Refugee camp, Ixil Triangle, Guatemala, 1984

September 5, 2007


Refugee camp, Ixil Triangle, Guatemala, 1984
Originally uploaded by Marcelo Montecino.

This photo was taken in the middle of the "civil war" in Guatemala, Central America. The Ixchel triangle was decimated by the Guatemalan army. In this refugee camp you may notice that there are no men…. Chances are that everyone in this photo is an orphan or a widow…

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