Guns on the Streets of Guatemala
I do’t believe that more guns on the streets make a place safer. For instance, more guns on the streets of the …
Men with Guns
It was in 1998 that I got to see Men with Guns, thanks to a pair of tickets I received from KPFK, …
Confetti filled colourful eggshells for Carnival
Carnival is celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday in La Antigua Guatemala. The form of celebration is break colourful eggshells, cascarones, …
Cucurucho Handicrafts
The fear of photography is real in Antigua Guatemala. More often I am finding signs which prohibit photography. That’s kind of ironic …
Guarding The Coke
Guatemala is a gun-crazy country. Everywhere you look there are men with guns. There are even signs forbidding to carry the naked …
Stop Violence Against Women the World Over
Se empieza cediendo con las palabras. —Esperanza, mi novia We begin to yield with words. —Esperanza, my girlfriend Psychology 101: we begin …
Signs: Only in Guatemala
No Food, No Cameras, No Guns, No Backpackers and No Private Guards inside, the sign reads. Only in Guatemala you can find this kind of signs (I think). Guns are a big trouble, you know; people do crazy things with them and not only in Guatemala; naked guns are worn in the belts like cellphones or keychains; even banks and offices have an unusual piece of furniture to deposit customers’ guns at the entrance. Certainly Guatemala is not the only gun-crazy country in the world, nevertheless, it sad to see signs like the one above, captured at Angelina’s Doorway.
My condolences to the families and friends of the students who lost their lives yesterday in Illinois. 🙁
Guatemalan Policemen At Work
In this tiny office of this building, the Captains’ Palace, two police officers take crime reports, charges and denounces, all under the …
Guatemalan Cowboy Kid
Okay, enough of guns and cowboys. I leave you with an interesting portrait a little cowboy kid. Children always represent the hope …
The Naked Gun
Too bad this photo is not about a comedy movie. It is the reality of Guatemala; which it seems to drowning under …