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Title
Refugee woman and malnurished child, Chiapas, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-01
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A refugee woman dressed in a Mayan corte (skirt) holds a small, naked malnurished and starved baby girl. The baby girl has an inflated stomach and prints of her rib cage on her small upper body, an indication of starvation. The baby girl also has thin arms and legs, and almost no hair. By 1984, 46,000 Guatemalan refugees were in southern Mexico. Between 1981 and 1983, the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency strategy targeted the Mayan population who were believed to be supporting the guerilla movement. The military committed hundreds of massacres and was responsible for acts of genocide against the Mayan population, according to the report of the 1994 Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission.
Una mujer vestida en un corte (falda) maya carga a una bebé desnutrida. La bebé tiene el estómago inflado y marcas de los huesos de su caja torácica en la parte superior del cuerpo, signos de inanición. La bebé también tiene brazos y piernas delgados y casi no tiene pelo. Para 1984, 46,000 refugiados guatemaltecos estaban en el sur de México. Entre 1981 y 1983, la estrategia de contrainsurgencia del ejército guatemalteco se enfocó en la población maya, la cual se creía apoyaba al movimiento guerrillero. El ejército cometió cientos de masacres y fue responsable por actos de genocidio en contra de la población maya, de acuerdo con el informe de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico de Guatemala de 1994.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.03.07.26A
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3140
Subject
Documentary photographs
Chiapas (Mexico)--History
Refugees--Guatemala
Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions
Refugee camps
Marasmus
Place
Chiapas (Mexico)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B15.03.07.26A.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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