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
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2011-10. Joint Exhibit. Water, Rivers and Peoples. Paris.
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…)
2011-07. Outrage over the Murder of Protest Singer Facundo Cabral
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
July 11th, 2011.
Guatemalans from all sectors of society expressed their outrage over the murder of Argentinean protest singer Facundo Cabral. Mr. Cabral was gunned down in Guatemala City on Saturday, July 9th, after performing two concerts in the country. The primary hypothesis claims the assassination was in fact directed at Henry Fariña, Nicaraguan promoter who brought Cabral to Central America. (1)
Nevertheless, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchú assures Cabral “was murdered because of his political ideas and powerful music.” (2)Following are images from the various vigils, protest marches and events that took place spontaneously this weekend in Guatemala City as a response to the shocking murder of the protest singer who was deemed “World Peace Messenger” in 1996 by UNESCO. (more…)
July 11th, 2011.
Guatemalans from all sectors of society expressed their outrage over the murder of Argentinean protest singer Facundo Cabral. Mr. Cabral was gunned down in Guatemala City on Saturday, July 9th, after performing two concerts in the country. The primary hypothesis claims the assassination was in fact directed at Henry Fariña, Nicaraguan promoter who brought Cabral to Central America. (1)Nevertheless, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchú assures Cabral “was murdered because of his political ideas and powerful music.” (2)Following are images from the various vigils, protest marches and events that took place spontaneously this weekend in Guatemala City as a response to the shocking murder of the protest singer who was deemed “World Peace Messenger” in 1996 by UNESCO. (more…)
2011-06. March for Remembrance 2011: Genocide, the People will Judge You
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
June 30th, 2011.
In Guatemala, June 30th is officially observed as Armed Forces Day. But since 2008, the military parade has ceased to march through the streets of the historical center in Guatemala City. Instead, the March for Remembrance has taken over Zone 1 for the fourth consecutive year to celebrate what many believe should more appropriately be deemed Heroes and Martyrs Day. (more…)
June 30th, 2011.
In Guatemala, June 30th is officially observed as Armed Forces Day. But since 2008, the military parade has ceased to march through the streets of the historical center in Guatemala City. Instead, the March for Remembrance has taken over Zone 1 for the fourth consecutive year to celebrate what many believe should more appropriately be deemed Heroes and Martyrs Day. (more…)
2011-05. Refugee Transitions (Australia)
Photograph for “Honduras: After the Coup”. Refugee Transitions Magazine. Issue 25, May 2011.
2010-2011. Joint Exhibit. Water, Rivers and Peoples. Mexico and Spain.
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.”
MiMundo.org contributes to the human rights, violence and water section with images from the Chixoy Dam case involving the massacres of Maya Achi communities in Rabinal, Guatemala.
2010-11 Exhibits in Mexico and Spain:
Parque de Chapultepec. México D.F., México.
April 13 to June 5, 2010.
2011-02. Transitions: Violence, Disability and Vindication
Antigua, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
December 3rd, 2010.
Issue: Violence & Society
In Guatemala, the post-war years continue to ratify the violent legacy from 36 years of brutal war. Murder statistics for the first month of 2011 continue a troublesome trend: 533 violent deaths, most of them by firearm. That is over 17 per day in a country of only 13 million people. (1) Yet many victims of violence do not perish. Instead, their lives are tragically altered forever. Since 1996, the Antigua-based organization Transitions, has provided youth with disabilities indispensable services involving physical recovery, mental health, education, job training, employment, and above all, social reintegration. Some members suffer from congenital diseases or have been disabled from accidents. But the vast majority has survived a violent attack and now faces the steep challenge of gaining independence and reintegrating in a society indifferent to their special needs. (more…)
December 3rd, 2010.
Issue: Violence & Society
In Guatemala, the post-war years continue to ratify the violent legacy from 36 years of brutal war. Murder statistics for the first month of 2011 continue a troublesome trend: 533 violent deaths, most of them by firearm. That is over 17 per day in a country of only 13 million people. (1) Yet many victims of violence do not perish. Instead, their lives are tragically altered forever. Since 1996, the Antigua-based organization Transitions, has provided youth with disabilities indispensable services involving physical recovery, mental health, education, job training, employment, and above all, social reintegration. Some members suffer from congenital diseases or have been disabled from accidents. But the vast majority has survived a violent attack and now faces the steep challenge of gaining independence and reintegrating in a society indifferent to their special needs. (more…)2010-12. Legal Case. Choc v. HudBay Minerals.
On September 27th, 2009, Adolfo Ich Chamán, a respected indigenous Q’eqchi’ Mayan community leader and an outspoken critic of harms and rights violations caused by Canadian mining activities in his community, was hacked and shot to death by security forces employed at HudBay Minerals’ Fenix Mining Project near the town of El Estor, Guatemala.
December 1st, 2010, Guatemala City: Angelica Choc, Adolfo Ich Chamán’s widow, announces lawsuit brought in Canadian courts against HudBay Minerals Inc. to seek accountability for the murder of her husband.
