Photo Essays

2011-12: Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Guatemala

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

Veterans Day 2011 at Arlington West Memorial

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

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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!

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Legendary Guatemalan lawyer and political activist, Alfonso Bauer Paiz, passes away at 93.

2011-07. Outrage over the Murder of Protest Singer Facundo Cabral

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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

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Fourth year without a military parade on Armed Forces day.

2011-06. LGBT Pride Parade in Guatemala City

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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

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Former General Lopez Fuentes, accused of genocide, makes his initial court appearance.

2011-02. Transitions: Violence, Disability and Vindication

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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

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One of the region’s most perplexing expressions of Mayan-Catholic syncretism.

2010-09. Exhumations at La Verbena: The Time has Come, with this Evidence, to Seek Justice

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Exhumations in La Verbena cemetery in search of the 45,000 detained-disappeared.

2010-08. Project of Mass Destruction: Goldcorp’s Peñasquito Mine

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Largest gold producing mine in Latin America.

2010-04. Easter in Zone 1: Processions

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Catholic faithful commemorate Easter through processions and festivities in Guatemala City.

2010-04. Easter in Zone 1: Street Vendors

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Income-earning opportunity for Guatemalans who depend on the informal economic sector.

2010-02. In Memory of our Martyrs and the Bloodshed in Comalapa

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CONAVIGUA inaugurates a memorial chapel in the former military garrison of Comalapa.

2010-02. Gold Fever: Artisanal and Industrial Extraction in the Mining Triangle

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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

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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

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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

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Todos Santos celebrates its yearly fair on November 1st with a unique horse race.

2009-10. Xeabaj II: Beneath the Rock and the Storm

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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

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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

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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.

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