Guatemala

Guatemala Faces From the Past
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
A Mayan ritual is performed atop the Cerro Pascual Abaj (Sacrifice Stone) a shrine to the Mayan earth god Huyup Tak'ah. This shrine is said to be hundreds perhaps thousands of years old. The hilltop is high above Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Cesar Daniel Garcia and brother Marvin Estuardo Garcia, 12 living in poverty in Xicalal, Guatemala their father in a Texas jail after being detained in the US.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Men dressed in traditional Mayan costume make their way down one of the streets in Chichicastenango in a procession with traditional values.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Girls play in a home in Xicalcal, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Maria Gomez, 16, orange top, and her friend Isabel Hernandez, 17, perform their daily task of washing their clothes on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Santa Caterina Palopo, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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In the Chapel of Martirdom, the spot where people were tortured and killed, Father Ricardo Falla takes time to reflect about the attrocities that occured in Zacualpa, Guatemala in the 1980's during the civil war.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Through a church door a Mayan couple enjoys a cooling drink. Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 With the twice a week market done, a man makes his way back home with the goods he didnt sell Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala. Three brothers and their father play traditional instruments at Mass. Conjunto Boss que clama en el desierto. from Turbala, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Scene around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Alba Estrada director of the Biblioteca Comunitaria, "ventanas abiertas al futuro", gets a hand from Brenda Cleary, a muralist with Art Corps who helped her come up with the concept for the mural puzzel made from colored rice and glue. The library features a diversity of books and internet access for all in the small town of Chiche. The library is partly funded by an American organization and the town helps out as well. This is only one of 9 in Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Scene around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Youngsters jump into the waters of Lake Atitlan in Santa Catarine Palopo, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Men dressed in traditional Mayan costume make their way down one of the streets in Chichicastenango in a procession with traditional values.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Pedro Hernandez grandfather of Gaspar Francisco Lopez Suar, 20 is one of the 361 illegal immigrants that were datained during the raid on the Michael Bianco plant in the south end of New Bedford on March 6, 2007. Francisco finds himself back in his hometown of Potrero Viejo, Guatemala after being deported due to the raid. With the loss of both his parents, Francisco finds himself the leader of the home and responsible for his siblings Xiomara Lopez Suar, 16, Maria Elena Lopez Suar, 12 and his brother along with grandfather Pedro Hernandez.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 A woman dressed in traditional dress and another in western style make their way up and down main street in Santa Cruz del Quiche as seen through the side window of a minivan. On the wall the sign reads. Of Course. what more do you have
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Men dressed in traditional Mayan costume make their way down one of the streets in Chichicastenango in a procession with traditional values.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Isidro Himon, 18, and Carmelina Hernandez, 18 are wed at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala. Maria Gutierez, godmother of the couple fixes the veil atop Carmelina's head in preparation for the wedding.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. Parishoners of Santo Tomas throw incesnce balls as offerings on the steps of the church that dominates life in Chichi. Atop the stairs a man and woman wearing traditional dress stand near the door.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 A Mayan ritual is performed atop the Cerro Pascual Abaj (Sacrifice Stone) a shrine to the Mayan earth god Huyup Tak'ah. This shrine is said to be hundreds perhaps thousands of years old. The hilltop is high above Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing. The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market. The children play with their puppies and with sticks. They climb trees and chase the dogs. The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Living in poverty in Xicalal, Guatemala
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Gregoria Ruiz beastfeeds her newborn Erik Orlando Hernandez Ruiz, 2 months in Xicalcal, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Holding candles and chanting prayers, people file down the tight streets of Chichicastenango as part of a religious procession. La Procesion de Senor Sepultado. An event that happens once a year.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Isidro Himon, 18, and Carmelina Hernandez, 18 are wed at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala. Maria Gutierez, godmother of the couple fixes the veil atop Carmelina's head in preparation for the wedding.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Gaspar Francisco Lopez Suar, 20 is one of the 361 illegal immigrants that were datained during the raid on the Michael Bianco plant in the south end of New Bedford on March 6, 2007. Francisco finds himself back in his hometown of Potrero Viejo, Guatemala after being deported due to the raid. With the loss of both his parents, Francisco finds himself the leader of the home and responsible for his siblings Xiomara Lopez Suar, 16, Maria Elena Lopez Suar, 12 and his brother along with grandfather Pedro Hernandez.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. Two men are seen painting traditional figures on the side of one of the main roads heading out of Chichicastenango.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Egg laying chicken farm in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Estela Garcia holds on to her son Kevin Andew Garcia, 3, reflected on the mirror the clothes drying on the line. Mrs Garcia's husband is a detainee that is still in prison in Texas is living in poverty in Xicalal, Guatemala along with her sons Marvin Estuardo Garcia, 12, panther shirt, Cesar Daniel Garcia, drk shirt, and Kevin Andrew Garcia, 3 orange shirt. The struggle for their daily existence has tanken its toll on Mrs. Garcia as her husband has not been able to send her any money since he was detained during the Bianco raids.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 From a hilltop high above Chichicastenango, Guatemala the cemetary can be seen below as a tuktuk makes its way down a road.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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A crab fisherman paddles his wooden boat around Lake Atitlan in the background Toliman volcano and Atitlan volcano loom. Scene around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Woman is framed by tradition dresses for sale at a shop in Chinique, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 In the Chapel of Martirdom, the spot where people were tortured and killed, Father Ricardo Falla takes time to reflect about the attrocities that occured in Zacualpa, Guatemala in the 1980's during the civil war. Dryed blood can still be seen on the walls.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Kevin Andrew Garcia, 3 plays with a bicycle tire in Xicalcal, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Marvin Estuardo Garcia, 12, plays on a Ceiba, Guatemalan national tree. In the background a Guatemalan flag flies.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Ciriaco Alberto Garcia Chingo cries after falling while playing .
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Victor Garcia was one of the detainees of the Bianco raid he now finds himself back in his hometown of Xicalcal, Guatemala along with wife Juana Ruiz Garcia and two daughters Brenda Marivel Garcia and twin Lidia Yanette Garcia.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Teresa Ruiz Gomes looks for fallen corn stalks to feed her cows at her farm in Xicalcal, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Isidro Himon, 18, and Carmelina Hernandez, 18 are wed at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala. Maria Gutierez, godmother of the couple fixes the veil atop Carmelina's head in preparation for the wedding.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Sunday mass at the Peroquia de Santo Christo church in Zacualpa, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Diego Reinos, mixes mortar with his feet to give to Juan Reinosa who is building a wall for a house in Chatinep (town name) for Francisco Chach who lived and worked in the United States (Texas) before returning to his homeland. This is an adobe home built using traditional building techniques.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Scenes from the Sunday market in Zacualpa, Guatemala. A whirlwind of color and smells brings people from all of the neighboring vilages to the city square to sell their goods and buy them too.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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Street scenes of Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Street scenes of Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Scene around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Holding candles and chanting prayers, people file down the tight streets of Chichicastenango as part of a religious procession. La Procesion de Senor Sepultado. An event that happens once a year.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
PHOTOS BY PETER PEREIRA
Holding candles and chanting prayers, people file down the tight streets of Chichicastenango as part of a religious procession. La Procesion de Senor Sepultado. An event that happens once a year.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 A man prepares his booth for market day while in the background a mural on town hall depicts life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. Preparation for the next days market.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing. The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market. The children play with their puppies and with sticks. They climb trees and chase the dogs. The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 One of the girls prepares coffee in the kitchen room. A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing. The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market. The children play with their puppies and with sticks. They climb trees and chase the dogs. The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe. Juanita tends the fire to make coffee.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
PHOTOS BY PETER PEREIRA
Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
PHOTOS BY PETER PEREIRA
 Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
PHOTOS BY PETER PEREIRA
 Sunday is the big market day in Chichicastanango with folks from all over the region bringing their goods to sell in the market that takes up all of downtown. An incredible amount of color and tradition line the small streets as people make their way through. On the steps of the Santo Tomas church women sell flowers while others burn incesnce at the entrance to the church.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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 Enrique Moralez, 18, and Carlos Lux, 38 are in the water at a stream around Chichicastenango, Guatemala mining for rocks of different sizes to be used for construction. Jorge Moralez, 34, uses a hoe to shovel out the dirt to dig for bigger rocks.
Guatemala: Faces from the Past
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