The Dominion - James Rodriguez/www.mimundo.org

Portrait Diadora 4

dawn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:47:21 +0000

A portrait of Diodora Hernandez, an anti-mining activist who is lucky to be alive after being attacked because of her stance against Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc.

Portrait Diadora 3

dawn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:46:05 +0000

“I am sad because most of my neighbors have sold out and left. But me, hmmm, don’t you worry, I will continue on with the struggle! I am firm as a tree. Standing I am, and standing I will remain.”

Portrait Diadora 2

dawn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:45:15 +0000

Cooking and looking after children are essential parts of Diodora's day, which now take place under the watchful eye of security guards.

Portrait Diadora 1

dawn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:44:54 +0000

Diodora is now constantly trailed by security guards. “I will never sell my plot. This is where I was born, and I will die here. Even if I did sell it, where would I go?”

Corn and Feet

hillarybain — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:22:03 +0000

Sosa Orantes has been implicated in the planning and execution of the massacre at Las Dos Erres, where at least 252 unarmed civilians were systematically killed on December 6, 1982.

Leocadio Juracan

Moira Peters — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:22:26 +0000

Guatemalan coffee farmer Leocadio Juracan says the attacks against him are political acts.

Justice Photograph

Moira Peters — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:57:58 +0000

Families of the disappeared hoped the trial that resulted in Guatemala's first conviction of forced disappearance would reveal information about the fate of their loved ones.

Justice Inhumation

Moira Peters — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:42:42 +0000

Judge Jiminez stated in his ruling that, for Mayans, giving a proper burial to the remains of the disappeared is "of particular importance due to the central relevance in their culture of the active link between the living and the dead.”

Honduras 4

Moira Peters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:05:20 +0000

However, at one end of the airport some demonstrators started cutting the mesh fencing around the landing strip. At that point, the military threw tear gas and shot at the demonstrators, killing at least one person. During the course of the night, three others died in hospitals and several more were seriously injured.

Honduras 3

Moira Peters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:03:28 +0000

Although security forces created several blockades, in the end the police and the military decided to allow the demonstrators to advance to the airport.

Honduras 2

Moira Peters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:59:16 +0000

On the day ousted President Manuel Zelaya was to return, thousands of people gathered at the Universidad Pedagógica to march to the airport to welcome him.

Honduras 1

Moira Peters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:34:07 +0000

The interim Honduran government imposed air travel restrictions, canceling the majority of commercial flights into and out of Tegucigalpa’s Toncontin airport on July 5, preventing the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

HIJOS drums

Moira Peters — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:50:55 +0000

Thanks to the efforts of HIJOS and others, the annual Military Parade has been suspended and June 30 is now instead known as the "day of heroes and martyrs."

HIJOS close up

Moira Peters — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:47:49 +0000

"We Do Not Forget." HIJOS is comprised of Ladinos and Indigenous, students, workers and professionals, who demand justice for past State crimes and draw attention to the current repression Guatemalans face.

Marlin Mine 13

hillarybain — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:03:35 +0000

Javier de León, member of ADISMI, concludes: “Is this the kind of development we want? What are we to negotiate? There is nothing to negotiate! Can you negotiate life? I do not think you can negotiate life. Health can not be negotiated. In this case, human lives are at risk. Mining is not the model of development we need in our communities. There are other ways to create development in the communities of San Miguel.”