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Title: A crowd of people gathering to participate in a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0552
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67241
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A crucifix is carried through a Good Friday procession, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0543
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67305
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A crucifix looms over a crowd of Good Friday procession participants, Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1986-03
Creator: Gentile, Bill
Description: Managua, Good Friday Procession, March 86; Bill Gentile
Subject: Good Friday; Nicaragua -- Religion; Processions, Religious; Rites and ceremonies -- Nicaragua
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: SC_Gentile_0539
Type: color slides
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67301
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Day Of The Dead Celebrated In Haiti
Date: 1999-11-02
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Haitians celebrate the Day of the Dead by making offerings at the municipal cemetery monument of Le Baron, supposedly the first male to be interred in the city's cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on November 2, 1999. Candles, bread and rum are the normal offerings.
Subject: Spiritual; Culture; Voodoo; Religion; Prayer; Haiti
Country: Haiti
Local Identifier: haiti_nc_0042_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1999 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Defense Minister General Mejía Víctores At Funeral Ceremony For Cardinal Casariego In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-06-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan Defense Minister Brigadier General Óscar Mejía Víctores (1930-2016), center, walks along the casket of Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal Mario Casariego y Acevedo, who died of a heart attack in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 15, 1983. Mejía Víctores deposed General Efraín Ríos Montt in a coup d'état on August 8, 1983. In 2011, Mejía was prosecuted in Guatemalan court for his command responsibility in genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the military during the civil war. His failing health in the years prior to his death forced prosecutors to drop the charges before he could stand trial.
Subject: Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Military; Government; Human rights violations; Funerals; Mario Casariego y Acevedo; Óscar Mejía Víctores
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Óscar Mejía Víctores
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0103_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96952
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Defense Minister General Mejía Víctores At Funeral Ceremony For Cardinal Casariego In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-06-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan Defense Minister Brigadier General Óscar Mejía Víctores (1930-2016), center, walks along the casket of Archbishop of Guatemala Cardinal Mario Casariego y Acevedo, who died of a heart attack in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 15, 1983. Mejía Víctores deposed General Efraín Ríos Montt in a coup d'état on August 8, 1983. In 2011, Mejía was prosecuted in Guatemalan court for his command responsibility in genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the military during the civil war. His failing health in the years prior to his death forced prosecutors to drop the charges before he could stand trial.
Subject: Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Military; Government; Human rights violations; Funerals; Mario Casariego y Acevedo; Óscar Mejía Víctores
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Óscar Mejía Víctores
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0104_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96953
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: D’Aubuisson Meets Archbishop Rivera y Damas
Date: 1983-06-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Roberto D'Aubuisson (1944-1992), center left, shakes hands with Roman Catholic Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas (1923-1994), right, at an event in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. Salvadoran President Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja (1925-2001), center, looks on. D’Aubuisson helped establish the paramilitary network of death squads around the country in the late 1970s was named responsible as giving the orders for the assassination of Rivera y Damas’ predecessor, Archbishop Óscar Romero, on March 24, 1980.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Government; Oligarchy; Human rights violations; Death squads; Roberto D'Aubuisson; Arturo Rivera y Damas; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja; Óscar Romero
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Roberto D'Aubuisson; Arturo Rivera y Damas; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0254_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96721
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: D’Aubuisson Meets Monsignor José Oscar Barahona Castillo
Date: 1983-06-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Roberto D'Aubuisson (1944-1992), left, shakes hands with Roman Catholic Bishop José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1938-2016), right, at an event in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. Salvadoran President Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja (1925-2001), center, looks on. D’Aubuisson founded the extreme right-wing political party Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, National Republican Alliance, ARENA, in 1980. He was known to have close ties to the death squads and had a reputation for extreme violence.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Government; Oligarchy; Human rights violations; Death squads; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja; Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA)
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Roberto D'Aubuisson; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja; José Oscar Barahona Castillo
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0255_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96722
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Episcopal Bishops Conference Of El Salvador Meet At A Press Conference
Date: 1983-03-25
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Clerical members of the Episcopal Bishops Conference of El Salvador meet at a press conference to discuss the visit of Pope John Paul ll to El Savador two weeks prior, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 25, 1983. The clerics are left to right: unknown, Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, center, Monsignor Marco René Revelo, Monsignor José Eduardo Alvarez, and right, Monsignor Oscar Barahona Castillo. The Pope’s visit to Central America highlighted the conflicts between the Vatican and followers of liberation theology within the Church, and presented the newly-appointed Archbishop Rivera y Damas as a progressive caught within a site of Cold War tensions.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation theology; Cold War; Arturo Rivera y Damas; Pope John Paul II
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Monsignor Arturo Rivera y Damas; Monsignor Marco René Revelo; Monsignor José Eduardo Alvarez; Monsignor Oscar Barahona Castillo
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0073_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96540
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Evangelical Church In Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1981-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A tree serves as an alter for open air evangelical church services in Managua, Nicaragua, November 1981.
Subject: Religion; Church; Faith; Belief; Tradition
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0004_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Evangelical Protestant Service In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An evangelical pastor, left, conducts a service to worshippers in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Evangelical Protestantism reached new heights of popularity in Guatemala under General Efraín Ríos Montt, the conservative anti-communist military general who took power in a coup d'état in March of 1982. It is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0001_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96851
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Evangelical Protestant Service In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Evangelical Protestants pray during a service in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Evangelical Protestantism reached new heights of popularity in Guatemala under General Efraín Ríos Montt, the conservative anti-communist military general who took power in a coup d'état in March of 1982. It is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0002_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96852
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Evangelical Protestant Service In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Evangelical Protestants pray during a service in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Evangelical Protestantism reached new heights of popularity in Guatemala under General Efraín Ríos Montt, the conservative anti-communist military general who took power in a coup d'état in March of 1982. It is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0003_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96853
Rights statement: Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Evangelicals In Quiché
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A group of ethnic Maya and evangelical Protestants pray during an outdoor religious service near Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century, and the Roman Catholic Church has continued to dominate the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s, Protestantism and particularly the evangelical movement was gaining popularity and it is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0067_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96792

Title: Evangelicals In Quiché
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A group of ethnic Maya and evangelical Protestants pray during an outdoor religious service near Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century, and the Roman Catholic Church has continued to dominate the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s, Protestantism and particularly the evangelical movement was gaining popularity and it is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0031_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96880

Title: Evangelicals In Quiché
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A group of ethnic Maya and evangelical Protestants pray during an outdoor religious service near Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century, and the Roman Catholic Church has continued to dominate the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s, Protestantism and particularly the evangelical movement was gaining popularity and it is estimated that Protestants accounted for approximately one third of Guatemala's total population at that time.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Spanish colonization of the Americas
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0040_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96889

Title: Father Mariano Puga Concha, An Activist Chilean Priest
Date: 1985-09-18
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Father Mariano Puga Concha (1931-2020) speaks to a crowd in the La Victoria neighborhood during anti-Pinochet demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, September 18, 1985. Puga, from a prominent Chilean family, was known as the "worker priest" and a human rights activist who was arrested seven times under Chile's military dictatorship. Puga was a proponent of Liberation Theology.
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
Subject -- Personal Name: Mariano Puga
Local Identifier: chile_ct_0018_web.tif

Title: Fiesta De Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0018_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96741

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0008_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96857

Title: Fiesta de Santo Tomás In Chichicastenango
Date: 1981-12-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Local K'iche Maya residents reenact the Spanish conquest of the Americas at an event during the Fiesta de Santo Tomás, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, December 20, 1981. The seven day festival is a syncretism of Catholic traditions, honoring the city's patron saint Thomas, and native Maya traditions.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Maya peoples; Indigenous peoples; Syncretism; Tradition; Ritual
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0009_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96858

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