Photo Essays

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.

2009-07. Tragedy at Toncontin: Army Shoots and Kills Protesters

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At Toncontin Airport, Honduran security forces shoot and kill protesters awaiting the return of deposed President Zelaya.

2009-07. Mel, Our Friend, the People are with You!

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Days after the coup d’etat against President Zelaya, thousands protest in Tegucigalpa.

2009-06. From Memory to Resistance: 10th Anniversary of HIJOS

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For the second consecutive year, the armed forces did not parade through the historic center.

2009-05. San Miguel Ixtahuacan is Waking Up

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Residents from San Miguel Ixtahuacán protest Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine by holding a protest march through Guatemala City’s business district.

2009-03. Scorched Earth: The Rio Negro Massacre at Pak’oxom

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27th anniversary of the massacre carried out to make way for the Chixoy hydro-electric project.

2009-03. The Great Kawinal: A City Submerged

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Important Mayan center from the 12th century is inundated by the Chixoy hydro-electric dam. In a rare low water level, the remains are exposed.

2009-03. HIJOS: Public Poster Campaigns on International Women’s Day

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HIJOS launches a public poster campaign commemorating detained-disappeared women.

2009-02. Mining Resistance Continues in El Estor: Barrio La Union

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Two years after violent evictions, members of the community continue a pacific resistance.

2008-10. Mining in San Miguel Ixtahuacán: Conflict and Criminalization

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Criminalization used to suppress local resistance movements.

2008-10. Americas Social Forum Guatemala 2008

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The belief that ‘Another World is Possible’ forms an integral part of the movement.

2008-09. Water Tribunal Condemns Goldcorp… Again.

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The Latin American Water Tribunal condemns another Goldcorp mining project.

2008-08. Lake Izabal: Majestic Life Source Flowing Towards its Death

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Canadian Nickel mining company threatens to contaminate Guatemala’s lake Izabal.

2008-07. Garifuna Resistance against Mega-Tourism in Tela Bay

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Mega-tourism project usurps Garifuna territories along the Honduran Caribbean coast.

2008-06. Never Again a Military Parade

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HIJOS Guatemala achieves a victory: Military Parade is cancelled and March for Remembrance replaces it.

2008-05. Ambush-Protest at Mejia Victores’ Home

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HIJOS organizes a protest in front of the Ministry of Defense and the residence of former General Humberto Mejia Victores.

2008-04. Monsignor Gerardi: 10 Years of Martyrdom

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Tenth anniversary of the politically-motivated murder of Monsignor Juan Jose Gerardi.

2008-04. Grand Peasant March: 30 years of the CUC

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The Indigenous and Peasant March for the Sovereignty of our People and the Defense of Mother Nature: 127 Km. in four days.

2008-04. Grand Peasant March: Faces and Details

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The Indigenous and Peasant March for the Sovereignty of our People and the Defense of Mother Nature: 127 Km. in four days.

2008-03. Procession of the Laying Christ of the Calvary

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

2008-03. Crisis along the Rio Dulce: The Death of Mario Caal

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Military incursions into Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities in Izabal reminiscent of the war leave a local leader killed.

2008-02. Chupina Barahona, Death Does Not Absolve You

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HIJOS publicly condemns the recently deceased German Chupina Barahona.

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