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Title: General Efraín Ríos Montt At Press Conference Following His Coup D'État
Date: 1982-03-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Portrait of General Efraín Ríos Montt during a press conference at the National Palace to announce his successful military coup d'état, Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year internal armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; United States foreign policy; Coup d'état; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0057_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96906
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Title: General Efraín Ríos Montt At Press Conference Following His Coup D'État
Date: 1982-03-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: General Efraín Ríos Montt, center, stands with army soldiers during a press conference following his successful coup d'état at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year internal armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; Military; United States foreign policy; Coup d'état; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0054_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96903
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Title: General Ríos Montt And His Wife In Guatemala City
Date: 1982-09-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: General Efraín Ríos Montt, center, attends a formal dinner with his wife, María Teresa Sosa Ávila, right, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 1, 1982. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d’état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country’s Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; Coup d'état; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt; María Teresa Sosa Ávila
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0090_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96815
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Title: General Ríos Montt Arrives During A Ceremony At The National Palace In Guatemala City
Date: 1982-10-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: General Efraín Ríos Montt, center, arrives for a ceremony at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 20, 1982. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0103_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96828
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Title: Ríos Montt Arrives At National Palace After Coup
Date: 1982-03-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: General Efraín Ríos Montt, center, arrives at a press conference following his successful coup d'état at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year internal armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; Military; United States foreign policy; Coup d'état; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0055_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96904
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ríos Montt In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt speaks to a group of local dignitaries in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Politics; Government; Coup d'état; Dictatorship; Human rights violations; Cold War; United States foreign policy; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0122_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96847
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Ríos Montt In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt speaks to a group of local dignitaries in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Politics; Government; Coup d'état; Dictatorship; Human rights violations; Cold War; United States foreign policy; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0123_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96848
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Title: Ríos Montt In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt speaks to a group of local dignitaries in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Politics; Government; Coup d'état; Dictatorship; Human rights violations; Cold War; United States foreign policy; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0124_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96849
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Title: Ríos Montt In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt speaks to a group of local dignitaries in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Politics; Government; Coup d'état; Dictatorship; Human rights violations; Cold War; United States foreign policy; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0119_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96844
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Title: Ríos Montt In Guatemala City
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt speaks to a group of local dignitaries in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 1, 1983. Ríos Montt assumed control through a military coup d'état on March 23, 1982. His 17-month term as de facto head of state, in which he installed a military regime, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, is considered the most violent period of the 36-year armed conflict. Ríos Montt enjoyed close ties with the Reagan administration and with Christian conservatives in the United States. He has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Politics; Government; Coup d'état; Dictatorship; Human rights violations; Cold War; United States foreign policy; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0120_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96845
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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
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96951
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Title: Three-Man Junta Led By Ríos Montt At Press Conference Following Coup
Date: 1982-03-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: The leaders of the three-man military junta General Horacio Maldonado Shaad, left, General Efraín Ríos Montt, center, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez, right, sit during a press conference at the National Palace to announce a successful military coup d'état, Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 23, 1982. Ríos Montt soon appointed himself president and minister of defense, dissolved the congress, and suspended the constitution, ushering in the most violent period of Guatemala's armed conflict. Ríos Montt has since been indicted and tried for genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's Maya Ixil population with the legal proceedings extending until his death on April 1, 2018. Gordillo Martínez was sentenced to 33 years in prison on May 23, 2018 along with four other high-ranking military ex-officials for crimes against humanity and aggravated sexual assault against Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen and for the forced disappearance of her 14 year-old brother, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, in 1981.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Human rights violations; Government; Military; United States foreign policy; Coup d'état; Cold War; Dictatorship; Efraín Ríos Montt; Horacio Maldonado Shaad; Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez
Country: Guatemala
Subject -- Personal Name: Efraín Ríos Montt; Horacio Maldonado Shaad; Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0056_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96905
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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