2011-12: Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Guatemalan faithful flock to Guatemala City’s Guadalupe Sanctuary every year on December 12th to venerate the Virgin of Guadalupe.
2011-11: Arlington West Memorial: 8 Years and Counting
Every Sunday since Veterans Day 2003, numerous VFP members and volunteers have been erecting a temporary and symbolic cemetery aptly named Arlington West Memorial.
2011-10. As Firm as a Tree: Portraits of Diodora
One year after Diodora Hernandez, a staunch anti-mining activist opposing Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine, was shot in the face.
2011-07. Farewell to the Legendary Alfonso Bauer Paiz: Until Always Don Ponchito!
Legendary Guatemalan lawyer and political activist, Alfonso Bauer Paiz, passes away at 93.
2011-07. Outrage over the Murder of Protest Singer Facundo Cabral
Reactions to the murder of Argentinean protest singer Facundo Cabral in Guatemala City.
2011-06. March for Remembrance 2011: Genocide, the People will Judge You
Fourth year without a military parade on Armed Forces day.
2011-06. LGBT Pride Parade in Guatemala City
Images form the eleventh annual Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Trans Pride Parade and festival in Guatemala City’s historical center.
2011-06. Former General Hector Lopez Fuentes: First arrest in connection to Genocide in Guatemala
Former General Lopez Fuentes, accused of genocide, makes his initial court appearance.
2011-02. Transitions: Violence, Disability and Vindication
Transitions Foundation provides youth with disabilities, many victims of violence, indispensable services for social reintegration.
2010-10. Maximón and the Worship of Saint Simon in Itzapa
One of the region’s most perplexing expressions of Mayan-Catholic syncretism.
2010-10. Resounding Consultation: K’iche’ People Reject the Exploitation of their Natural Resources
Santa Cruz del Quiché rejects mega-projects.
2010-09. Exhumations at La Verbena: The Time has Come, with this Evidence, to Seek Justice
Exhumations in La Verbena cemetery in search of the 45,000 detained-disappeared.
2010-08. Project of Mass Destruction: Goldcorp’s Peñasquito Mine
Largest gold producing mine in Latin America.
2010-04. Easter in Zone 1: Processions
Catholic faithful commemorate Easter through processions and festivities in Guatemala City.
2010-04. Easter in Zone 1: Street Vendors
Income-earning opportunity for Guatemalans who depend on the informal economic sector.
2010-03. May my Blood be the Seed of Liberty: Monsignor Romero, 30 years later
Commemorations in San Salvador.
2010-02. In Memory of our Martyrs and the Bloodshed in Comalapa
CONAVIGUA inaugurates a memorial chapel in the former military garrison of Comalapa.
2010-02. Gold Fever: Artisanal and Industrial Extraction in the Mining Triangle
The dangers behind industrial and artisanal gold extraction in the Mining Triangle, Nicaragua.
2010-02. History Repeats: Committee of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Honduras
COFADEH’s work takes center stage as repression increases after the 2009 coup d’etat.
2009-12. The Incessant Search for the Disappeared: Exhumation in Villalobos
FAMDEGUA and FAFG exhume possible mass grave in search of the disappeared.
2009-11. Migration and Cultural Syncretism: Patron Saint Day in Todos Santos Cuchumatán
Todos Santos celebrates its yearly fair on November 1st with a unique horse race.
2009-10. Xeabaj II: Beneath the Rock and the Storm
Women’s group from a Kakchiquel community that relocated after the 2005 hurricane Stan gets organized to produce and sell fair-trade handicrafts.
2009-09. Barrio La Union Leader Killed by CGN’s Security Agents in El Estor
Adolfo Ich Chamán, community leader of CGN-evicted Barrio La Union, is murdered by mining company’s security personnel.
2009-08. Nueva Linda: 5 Years Seeking Justice
Members of Justice For Nueva Linda marked their 5th year living along the shoulder of the Champerico highway while seeking justice for a disappearance and a massacre.
