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Title: Army Checkpoint In Guatemala City
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guatemalan army soldiers check bus passengers for weapons in Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Tighter security measures were being taken due to the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for March 7, 1982. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960-1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission determined 93 percent of the violence was perpetrated by the state.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Elections; Daily life; Counterinsurgency; State-sponsored violence
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0125_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96850
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Brazilian President-Elect Tancredo Neves
Date: 1985-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: President elect Tancredo Neves (1910-1985) answers questions during a press conference following his election as Brazil's next president in Brasilia, Brazil, 1985. Tancredo Neves was Brazil's first civilian president following 20 years of military rule. Tancredo Neves died in April 1985 and never took power following his inauguration on March 15, 1985.
Subject: Elections; Democracy; Latin America
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_nb_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: FMLN Sabatoge Electricity Grid Before Elections
Date: 1984-05-04
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran workmen from an electric power company examine damage done to a utility pole by a bomb placed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Chalatenango, El Salvador, May 4, 1984. The act was an attempt to sabotage the upcoming Salvadoran presidential elections set to take place 3 days ahead. By 1981, the FMLN had launched a tremendously successful campaign against economic infrastructure which affected the country's export economy and reduced the mobility of the Salvadoran Armed Forces and paramilitary forces.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Elections; Economy; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0309_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96437

Title: Guevara Supporters Protest After Coup D'État In Guatemala City
Date: 1982-03-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Civilian supporters of president-elect Ángel Aníbal Guevara protest in the streets a day after a coup d'état successfully prevented Guevara from assuming power, Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 24, 1982. Various opposition parties were running in the March 7th elections against Guevara, who was the chosen successor to outgoing president Fernando Romeo Lucas García. When Guevara was declared the winner, all opposition candidates protested electoral fraud. Two weeks later on March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt led a three-man military junta in a coup d'état and all cabinet ministers were replaced.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Elections; Coup d'état; Military; Ángel Aníbal Guevara; Efraín Ríos Montt
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_ct_0058_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96907