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- Title
- 12 Campesinos Killed And Thrown Down A Well By Local Death Squads
- Date
- 1984-04-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Salvadoran man speaks about the finding of twelve local campesinos who were killed and thrown down a 180-foot well, bottom center, in the village of Los Mangos, Sonsonate department, El Salvador, April 7, 1984. The two men implicated in the murder were members of a civil defense unit associated with local death squads. Civil defense patrols were utilized by the Salvadoran state regime as a form of paramilitary control, specifically over the rural sectors of society. The civil defense patrols along with the Salvadoran National Guard were complicit in indiscriminate attacks on peasant cooperatives and villages suspected of subversive sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Death squads; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0304_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96432
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 12 Campesinos Killed And Thrown Down A Well By Local Death Squads
- Date
- 1984-04-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Salvadoran National Guardsman, right, speaks to the media, including radio reporter Edith Caron, left, about the killing of twelve local campesinos in the village of Los Mangos, Sonsonate department, El Salvador, April 7, 1984. The two men implicated in the murder, in which they reportedly threw the twelve men down a 180-foot well, were members of a civil defense unit associated with local death squads. Civil defense patrols were utilized by the Salvadoran state regime as a form of paramilitary control, specifically over the rural sectors of society. The civil defense patrols along with the Salvadoran National Guard were complicit in indiscriminate attacks on peasant cooperatives and villages suspected of subversive sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Death squads; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Edith Caron
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0305_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96433
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 12 Campesinos Killed And Thrown Down A Well By Local Death Squads
- Date
- 1984-04-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A handcuffed Salvadoran man implicated in the killing of twelve local campesinos speaks to the media, including radio reporter Edith Caron, right, in the village of Los Mangos, Sonsonate department, El Salvador, April 7, 1984. The two men implicated in the murder, in which they reportedly threw the twelve men down a 180-foot well, were members of a civil defense unit associated with local death squads. Civil defense patrols were utilized by the Salvadoran state regime as a form of paramilitary control, specifically over the rural sectors of society. The civil defense patrols along with the Salvadoran National Guard were complicit in indiscriminate attacks on peasant cooperatives and villages suspected of subversive sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Death squads; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Edith Caron
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0303_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96431
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 12 Campesinos Were Thrown Down A Well and Killed By Local Death Squads
- Date
- 1984-04-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A crowd of local townspeople listen to a handcuffed Salvadoran man implicated in the killing of twelve local campesinos as he speaks to the media in the village of Los Mangos, Sonsonate department, El Salvador, April 7, 1984. The two men implicated in the murder, in which they reportedly threw the twelve men down a 180-foot well, were members of a civil defense unit associated with local death squads. Civil defense patrols were utilized by the Salvadoran state regime as a form of paramilitary control, specifically over the rural sectors of society. The civil defense patrols along with the Salvadoran National Guard were complicit in indiscriminate attacks on peasant cooperatives and villages suspected of subversive sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Death squads; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0306_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96434
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 1982 Coup Planner Captain Rodolfo Muñoz
- Date
- 1982-03-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A view of Captain Carlos Rodolfo Muñoz Piloña, center, as he walks down a hallway in the Guatemalan National Palace on March 23, 1982, after the military coup d'etat that installed General Ríos Montt into power. Captain Muñoz was the mastermind behind the military coup.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Cold War
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Rodolfo Muñoz Piloña
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0117_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- An Activist Chilean Priest Speaks During Anti-Pinochet Protests
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Catholic priest speaks at a church in the La Victoria neighborhood during anti-Pinochet street demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, September 1985.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0035_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anniversary Of Archbishop Romero's Assasination
- Date
- 1984-03-24
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman holds a picture of Archbishop Óscar Romero on the fourth anniversary of his assassination, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 1984. Romero spoke out against the increasing violence and economic inequality sustained by the Salvadoran state regime and was murdered during mass on March 24, 1980 by a right-wing death squad under the orders of Roberto D’Aubuisson. The martyred Romero was officially canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2018.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation theology; Human rights violations; Death squads; Óscar Romero
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0182_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96649
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti Argentine Military Dictatorship Poster In Buenos Aires
- Date
- 1985-01-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An Argentine woman points to a poster with faces of the former military dictatorship, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 1985. The poster says, "Because we are life, there is judgement to death." Over 30,000 people were disappeared by the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.
- Subject
- Justice; Memory; Human Rights; Cold War
- Country
- Argentina
- Local Identifier
- argentina_ct_0007_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Demonstrations During Anniversary Of Coup D'État
- Date
- 1985-09-11
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman who had been detained by police cries out in anger during an anti-Pinochet demonstration in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1985. The protests mark the 12th anniversary of the violent military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0002_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Demonstrations During Anniversary Of Coup D'État
- Date
- 1985-09-11
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman who had been detained by police cries out in anger during an anti-Pinochet demonstration in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1985. The protests mark the 12th anniversary of the violent military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0003_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Government Demonstrations In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-10
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two women, Estela Ortíz (left) and Owana Madera (right), walk in protest holding pictures of their husbands, José Manuel Parada and Manuel Guerrero, who were executed by the Pinochet regime near La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, September 10, 1985. Parada and Guerrero were two of the victims of the Caso Degollados triple homicide which targeted members of the political opposition in March 1985. Estela Ortiz's father, Fernando Ortiz, was also killed by Pinochet's regime, which executed 2,279 civilians and tortured 27,255 according to the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation during the military dictatorship from 1973-1990.
- Subject
- Security; Coup d'Etat; Unrest; Demonstrations; Disappearances; Human Rights
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_nb_0005_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Graffiti In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two women walk past graffiti calling for the end of liberation theology and the expulsion of Father Pierre Dubois from Chile in the La Victoria neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Father Dubois was a priest who was part of La Vicaria de la Solidaridad, which was one of the first groups to document the forced disappearances and provide support to those who were persecuted by the repressive military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet who took power in a CIA-backed military coup d'état on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0036_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters in a residential neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0007_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A banner hangs signifying a week of solidarity during anti-Pinochet demonstrations on the Catholic University campus in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0015_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers holding tear gas canisters monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters near the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0050_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Protesters discuss their plans during anti-Pinochet clashes with police near the Catholic University campus in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0051_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A local press photographer shows his wounds after being hit by a rock during anti-government protests in a downtown neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0049_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A crowd of anti-government protesters throw stones at a police bus in the La Victoria neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0067_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters at the Catholic University neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0066_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Armored police vehicles approach a crowd of anti-government protesters in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0078_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg