Guatemala:
Images of Hope and Resistance

Maya children. GNIB archives.

Maya women demonstrate. The banner reads:
"We demand from the government the trial and
punishment of those who murdered our people."
Photo Paul Harley.

Members of the URNG relax in the
jungle during the early 90s.
GNIB archives.

Refugee camp in Chiapas, 1982. Thousands of
Guatemalan peasants fled into Mexico as the
genocidal war against the guerrillas escalated.
Photo Frank Mañuelo.

"Civil Patrollers" from El Quiché. The 900,000-strong
Civilian Defense Patrols (PAC) were created by the
government as a counterinsurgency force. All males
above 16 years were required to "volunteer" in the
military-directed patrols.
Photo Paul Harley.

A demonstration of families
of the disappeared, led by
the Mutual Support Group
(GAM) in 1988.
GNIB archives.

Farmworkers confront the army
at the National Plaza of Guatemala
City, 1992.
Photo Dan Smith.

Rigobeta Menchú, indigenous rights advocate and
winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace prize.
Photo Andreas Boueke.

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