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- Title
- Bogota Colombia's Stately Capital
- Date
- 2000-08-22
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A street vendor shows off his wares in Plaza Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia, August 22, 2000.
- Subject
- Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- colombia_ct_0015_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0151_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96618
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0153_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96620
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- View of a cache of weapons and propaganda materials recently seized by the military from a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0029_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96878
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- View of a cache of weapons and propaganda materials recently seized by the military from a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house with General Benedicto Lucas García, far right, at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); Benedicto Lucas García
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Benedicto Lucas García
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0030_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96879
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Colonel Byron Lima Estrada, center, shows a group of international journalists a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Col. Lima Estrada was commander of the Quiché department army garrison. He received U.S. Army counterintelligence training at Fort Benning, Georgia, the School of the Americas, and instruction from the U.S. Army Mobile Training Team (MTT) and the U.S. Military Assistance Program (MAP). Following his term as intelligence chief, Lima Estrada served as senior officer in key operational units during the Guatemalan Armed Forces' "scorched earth" campaigns in the 1980s. Lima Estrada was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Catholic Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, which is considered one of the most infamous crimes of Guatemala's post-war history.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); School of the Americas (SOA); Byron Lima Estrada
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Byron Lima Estrada
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0036_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96885
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A group of international journalists are shown a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house with General Benedicto Lucas García, far right, at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Colonel Byron Lima Estrada, the Santa Cruz del Quiché garrison commander, center, observes the guerrilla equipment. In 1981 the military regime and the Guatemalan army initiated a brutal counterinsurgency program of scorched earth tactics to consolidate control over civilians and counteract the influence of the guerrilla insurgency. The genocidal policies enacted by President Fernando Romeo Lucas García and later by Efraín Ríos Montt were also intended to eradicate the culture and identity of the indigenous population. For his role as army general in the internal armed conflict, General Benedicto Lucas García was sentenced on May 23, 2018 to 58 years in prison for crimes against humanity, aggravated sexual violence, and enforced disappearance. Col. Lima Estrada was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Catholic Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, which is considered one of the most infamous crimes of Guatemala's post-war history.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); Benedicto Lucas García; Byron Lima Estrada
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Benedicto Lucas García; Byron Lima Estrada
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0037_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96886
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Guatemalan army soldier looks over a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0041_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96890
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan army Colonel Byron Lima Estrada, center right, the commander of the Quiché department army garrison, looks over captured weapons and explosives found in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house outside of Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Lima Estrada received U.S. Army counterintelligence training at Fort Benning, Georgia, the School of the Americas, and instruction from the U.S. Army Mobile Training Team (MTT) and the U.S. Military Assistance Program (MAP). Following his term as intelligence chief, he served as senior officer in key operational units during the Guatemalan Armed Forces' "scorched earth" campaigns in the 1980s. Lima Estrada was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Catholic Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, which is considered one of the most infamous crimes of Guatemala's post-war history.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military aid; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Human rights violations; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); Cold War; Byron Lima Estrada
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Byron Lima Estrada
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0035_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96884
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Members Of ORDEN, A Right Wing Paramilitary Unit In Chalatenango Department
- Date
- 1981-02-22
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Leftist guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, interrogate a family member involved in the paramilitary group Organización Democrática Nacionalista, National Democratic Organization, ORDEN, seated left, after a takeover of a nearby village in Santa Anita, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. ORDEN was established in the late 1960s with support from the United States Army Special Forces by General José Alberto Medrano, known as the father of Salvadoran counterinsurgency. ORDEN, along with the Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña, National Security Agency of El Salvador, ANSESAL, widely considered to be the origin of the death squads, were employed by the military to infiltrate and terrorize rural populations considered subversive to the regime. Although ORDEN was nominally disbanded in 1979, many of its members were folded into civil defense units who continued to use extrajudicial violence and torture to repress the civilian population throughout the armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Death squads; Human rights violations; Counterinsurgency; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Organización Democrática Nacionalista (ORDEN); Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña (ANSESAL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0098_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96226
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Members Of ORDEN, A Right Wing Paramilitary Unit In Chalatenango Department
- Date
- 1981-02-22
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Leftist guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, interrogate a family member involved in the paramilitary group Organización Democrática Nacionalista, National Democratic Organization, ORDEN, seated center right, after a takeover of a nearby village in Santa Anita, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. ORDEN was established in the late 1960s with support from the United States Army Special Forces by General José Alberto Medrano, known as the father of Salvadoran counterinsurgency. ORDEN, along with the Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña, National Security Agency of El Salvador, ANSESAL, widely considered to be the origin of the death squads, were employed by the military to infiltrate and terrorize rural populations considered subversive to the regime. Although ORDEN was nominally disbanded in 1979, many of its members were folded into civil defense units who continued to use extrajudicial violence and torture to repress the civilian population throughout the armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Death squads; Human rights violations; Counterinsurgency; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Organización Democrática Nacionalista (ORDEN); Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña (ANSESAL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0091_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96219
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Catholic Priest Speaks With FPL Officers In La Reina, Chalatenango
- Date
- 1983-02-04
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Father Renato Pellachin, an Italian Franciscan priest, left, speaks with leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, center and right, in La Reina, El Salvador, February 4, 1983. During the twelve-year civil war, the Catholic Church in El Salvador often condemned the violence and oppression committed by the authoritarian regime, with some members of the clergy sharing guerrilla sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0054_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96521
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Catholic Priest Spekas With FPL Officers In La Reina, Chalatenango
- Date
- 1983-02-04
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Father Renato Pellachin, an Italian Franciscan priest, left, speaks with leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, center and right, in La Reina, El Salvador, February 4, 1983. During the twelve-year civil war, the Catholic Church in El Salvador often condemned the violence and oppression perpetrated by the authoritarian regime, with some members of the clergy sharing guerrilla sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Liberation theology; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0174_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96302
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Civilian In San Miguel During ERP and Salvadoran Army Battle
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A civilian resident stands outside his gate, recently painted with the name of a formation of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, La Brigada Arce Zablah, as ERP guerrillas engage in combat with government security forces in San Miguel, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. Considered the most militarily powerful of the guerrilla factions that constituted the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, the ERP organized the elite unit Brigada Arce Zablah outside of regular military forces. The brigade takes its name from a former leader within the organization, Rafael Arce Zablah, who was killed in combat in 1975.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0140_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96607
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Class For Refugees in Chalatenango Department
- Date
- 1981-02-22
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Students attend an outdoor grammar class in territory held by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, near Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. The children had been displaced by the ongoing armed conflict between guerrilla factions and government forces.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Daily life; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0007_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96474
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Clearing The Road From Guerrilla Sabatoge Before Elections
- Date
- 1982-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Army soldiers and local civilians clear a section of the Pan American Highway blocked by felled trees during the ongoing civil war, Los Encuentros, Guatemala, March 7, 1982. The trees were downed in protest by the guerrilla group Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, to block the road the day of the presidential elections. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was committed by government forces.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military; Politics; Elections; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0049_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96898
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Clearing The Road From Guerrilla Sabotage Before Elections
- Date
- 1982-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Army soldiers and local civilians clear a section of the Pan American Highway blocked by felled trees during the ongoing civil war, Los Encuentros, Guatemala, March 7, 1982. The trees were downed in protest by the guerrilla group Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, to block the road the day of the presidential elections. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was committed by government forces.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military; Politics; Elections; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0076_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96801
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Clearing The Road From Guerrilla Sabotage Before Elections
- Date
- 1982-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Army soldiers and local civilians clear a section of the Pan American Highway blocked by felled trees during the ongoing civil war, Los Encuentros, Guatemala, March 7, 1982. The trees were downed in protest by the guerrilla group Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, to block the road the day of the presidential elections. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was committed by government forces.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military; Politics; Elections; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0078_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96803
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Clearing The Road From Guerrilla Sabotage Before Elections
- Date
- 1982-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Army soldiers and local civilians clear a section of the Pan American Highway blocked by felled trees during the ongoing civil war, Los Encuentros, Guatemala, March 7, 1982. The trees were downed in protest by the guerrilla group Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, to block the road the day of the presidential elections. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was committed by government forces.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military; Politics; Elections; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0079_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96804
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Clearing The Road From Guerrilla Sabotage Before Elections
- Date
- 1982-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Army soldiers and local civilians clear a section of the Pan American Highway blocked by felled trees during the ongoing civil war, Los Encuentros, Guatemala, March 7, 1982. The trees were downed in protest by the guerrilla group Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, to block the road the day of the presidential elections. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was committed by government forces.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Military; Politics; Elections; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0077_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96802
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg