Just one of the many stunning images hitting social media today from the protests around Guatemala. An unprecedented number of Guatemalans of all economic, ethnic, and social backgrounds have united in the streets, calling for an end to corruption and the impeachment of president Otto Perez Molina.
[Image: Prensa Libre, via Anonymous Guatemala, via Renata Avila]
Ancestral indigenous authorities join the demonstrations in #Guatemala. Beautiful. https://t.co/UbmSXpluvM
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 27, 2015
La universidad de la que me gradué se une a una protesta. Creí que nunca vería eso. Bien estudiantes de @UFMedu https://t.co/dsfhddZr9A
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 27, 2015
Demonstration in #Guatemala is rural and urban, middle class and grassroots, female, young, old, indigenous. It is massive. #27AGT
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 27, 2015
Remember, up to 8,000 University students were disappeared by the Army in #Guatemala. But today fear is defeated, their voice is back #27AGT
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 27, 2015
Guatemalan Nobel Peace, Indigenous leader and writer in the fight against corruption for decades joins #27AGT https://t.co/auVZnjkGof
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 27, 2015