Exhibit was displayed from March to October 2011 in several cities, including:
Palacio de Cultura, Guatemala City.
2011-07. Farewell to the Legendary Alfonso Bauer Paiz: Until Always Don Ponchito!
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
July 12th, 2011.
The legendary Guatemalan lawyer and political activist, Alfonso Bauer Paiz, passed away at the age of 93 due to heart failure on Sunday, July 10th, 2011. Revered as an exemplary citizen and the last of an outstanding generation, Bauer Paiz held several official posts during the revolutionary governments of the so-called Guatemalan Spring between 1944 and 1954. Exiled for many years after the U.S.-led coup d’état in 1954 turned the country into a violent downward spiral that led to an eventual genocide, Bauer Paiz participated in the Latin American revolutionary processes in Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua, and eventually aided Guatemalan refugees in Mexico. Before his burial, the man lovingly known as “Don Ponchito” was paraded for one last time along the streets of Guatemala’s historic center.
Photograph of Alfonso Bauer Paiz during the March for Remembrance on June 30th, 2009. (more…)
July 12th, 2011.
The legendary Guatemalan lawyer and political activist, Alfonso Bauer Paiz, passed away at the age of 93 due to heart failure on Sunday, July 10th, 2011. Revered as an exemplary citizen and the last of an outstanding generation, Bauer Paiz held several official posts during the revolutionary governments of the so-called Guatemalan Spring between 1944 and 1954. Exiled for many years after the U.S.-led coup d’état in 1954 turned the country into a violent downward spiral that led to an eventual genocide, Bauer Paiz participated in the Latin American revolutionary processes in Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua, and eventually aided Guatemalan refugees in Mexico. Before his burial, the man lovingly known as “Don Ponchito” was paraded for one last time along the streets of Guatemala’s historic center.Photograph of Alfonso Bauer Paiz during the March for Remembrance on June 30th, 2009. (more…)
