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  • 15
    Aug
    2012
    6:27pm, EDT

    Campers evicted from settlement in Guatemala

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Elsy Castillo, 25, cries as she is evicted from the Jacobo Arbenz settlement by military and police personnel in Guatemala City on Aug. 15, 2012. Security forces evicted about 200 families on Monday from vacant lots in the Jacobo Arbenz settlement, which is located in front a military base. On Wednesday, forces returned to the area to remove families that didn't leave.

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    A woman threatens a police officer with a wooden stick as she is evicted from the Jacobo Arbenz housing settlement in Guatemala City on Aug. 15.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    People retrieve their belongings during a military operation to evict families camping near the the Jacobo Arbenz settlement in Guatemala City on Aug. 15.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    A child watches military police officers evict families camping near the Jacobo Arbenz settlement in Guatemala City on Aug. 15.

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    I was just about to say the same thing. I don't know why those families are there. How long have they been? If I'm supposed to feel sorry for these people, at least tell me why in more than four sentences.

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  • 28
    Jul
    2012
    4:00pm, EDT

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Night rider: Motorcyclist drives through Guatemala City

    A man drives his motorcycle in the direction of the Cathedral in downtown Guatemala City, Guatemala, as dawn breaks, July 28.

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  • 24
    Jul
    2012
    6:32pm, EDT

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    Guatemalan soldiers search clown's car

    Guatemalan soldiers check a clown's car during a parade in the historic center of Guatemala City in the framework of the IV Latin American Clown Congress on July 24.

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  • 23
    May
    2012
    7:42pm, EDT

    Destroying poppies in a Guatemala plantation

    Johan Ordonez / AFP - Getty Images

    A police officer shows a poppy flower during an operation to destroy a plantation in Tuinima village, Tajumulco nunicipality, San Marcos departament, 315 km northeast of Guatemala City, near the border with Mexico, on Wednesday.

    Johan Ordonez / AFP - Getty Images

    A soldier takes part in an operation to destroy a poppy plantation in Tuinima village.

    Most of the images of poppy cultivation (and destruction) we see are from Afghanistan. See this series about opium previously in PhotoBlog, and this piece about security forces burning opium.

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    Uhhhhhhh. Where's the beef ? 2 pictures and no story ? WTF ?

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  • 18
    May
    2012
    6:04pm, EDT

    Prayer for Rain ceremony takes place in Guatemala

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A man prays during the "Rogativa por la Lluvia" or Prayer for Rain ceremony at Chicabal Lagoon in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    An offering of flowers and a cross are seen during a downpour on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon in Guatemala. The lagoon was formed on the crater of a former volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place.

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    A woman prays as she shields herself from the rain during a Mayan rain ceremony on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala.

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    A woman heats tortillas over an open fire while shielding herself and a child from a light drizzle during the Prayer for Rain ceremony.

    The "Rogativa por la Lluvia" or Prayer for Rain ceremony takes place annually, 40 days after Holy Week, on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon, a body of water formed on the crater of a former volcano. The lagoon is considered by Mayan people as a sacred place, in San Martin Sacatepequez, Guatemala.

    All photo were shot on May 17, but were made available to msnbc.com today.

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    A drunken man sleeps face down after attending a Mayan rain ceremony on the shore of the Chicabal Lagoon.

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  • 22
    Mar
    2012
    6:02am, EDT

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Relatives mourn over the coffin of Guatemalan citizen Elmer Constantino Castro Andres at an Air Force base in Guatemala City on March 21, 2012.

    Mourning in Guatemala as migrants return home in coffins

    The bodies of 11 Guatemalan citizens were repatriated from Mexico on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. They were part of a group of 72 migrants from South and Central America who were killed by the Zetas drug cartel in August 2010 in the northeastern Mexico town of San Fernando, according to the Mexican authorities.

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    This is typically how Mexico handles their Illegal Immigrants.

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  • 13
    Mar
    2012
    11:00pm, EDT

    Mass graves excavated at former military outpost in Guatemala

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    An anthropologist looks at a shoe as she works in a mass grave in the former Regional Command headquarters of the Guatemalan Army in Coban,Guatemala on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

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    An anthropologist works in a mass grave on Tuesday.

    Reuters reports: The Public Ministry on February 27 began an exhumation at the former headquarters in Coban, which was called Military Zone 21 during the years of the internal armed conflict from 1960-1996. A total of 30 skeletons, with their hands tied behind their backs, have been found, according to anthropologists. An estimated 250,000 people died and 45,000 people were victims of forced disappearance during the conflict, according the local media.

     

     

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  • 10
    Feb
    2012
    7:25pm, EST

    Oil palm plantation workers harvest precious fruit

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Francisco Milcoc hoists an oil palm fruit to the top of a trailer truck at a plantation in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

    Palm oil harvested from the African oil palm is a key ingredient in half of all packaged food, and Guatemala has been recognized as being one of the most efficient producers of this edible product.

    It's also used in biofuel and Guatemala’s plantations have kept up with demand increasing production 146% since 2005 according to the National Institute for Agrarian and Rural Studies.

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    An oil palm plantation worker sharpens his machete that he uses to loosen fruit bunches of the African oil palm in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

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    Felipe de Jesus, 20, hauls bunches of fruit from the African oil palm at a plantation in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

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    An ox pulls a cart filled with the fruit of the African oil palm, along a plantation dirt road in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Fruit bunches from the African oil palm are transported from a plantation to an extraction plant, in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

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    Oil palm plantation workers are transported back to their pickup point after a day of work in Sayaxche, Guatemala.

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    I do not have a Facebook Account!

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  • 27
    Jan
    2012
    6:42am, EST

    Former Guatemala dictator faces war crimes charges

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Guatemala's former strongman Efrain Rios Montt, who faces genocide charges, stands amid policemen during a break at a courtroom in Guatemala City on Jan. 26, 2012.

    Reuters reports from GUATEMALA CITY: 

    Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity as the Central American nation seeks to close files on a brutal 36-year civil war.

    A judge found sufficient evidence that linked Rios Montt, who ruled during a particularly bloody period in 1982 and 1983, to the killing of more than 1,700 indigenous people in one counterinsurgency effort. Read the full story.

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    Relatives of genocide victims watch Efrain Rios Montt in the courtroom during a hearing related to the accusations of genocide.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A banner with portraits of people who disappeared during Montt's reign.

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    1700 people ? That is nothing. Kissinger in East Timor genocide killed thousands.

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  • 8
    Dec
    2011
    6:36am, EST

    Guatemalans burn devil figures in bid to oust evil

    William Gularte / Reuters

    A 16 foot tall devil figure burns during a Quema del Diablo (Burning of the Devil) ceremony in Antigua, Guatemala, on Dec. 7, 2011.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    People look at a 56 foot replica of a devil during a Quema del Diablo ceremony in Mixco, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, on Dec. 7, 2011.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    The remains of a figure of a devil is seen after being burned during the traditional Quema del Diablo celebration in Guatemala City on Dec. 7, 2011.

    Reuters has more on the Quema del Diablo ceremony:

    Locals believe that the devil symbolizes evil and negativity, and burning its replica will alleviate them of these problems. However, environmental groups have condemned the ceremony, saying it is a source of air pollution, while religious groups have considered it a form of devil worship.

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  • 28
    Nov
    2011
    5:54pm, EST

    Harvesting sugarcane in Guatemala

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    In this photo taken on Friday Nov. 25, 2011, field worker Jose Contreras, 31, carries sugar cane stalks.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    In this picture taken on Friday Nov. 25, sugar cane worker Valerisimo Moran drinks water after finishing his work day.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A foreman writes down the quantity of sugar cane cut by workers at the end of a work day.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Sugar cane cutters leave the field at the end of a work day.

    Here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on sugarcane:

    Sugarcane is harvested by hand and mechanically. Hand harvesting accounts for more than half of production, and is dominant in the developing world. In hand harvesting, the field is first set on fire. The fire burns dry leaves, and kills any lurking venomous snakes, without harming the stalks and roots. Harvesters then cut the cane just above ground-level using cane knives or machetes. A skilled harvester can cut 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of sugarcane per hour.

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    I think as Americans we should always think how blessed we are and honor everything we have, not just take it for granted. I lived most of my life outside US and I can understand the difference between being blessed here in US vs suffering somewhere else. Unfortunatley not most of Americans do.

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  • 7
    Nov
    2011
    6:31am, EST

    Former general Otto Perez Molina wins Guatemalan presidential election

    Moises Castillo / AP

    Patriotic Party presidential candidate, Otto Perez Molina, greets supporters celebrating his election victory in Guatemala City on Nov. 7. Perez Molina won 55 percent of the vote, topping Manuel Baldizon, of the Democratic Freedom Revival party, who had 45 percent with 96 percent of the vote counted Sunday night, according to Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Supporters of Otto Perez Molina gather during the celebrations in Guatemala City on Nov. 7.

    The AP reports from GUATEMALA CITY: 

    Retired general and former intelligence director Otto Perez Molina of the conservative Patriotic Party won an easy and early victory on Sunday in a runoff election against tycoon-turned-political populist Manuel Baldizon of the Democratic Freedom Revival party.

    Perez, 61, is the first former military leader elected president in Guatemala in the 25 years after the end of brutal military rule.

    While that concerns some international groups, Guatemala has a young population. Many don't remember the 36-year war or its 200,000 dead, the vast majority of whom were Mayan and victims of army, police and paramilitary.

    Perez has said there were no massacres or genocide. He was never been charged with any atrocities and was one of the army's chief representatives in negotiating the 1996 peace accords. Read the full story.

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