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- Title
- Woman At Memorial Service For U.S. Churchwomen Killings
- Date
- 1983-12-02
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An unidentified woman attends a memorial service on the third anniversary of the killing of four United States churchwomen in La Libertad, El Salvador, December 2, 1983. On December 2, 1980, Maryknoll sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline nun Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan were abducted, sexually abused, and executed near the airport in San Salvador by soldiers of the National Guard. The case figured prominently in debate in the United States Congress over whether El Salvador should continue to receive military aid. Several Salvadoran military officials, including then-head of the National Guard General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova and then-Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, were later found to have “assisted or otherwise participated in” attempts to cover up the killings.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Human rights violations; Trials; Religion; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova; José Guillermo García
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0176_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96643
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Woman At Memorial Service For U.S. Churchwomen Killings
- Date
- 1983-12-02
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An unidentified woman attends a memorial service on the third anniversary of the killing of four United States churchwomen in La Libertad, El Salvador, December 2, 1983. On December 2, 1980, Maryknoll sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline nun Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan were abducted, sexually abused, and executed near the airport in San Salvador by soldiers of the National Guard. The case figured prominently in debate in the United States Congress over whether El Salvador should continue to receive military aid. Several Salvadoran military officials, including then-head of the National Guard General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova and then-Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, were later found to have “assisted or otherwise participated in” attempts to cover up the killings.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Human rights violations; Trials; Religion; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova; José Guillermo García
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0177_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96644
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Visitors To A Chilean Jail Holding Politcal Prisoners
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Family members gather outside a city jail where members of the University of Chile School of Engineering are being incarcerated 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_0006_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Visitors To A Chilean Jail Holding Politcal Prisoners
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Family members gather outside a city jail where relatives of the University of Chile School of Engineering are being incarcerated 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_0012_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Visitors To A Chilean Jail Holding Politcal Prisoners
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Family members speak with police and jail officials outside a city jail where faculty staff of the University of Chile School of Engineering are being incarcerated 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_0014_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Salvadoran Army Fly Over Morazán Department In A U.S. Supplied Helicopter
- Date
- 1984-10-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A United States-supplied Salvadoran army helicopter with two M-60 machine guns flies over rural terrain in Morazán department, El Salvador, October 23, 1984. The helicopter flight was part of a mission to deliver a Catholic priest to the municipality of Perquin. Over the course of the twelve-year civil war, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Cold War; Religion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0022_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96150
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Salvadoran Army Fly Over Morazán Department In A U.S. Supplied Helicopter
- Date
- 1984-10-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A United States-supplied Salvadoran army helicopter with two M-60 machine guns flies over rural terrain in Morazán department, El Salvador, October 23, 1984. The helicopter flight was part of a mission to deliver a Catholic priest to the rebel-controlled territory of Perquín in Morazán department. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Religion; Psychological warfare; Cold War
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0216_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96683
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Ríos Montt Meets With Members Of The Church And Civilians
- Date
- 1983-06-15
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt (1926-2018), center left with hand raised, speaks to a Roman Catholic Cardinal accompanied by civilians and church officials in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 18, 1983. Guatemala was introduced to Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century, and the Roman Catholic Church has dominated the country's religious society. However by the mid-1980s during the Christian evangelical Ríos Montt's term as head of state, Protestantism and the evangelical movement was gaining popularity.
- Subject
- Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Protestantism; Evangelical movement; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Efraín Ríos Montt
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Efraín Ríos Montt
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0102_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96951
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Procession In Perquín, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-10-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An altar with a statue of Jesus Christ is carried in a religious procession through the streets in Perquín, Morazán department, El Salvador, October 23, 1983. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Daily life; Religion; Roman Catholic Church
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0128_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96256
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
- Date
- 1982-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Indigenous Maya men and women kneel in prayer during a traditional Roman Catholic ceremony in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0062_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96911
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
- Date
- 1982-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An indigenous Maya man dressed as Spanish conquistador with a horse's head participates in a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0063_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96912
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
- Date
- 1982-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A group of indigenous Maya men and women stand in front of a Roman Catholic church as they await the start of a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0064_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96913
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
- Date
- 1982-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An indigenous Maya man dressed as Spanish conquistador with a horse's head participates in a religious procession in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0066_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96915
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Religious Festival In Chichicastenango, Guatemala
- Date
- 1982-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An indigenous Maya woman kneels in prayer during a traditional Roman Catholic mass in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, May 1, 1982. Catholicism was introduced to Guatemala during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the following centuries, forced conversion and other methods to indoctrinate indigenous communities throughout the country into the Roman Catholic Church produced a syncretism of Catholicism and native Maya traditions.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Spanish colonization of the Americas; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Syncretism
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0065_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96914
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Protest Honoring Chilean President Salvador Allende
- Date
- 1985-09-18
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Leaflets are scattered at a gravesite honoring former Chilean President Salvador Allende (1903-1973) during an anti-Pinochet government demonstration at a gravesite in Viña Del Mar, Chile, September 18, 1985. The gravesite is that of a former mayor of Viña Del Mar.
- 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_0022_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Protest Honoring Chilean President Salvador Allende
- Date
- 1985-09-18
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Speakers stand in front of large posters of former Chilean President Salvador Allende (1903-1973) during an anti-Pinochet government demonstration at a memorial site for Allende in Viña Del Mar, Chile, September 18, 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
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Salvador Allende
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0023_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Protest For Human Rights 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
- 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_0044_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Protest For Human Rights 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
- 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_0045_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Protest For Human Rights In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-10
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two women, Estela Ortíz (left) and Owana Madera (right), walk by policemen 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
- 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_0046_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Pope John Paul ll Visits Guatemala City
- Date
- 1983-03-07
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An indigenous Maya woman prays during the open air mass by Pope John Paul ll in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 7, 1983. During his visit to Guatemala on a tour of Central America, the Pope condemned the ongoing violence and persecution of the country's indigenous Maya population. 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. 83 percent of the victims were indigenous Maya people.
- Subject
- Central America; Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Pope John Paul II
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0099_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96948
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg