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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí man in Sinaí-Chimichal, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Rosa, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • A young girl on a hammock in Sinaí, a Maya Chortí village in Copán, Honduras.
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Amparo Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Cecilia Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • An indigenous Maya-Chortí family scene in Sinaí Chimichal, Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Rosa, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Rosa, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous woman, Irma, 19, de El Chilar, Copán, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Angélica Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Angélica Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Amparo Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • a mototaxi crosses a stream in Copán, Honduras
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  • Maya-Chortí girls dressed in blue during the Festival de Maíz, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras.
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  • Portrait of an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman, Angélica Rodriguez, near Copán Ruinas, Honduras
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  • Musicians play in a Maya-Chortí ceremony in thanksgiving for the corn harvest during the Festival de Maíz.
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  • Maya-Chortí people celebrate a religious ceremony in thanksgiving for the corn harvest during the Festival de Maíz.
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  • Maya-Chortí people celebrate a mass in thanksgiving for the corn harvest during the Festival de Maíz.
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  • Maya-Chortí people celebrate a religious ceremony in thanksgiving for the corn harvest during the Festival de Maíz.
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  • Maya-Chortí people celebrate a religious ceremony in thanksgiving for the corn harvest during the Festival de Maíz.
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  • Early morning view over the  gang-controlled area of Chamelecón of San Pedro Sula, a hell hole where even the Police and Army are afraid to enter, where many have lost their homes, been abused, taxed, robbed and have perished, all  at the hands of gangs. This was the last sight of the city for another migrant caravan departing from the city. Migrants walked and hitchhiked on their way to the border points. Most went to Aguas Calientes in Ocotepeque, some went to El Florido in Copán. It was reported that nearly 1,700 Hondurans were registered at the border crossings in Guatemala, more than 300 of them were returned from the Honduras side because of deficiencies in the legality of their paperwork.
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  • Reynaldo is from Copán. When I asked him why he had left Honduras as a migrant he explained it was because of his electric bill. Though he only has two light bulbs in his house, and no other electric consumption, he gets a big bill from the electricity company ENEE each month and is now 1200 Lps in arrears (50 USD). The ENEE employees have been theatening him with taking his house if he doesn't pay. He felt there was no alternative but to migrate to try to pay his bill before his house is taken. He has two daughters of 15 years old, he can't afford to send them to school because it costs 500 Lps each (20 USD each) to matriculate them. He has worked every day of his adult life.
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  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
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  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
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  • In Estanzuelas, Copán, many houses were damaged by subsidence and landslides and crops were destroyed. This village is one of the poorest in the region suffering from malnutrition, serious health problems and overcrowding.
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  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_75...jpg
  • The corn and bean crop was ruined before it could be harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_72...jpg
  • Santos Raymunda Oaxaca is an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman who lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. She is part of a women's programme with CASM and uses permaculture techniques to farm chickens, fish and vegetables in an integrated system. Chicken manure feeds the fish below, and the waste from the fish is fertilizer for the vegetables.
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  • Handfuls of beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Beatriz Interiano, 14, is a Maya Chortí indigenous girl. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • The Interiano family with their newly-built fish pond. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Santos Raymunda Oaxaca is an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman who lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. She is part of a women's programme with CASM and uses permaculture techniques to farm chickens, fish and vegetables.
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  • Damage to road infrastructure in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
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  • Jesus the Indigenous Leader<br />
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Jesús Pérez, Corralito, Copán<br />
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"I live here in Los Altos de Corralito, where I was born, high up in the mountains. I plant corn and beans, and sometimes I earn some money working as a labourer. I have six living daughters, and two living sons. And I have five or six grandchildren. <br />
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Our community has a history of struggle for land and for recognition of our indigenous identity, and my family has paid dearly for it. Blood has been spilt for our indigenous rights.<br />
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My nephew was Candido Amador. He was two days older than me. The Maya Chortí communities were marginalised by the big landowners, but thank God, now we have official recognition as an indigenous people, and we have a little bit of land. We’ve been here for thousands of years, but we only got recognition in the last twenty years.<br />
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My nephew gave his life for our cause. They assassinated him.<br />
<br />
He had long hair, he dressed in indigenous clothes, and had very indigenous features. They thought he was the leader and representative of the indigenous movement, so they targeted him. In fact he wasn’t the representative. The person who represented our organisation was compañera María de Jesús Interiano. She was the first elected President of the Council, while we were preparing for the first Congress. But they thought that Candido was the leader and that’s why they assassinated him. <br />
He was beaten, he was cut with a machete on his hands, his neck, his head, and he was shot three times in the chest. And they scalped him. <br />
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It was the night of the 11th of April 1997. He lived in my house, so they came here to get me to identify the body. He had been thrown on the side of the road. We brought him up here to the Catholic church to say prayers, for a wake. <br />
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He is buried in Rincón del Buey. One of my own sons is buried next to him. He had a fall while he was working in the town, and died of the internal injuries later. We put flowers on both the graves at the same time."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
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Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
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"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
<br />
I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
<br />
Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
<br />
"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
<br />
I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
<br />
Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
<br />
"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
<br />
I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
<br />
Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
<br />
"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
<br />
I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
<br />
Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
<br />
"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
<br />
I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • A jockey, bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • A jockey sits on a horse, bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Reina, a Maya Chortí woman in the Copán region of Honduras
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  • A Maya Chortí woman and her daughters at a standpipe in the Copán region of Honduras
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  • Dark red cocoa pods grow on a cocoa tree at COAGRICSAL in La Entrada, Copán, Honduras
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  • Boys pull each other across the river Copán with a rope after bridges went down in hurricanes Eta and Iota.
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  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
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  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
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  • Hurricane and flooding damage to the main road linking La Entrada and Copán Ruinas.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_76...jpg
  • In Estanzuelas, Copán, many houses were damaged by subsidence and landslides and crops were destroyed. This village is one of the poorest in the region suffering from malnutrition, serious health problems and overcrowding.
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  • Cabañas, Copán, Honduras
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  • In Estanzuelas, Copán, many houses were damaged by subsidence and landslides and crops were destroyed. This village is one of the poorest in the region suffering from malnutrition, serious health problems and overcrowding.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201130_76...jpg
  • In Estanzuelas, Copán, many houses were damaged by subsidence and landslides and crops were destroyed. This village is one of the poorest in the region suffering from malnutrition, serious health problems and overcrowding.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_76...jpg
  • In Estanzuelas, Copán, many houses were damaged and crops were destroyed. This village is one of the poorest in the region suffering from malnutrition, serious health problems and overcrowding.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_76...jpg
  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
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  • Damage to roads in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_75...jpg
  • Handfuls of beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_73...jpg
  • The corn and bean crop was ruined before it could be harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_72...jpg
  • The bean crop was ruined before it could be harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
    Honduras_Eta_Iota_Hawkey_20201129_71...jpg
  • The corn and bean crop was ruined before it could be harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Corn sprouting on the cob before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Corn sprouting on the cob before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Lourdes Canan Oaxaca, 17, is expecting a baby early in 2021. She lives in an indigenous Maya Chortí village in Copán, Honduras. The double hurricanes of Eta and Iota have destroyed most of the staple crops in the area and she and her family face hunger and malnutrition.
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  • Santos Raymunda Oaxaca is an indigenous Maya-Chortí woman who lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. She is part of a women's programme with CASM and uses permaculture techniques to farm chickens, fish and vegetables in an integrated system. Chicken manure feeds the fish below, and the waste from the fish is fertilizer for the vegetables.
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  • A latrine. Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras.
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  • A latrine. Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras.
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  • Handfuls of beans that have sprouted on in their pods before being harvested in Copán. CASM works with the indigenous Maya Chortí communities in Copán who have lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Casey del Carmen Interiano, 7, is an indigenous Maya-Chortí and lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. CASM works with this community that has lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop, after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Santos Noelia Interiano is an indigenous  Maya-Chortí woman who lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. CASM works with this community that has lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop, after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • During the heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, the flood plain along the river Copán spread quickly across a lot of fertile land used for farming and causing immense damage to standing crops such as beans, maize and tomatoes.
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  • Santos Noelia Interiano is an indigenous  Maya-Chortí woman who lives in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. CASM works with this community that has lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop, after heavy rains from hurricanes Eta and Iota, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Kenia Interiano García, 9, in Carrizalón, Copán, Honduras. CASM works with this indigenous Chortí community that has lost approximately 90% of their bean crop and about half their maize crop, leaving them without the basic food they need to survive.
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  • Damage to the main road in Copán, Honduras, following hurricanes Eta and Iota.
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  • Jesús Alberto Monroy Díaz, postmaster, Copán Ruinas.<br />
<br />
I liked working from an early age. From when I was eight I worked in whatever I could. I used to pass beans to Guatemala, at midnight with a mule, and the next day I’d bring back sugar, because there was no sugar in Honduras, only in Guatemala. Now you can get everything. At that time there weren’t many roads, everything had to be brought on a mule, now everything is modernised and nothing is taken on mules.<br />
<br />
Now I send packages with a barcode. They have the GPS system. The system tells you where the package is. Everything is modernised.<br />
<br />
From the age of 15 I worked cutting yucca plants, in Guatemala. We’d cut chunks of the stem and then in the factory in Guatemala City they’d put on a hormone and colour, and that made is sprout colourful flowers. They’d cover the bits of stem in cement and export them. I worked for three years in that, and then I came back here to work in the post office.<br />
<br />
I worked in Honducor (the post office), Bancrecer (a bank), in the municipality, then in the Customs office at the El Florido border post. While I was there Ricardo Maduro won the Presidency and I had to leave, and I put my papers in to work at the post office again, I’ve now worked here for 22 years.<br />
<br />
My life has been about work, I am happy, and yes, I feel proud.<br />
<br />
************<br />
A mi me gustaba trabajar desde muy niño. A partir de los ocho años trabajaba en lo que pude. Pasaba frijoles para Guatemala, a medianoche en mula, y el día siguiente a traía azucar, porque no había azucar en Honduras, sólo en Guatemala. Ahora hay de todo aquí. En ese entonces no habían muchas carreterras, había que traer todo en mula, ahora esta todo modernizado y nadie va con mula. <br />
<br />
Ahora mando paquetes con código de barra. Van con un sistema de GPS. El sistema te dice por donde va. Todo esta modernizado.<br />
<br />
De los 15 años de edad me dedicaba a cortar izote, allí en Guatemala. Cortabamos el palo, y allí en la fábrica en la
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  • Jesús Alberto Monroy Díaz, postmaster, Copán Ruinas.<br />
<br />
I liked working from an early age. From when I was eight I worked in whatever I could. I used to pass beans to Guatemala, at midnight with a mule, and the next day I’d bring back sugar, because there was no sugar in Honduras, only in Guatemala. Now you can get everything. At that time there weren’t many roads, everything had to be brought on a mule, now everything is modernised and nothing is taken on mules.<br />
<br />
Now I send packages with a barcode. They have the GPS system. The system tells you where the package is. Everything is modernised.<br />
<br />
From the age of 15 I worked cutting yucca plants, in Guatemala. We’d cut chunks of the stem and then in the factory in Guatemala City they’d put on a hormone and colour, and that made is sprout colourful flowers. They’d cover the bits of stem in cement and export them. I worked for three years in that, and then I came back here to work in the post office.<br />
<br />
I worked in Honducor (the post office), Bancrecer (a bank), in the municipality, then in the Customs office at the El Florido border post. While I was there Ricardo Maduro won the Presidency and I had to leave, and I put my papers in to work at the post office again, I’ve now worked here for 22 years.<br />
<br />
My life has been about work, I am happy, and yes, I feel proud.<br />
<br />
************<br />
A mi me gustaba trabajar desde muy niño. A partir de los ocho años trabajaba en lo que pude. Pasaba frijoles para Guatemala, a medianoche en mula, y el día siguiente a traía azucar, porque no había azucar en Honduras, sólo en Guatemala. Ahora hay de todo aquí. En ese entonces no habían muchas carreterras, había que traer todo en mula, ahora esta todo modernizado y nadie va con mula. <br />
<br />
Ahora mando paquetes con código de barra. Van con un sistema de GPS. El sistema te dice por donde va. Todo esta modernizado.<br />
<br />
De los 15 años de edad me dedicaba a cortar izote, allí en Guatemala. Cortabamos el palo, y allí en la fábrica en la
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180319_2828.jpg
  • Jesús Alberto Monroy Díaz, postmaster, Copán Ruinas.<br />
<br />
I liked working from an early age. From when I was eight I worked in whatever I could. I used to pass beans to Guatemala, at midnight with a mule, and the next day I’d bring back sugar, because there was no sugar in Honduras, only in Guatemala. Now you can get everything. At that time there weren’t many roads, everything had to be brought on a mule, now everything is modernised and nothing is taken on mules.<br />
<br />
Now I send packages with a barcode. They have the GPS system. The system tells you where the package is. Everything is modernised.<br />
<br />
From the age of 15 I worked cutting yucca plants, in Guatemala. We’d cut chunks of the stem and then in the factory in Guatemala City they’d put on a hormone and colour, and that made is sprout colourful flowers. They’d cover the bits of stem in cement and export them. I worked for three years in that, and then I came back here to work in the post office.<br />
<br />
I worked in Honducor (the post office), Bancrecer (a bank), in the municipality, then in the Customs office at the El Florido border post. While I was there Ricardo Maduro won the Presidency and I had to leave, and I put my papers in to work at the post office again, I’ve now worked here for 22 years.<br />
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My life has been about work, I am happy, and yes, I feel proud.<br />
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A mi me gustaba trabajar desde muy niño. A partir de los ocho años trabajaba en lo que pude. Pasaba frijoles para Guatemala, a medianoche en mula, y el día siguiente a traía azucar, porque no había azucar en Honduras, sólo en Guatemala. Ahora hay de todo aquí. En ese entonces no habían muchas carreterras, había que traer todo en mula, ahora esta todo modernizado y nadie va con mula. <br />
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Ahora mando paquetes con código de barra. Van con un sistema de GPS. El sistema te dice por donde va. Todo esta modernizado.<br />
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De los 15 años de edad me dedicaba a cortar izote, allí en Guatemala. Cortabamos el palo, y allí en la fábrica en la
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  • Jesus the Indigenous Leader<br />
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Jesús Pérez, Corralito, Copán<br />
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"I live here in Los Altos de Corralito, where I was born, high up in the mountains. I plant corn and beans, and sometimes I earn some money working as a labourer. I have six living daughters, and two living sons. And I have five or six grandchildren. <br />
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Our community has a history of struggle for land and for recognition of our indigenous identity, and my family has paid dearly for it. Blood has been spilt for our indigenous rights.<br />
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My nephew was Candido Amador. He was two days older than me. The Maya Chortí communities were marginalised by the big landowners, but thank God, now we have official recognition as an indigenous people, and we have a little bit of land. We’ve been here for thousands of years, but we only got recognition in the last twenty years.<br />
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My nephew gave his life for our cause. They assassinated him.<br />
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He had long hair, he dressed in indigenous clothes, and had very indigenous features. They thought he was the leader and representative of the indigenous movement, so they targeted him. In fact he wasn’t the representative. The person who represented our organisation was compañera María de Jesús Interiano. She was the first elected President of the Council, while we were preparing for the first Congress. But they thought that Candido was the leader and that’s why they assassinated him. <br />
He was beaten, he was cut with a machete on his hands, his neck, his head, and he was shot three times in the chest. And they scalped him. <br />
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It was the night of the 11th of April 1997. He lived in my house, so they came here to get me to identify the body. He had been thrown on the side of the road. We brought him up here to the Catholic church to say prayers, for a wake. <br />
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He is buried in Rincón del Buey. One of my own sons is buried next to him. He had a fall while he was working in the town, and died of the internal injuries later. We put flowers on both the graves at the same time."
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  • Jesus the Indigenous Leader<br />
<br />
Jesús Pérez, Corralito, Copán<br />
<br />
"I live here in Los Altos de Corralito, where I was born, high up in the mountains. I plant corn and beans, and sometimes I earn some money working as a labourer. I have six living daughters, and two living sons. And I have five or six grandchildren. <br />
<br />
Our community has a history of struggle for land and for recognition of our indigenous identity, and my family has paid dearly for it. Blood has been spilt for our indigenous rights.<br />
<br />
My nephew was Candido Amador. He was two days older than me. The Maya Chortí communities were marginalised by the big landowners, but thank God, now we have official recognition as an indigenous people, and we have a little bit of land. We’ve been here for thousands of years, but we only got recognition in the last twenty years.<br />
<br />
My nephew gave his life for our cause. They assassinated him.<br />
<br />
He had long hair, he dressed in indigenous clothes, and had very indigenous features. They thought he was the leader and representative of the indigenous movement, so they targeted him. In fact he wasn’t the representative. The person who represented our organisation was compañera María de Jesús Interiano. She was the first elected President of the Council, while we were preparing for the first Congress. But they thought that Candido was the leader and that’s why they assassinated him. <br />
He was beaten, he was cut with a machete on his hands, his neck, his head, and he was shot three times in the chest. And they scalped him. <br />
<br />
It was the night of the 11th of April 1997. He lived in my house, so they came here to get me to identify the body. He had been thrown on the side of the road. We brought him up here to the Catholic church to say prayers, for a wake. <br />
<br />
He is buried in Rincón del Buey. One of my own sons is buried next to him. He had a fall while he was working in the town, and died of the internal injuries later. We put flowers on both the graves at the same time."
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180319_2730.jpg
  • Jesus the Indigenous Leader<br />
<br />
Jesús Pérez, Corralito, Copán<br />
<br />
"I live here in Los Altos de Corralito, where I was born, high up in the mountains. I plant corn and beans, and sometimes I earn some money working as a labourer. I have six living daughters, and two living sons. And I have five or six grandchildren. <br />
<br />
Our community has a history of struggle for land and for recognition of our indigenous identity, and my family has paid dearly for it. Blood has been spilt for our indigenous rights.<br />
<br />
My nephew was Candido Amador. He was two days older than me. The Maya Chortí communities were marginalised by the big landowners, but thank God, now we have official recognition as an indigenous people, and we have a little bit of land. We’ve been here for thousands of years, but we only got recognition in the last twenty years.<br />
<br />
My nephew gave his life for our cause. They assassinated him.<br />
<br />
He had long hair, he dressed in indigenous clothes, and had very indigenous features. They thought he was the leader and representative of the indigenous movement, so they targeted him. In fact he wasn’t the representative. The person who represented our organisation was compañera María de Jesús Interiano. She was the first elected President of the Council, while we were preparing for the first Congress. But they thought that Candido was the leader and that’s why they assassinated him. <br />
He was beaten, he was cut with a machete on his hands, his neck, his head, and he was shot three times in the chest. And they scalped him. <br />
<br />
It was the night of the 11th of April 1997. He lived in my house, so they came here to get me to identify the body. He had been thrown on the side of the road. We brought him up here to the Catholic church to say prayers, for a wake. <br />
<br />
He is buried in Rincón del Buey. One of my own sons is buried next to him. He had a fall while he was working in the town, and died of the internal injuries later. We put flowers on both the graves at the same time."
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180319_2710.jpg
  • Jesus the Indigenous Leader<br />
<br />
Jesús Pérez, Corralito, Copán<br />
<br />
"I live here in Los Altos de Corralito, where I was born, high up in the mountains. I plant corn and beans, and sometimes I earn some money working as a labourer. I have six living daughters, and two living sons. And I have five or six grandchildren. <br />
<br />
Our community has a history of struggle for land and for recognition of our indigenous identity, and my family has paid dearly for it. Blood has been spilt for our indigenous rights.<br />
<br />
My nephew was Candido Amador. He was two days older than me. The Maya Chortí communities were marginalised by the big landowners, but thank God, now we have official recognition as an indigenous people, and we have a little bit of land. We’ve been here for thousands of years, but we only got recognition in the last twenty years.<br />
<br />
My nephew gave his life for our cause. They assassinated him.<br />
<br />
He had long hair, he dressed in indigenous clothes, and had very indigenous features. They thought he was the leader and representative of the indigenous movement, so they targeted him. In fact he wasn’t the representative. The person who represented our organisation was compañera María de Jesús Interiano. She was the first elected President of the Council, while we were preparing for the first Congress. But they thought that Candido was the leader and that’s why they assassinated him. <br />
He was beaten, he was cut with a machete on his hands, his neck, his head, and he was shot three times in the chest. And they scalped him. <br />
<br />
It was the night of the 11th of April 1997. He lived in my house, so they came here to get me to identify the body. He had been thrown on the side of the road. We brought him up here to the Catholic church to say prayers, for a wake. <br />
<br />
He is buried in Rincón del Buey. One of my own sons is buried next to him. He had a fall while he was working in the town, and died of the internal injuries later. We put flowers on both the graves at the same time."
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  • bullet holes in a windscreen, Copán Ruinas
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
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Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
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"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
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I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
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I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • Jesus the Carpenter<br />
<br />
Jesús Alberto Mayorga Lemus, Copán Ruinas<br />
<br />
"We were poor. My parents couldn’t afford to send us to school. So I decided to learn a trade to earn some money. I decided to learn carpentry and I went to work. I was 13. I didn’t get paid for three years. My shoes were broken and I had patches in my trousers. It was hard. When I was visiting my girlfriend I had to hide the holes in my shoes by putting my foot up behind me.<br />
<br />
I’ve suffered, but you learn from suffering and you can use it to become better - a better son, a better brother, a better friend, a better husband. Without God, we aren’t anything.<br />
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I fell in love and got married when I was 16 and a half. We had four children."
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  • An indigenous Maya Chortí girl at Sinaí Chimichal, near Copán Ruinas
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  • A jockey, bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180317_038.jpg
  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180317_030.jpg
  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
    Honduras_Hawkey_20180317_029.jpg
  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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  • Bareback horse races at Mauro Cueva's farm near Copán Ruinas
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