#verapaz

[travelella]

San Agustín Lanquín, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Taken by Alexander Schimmeck

[antephotos]

San Agustín Lanquín, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala

[herpsandbirds]

Baja Verapaz Salamander (Cryptotriton veraepacis), family Plethodontidae, endemic to montane forests in Guatemala

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photographs by Jo Zb

[bfpnola]

ID 1: Screenshot of a post by @/key48return on Instagram. Background is of a globe with pinpoints of the israeli flag all over North and South America. Title reads in all caps, “israel is involved in oppression all over the world not just in Palestine…” A yellow arrow points right underneath the title. End ID

ID 2: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE - 1994

ISRAEL EXPORTED SUBSTANTIAL WEAPONS AND ARMS TO THE HUTU MILITIAS WHO MASSACRED OVER 1 MILLION TUTSI CIVILIANS IN RWANDA ACROSS THE DURATION OF 100 DAYS.

WEAPONS USED IN THE GENOCIDE INCLUDED ISRAELI-MADE 5.56MM BULLETS, RIFLES AND GRENADES. THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE IS RECOGNISED AS THE WORST GENOCIDE IN MODERN HISTORY. ISRAEL HAS REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THEIR ARMS EXPORTS TO RWANDA BEFORE AND DURING THE GENOCIDE, FEARING PROSECUTION.”

Black and white photos below are shown of various Rwandan children in graveyards or in makeshift tents just trying to get by. End ID.

ID 3: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 1948 - 1994

ISRAEL WAS A STAUNCH ALLY TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID REGIME, PROVIDING ANTI-RIOT VEHICLES AND ARMS TO USE AGAINST THE NATIVE BLACK POPULATION, ASSISTING THE REGIME IN CREATING NUCLEAR BOMBS AND ISRAEL ALSO OPPOSED THE GLOBAL EMBARGO AND BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA.

FOR DECADES, THE ZIONIST FEDERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA HONOURED MEN SUCH AS PERCY YUTAR, WHO PROSECUTED NELSON MANDELA FOR SABOTAGE AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE STATE IN 1963 AND SENT HIM TO JAIL FOR LIFE. (FOR WHICH HE SERVED 27 YEARS)”

Black and white photos below showcase a Black man being held in a chokehold by a white man, two Black people on their knees and hands up trying not to get shot, and a sign that reads in english and afrikaans “white area.” End ID.

ID 4: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

MAYAN GENOCIDE 1960 - 1996

THROUGHOUT THE GUATEMALAN CIVIL WAR FROM 1960-1996, OVER 200,000+ INDIGENOUS MAYANS WERE MURDERED BY STATE FORCES, AND OVER ONE MILLION MORE DISPLACED, IN WHAT IS REFERRED TO TODAY AS THE MAYAN GENOCIDE.

THE GUATEMALAN STATE FORCES RESPONSIBLE WERE ARMED AND TRAINED BY ISRAEL. WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SUSPENDED MILITARY FUNDING TO THE GUATEMALAN STATE FORCES IN 1977 IN THE MIDST OF THE MAYAN GENOCIDE, ISRAEL GAVE THEM OVER $38 BILLION WORTH OF ARMS TO FILL THE GAP. THE 'GALIL' ASAULT RIFLE, AN ISRAELI-MADE WEAPON, WAS STANDARD ISSUE FOR THE GUATEMALAN ARMY BY 1980, WITH THE STATE OWNED SMALL-ARMS PRODUCTION FACILITY IN ALTA VERAPAZ PRODUCING ITS AMMUNITION UNDER ISRAELI ARMS LICENCES.”

Below are multiple in-color photos of Mayan families mourning, one photo in particular which shows indigenous Mayans carrying a seemingly endless line of coffins off into the distance. End ID.

ID 5: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

SREBRENICA - 1995

ALSO KNOWN AS THE SREBRENICA GENOCIDE. IN 1995 OVER 8,000+ BOSNIAN MUSLIMS WERE MASSACRED BY SERBIAN ARMY FORCES ARMED AND TRAINED BY ISRAEL. SERBIAN FORCES ETHNICALLY CLEANSED OVER 250,000+ MUSLIMS IN TOTAL ACROSS CROATIA AND BOSNIA.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WERE WOUNDED, STARVED, WOMEN WERE MASS RAPED AND MANY WERE INCARCERATED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENOCIDE FLED TO ISRAEL, WHERE THEY WERE GRANTED ISRAELI CITIZENSHIP IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST AND PROSECUTION FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.”

Once again, the in-color photos below show various peoples mourning. Two of the photos specifically show people reaching their hands out over extremely long lists of just names of people who have died. End ID.

ID 6: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

TRAINING U.S. POLICE

SINCE 1990, HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING AGENTS FROM THE FBI, CIA AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE), HAVE EITHER BEEN SENT TO ISRAEL THROUGH POLICE TRAINING EXCHANGES, OR ATTENDED SUMMITS WITHIN THE U.S. THAT WERE SPONSORED BY ISRAELI LOBBY ORGANISATIONS.

THE KNEE-TO-NECK 'RESTRAINT' THAT DEREK CHAUVIN MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD WITH, IS OFTEN USED BY ISRAELI POLICE AND SOLIDERS AGAINST PALESTINIANS.

BLACK LIVES MATTER.”

Photos below are in-color and show various B.L.M. protests. End ID.

ID 7: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

ARMING INDIA'S VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR

INDIA IS ISRAEL'S LARGEST ARMS CLIENT, MAKING UP OVER 45% OF ISRAEL'S ARMS SALES. BUYING ISRAELI AMMUNITION AND AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILES, ON THE PREMISE THEY HAVE BEEN 'BATTLE-TESTED' ON PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. ISRAEL PROVIDES INDIA WITH THE ARMS INDIA USES TO MILITARILY OCCUPY KASHMIR AND BRUTALISE KASHMIRI'S.

SINCE 1989, OVER 100,000+ KASHMIRIS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY INDIAN FORCES. WITH OVER 7,200+ KASHMIRIS BEING MURDERED IN INDIAN POLICE CUSTODY, OVER 110,000+ KASHMIRI CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORPHANED, AND MORE THAN 11,000+ KASHMIRI WOMEN HAVE BEEN RAPED BY INDIAN OCCUPATION FORCES. IN ADDITION, OVER 7,000+ UNNAMED MASS GRAVES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS.”

The photos below show israel and india’s leaders shaking hands and various armed indian soldiers stopping Kashmiris for unnecessary checks. End ID.

ID 8: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

PINOCHET COUP - CHILE 1973

CIA BACKED DICTATOR, AUGUSTO PINOCHET TOOK OVER CHILE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1973. OVERTHROWING ITS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT, SALVADOR ALLENDE. THE NEXT DAY HIS FORCES BEGAN KIDNAPPING ANYONE THEY SUSPECTED OF BEING LEFT WING AND PLACED THEM IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

PINOCHET'S SECRET POLICE, DINA (DIRECCION DE INTELIGENCIA NACIONAL) RAN THOSE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND TORTURE CENTRES, AND THEY FREQUENTLY ABDUCTED, 'DISAPPEARED' AND EXECUTED CHILEAN CIVILIANS. ISRAEL TRAINED DINA AND WAS ALSO ONE OF PINOCHET'S MAIN ARMS SUPPLIERS.”

Black and white photos below showcase various scenes of armed DINA officers, with one photo in particular showing them in a tank over bodies on the ground, presumably dead. End ID.

ID 9: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

ETHNICALLY CLEANSING ARMENIANS - ONGOING

ISRAEL HAS BEEN FUNDING AND ARMING AZERBAIJAN'S MILITARY SINCE 1988, ARMS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO KILL ARMENIAN CIVILIANS THROUGHOUT AZERBAIJAN'S ONGOING ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ARTSAKH. THE ISRAELI REGIME SUPPLIES AZERBAIJAN WITH OVER 70% OF ITS MILITARY ARSENAL.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE ARMS TO KILL ARMENIANS, ISRAEL ALSO REFUSES TO RECOGNISE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, COMMITTED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (TURKEY) FROM 1914-1923, WHO SYSTEMATICALLY MURDERED OVER 1.5 MILLION ARMENIAN CIVILIANS.”

Photos below show israel and azerbaijan’s leaders shaking hands, azerbaijan’s soldiers menacingly standing in front of someone wrapped in an Armenian flag, and Armenians mourning over a shrine with their flags all around them. End ID.

ID 10: In all caps, “THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IS CONNECTED TO STRUGGLES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

BECAUSE OPPRESSORS LIKE ISRAEL ARE NOT ONLY UPHOLDING OPPRESSION AGAINST ONE POPULATION, ITS ALWAYS INTERCONNECTED TO OPPRESSING MANY MORE.

FREE PALESTINE.” No photos at the bottom of this slide. End ID.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#Baturday 🦇:

Vessel with Bat Heads

Maya: Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Cobán or vicinity, 650–850 CE

Slip-painted ceramic

6 × 7 × 7 in. (15.24 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm)

LACMA M.90.168.18

[xinyats]

From which department of Guatemala I think the Gaang are from (because I'm bored).

Zuko - Quiche

Aang - Alta Verapaz

Katara - Izabal

Toph - Escuintla

Sokka - El progreso

[flagwars]

Regional Flag Wars: Round 1

Welcome to the Regional Flag Wars! It will focus on the flags of regions/administrative divisions, with one flag being allowed per country. This tournament has been a long time coming, as I’ve been holding many preliminary rounds to decide the best regional flags of various countries over the past year, including the tournaments the Japanese Prefecture Flag Wars and the Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars. This tournament is one of my largest, with 82 flags and six rounds. The first round will begin this week. I hope everyone is excited to vote for the greatest regional flag in the world!

Round 1:

1. Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala vs. Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

2. Yucatán, Mexico vs. Alexandria Governate, Egypt

3. Nakuru County, Kenya vs. Panevėžys County, Lithuania vs. San José Department, Uruguay

4. South Ostrobothnia, Finland vs. Hirshabelle, Somalia

5. Northern Territory, Australia vs. Vysočina Region, Czechia vs. Bali, Indonesia

6. Azores, Portugal vs. Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia vs. Lower Austria, Austria

7. Brod-Posavina County, Croatia vs. Olancho Department, Honduras vs. Chuvashia, Russia

8. Brest Region, Belarus vs. Sicily, Italy vs. Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan

9. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria vs. Amambay Department, Paraguay

10. Sarawak, Malaysia vs. Bukidnon, Philippines vs. Bratislava Region, Slovakia

11. Kosrae State, Micronesia vs. South Darfur, Sudan vs. Saare County, Estonia

12. Mpumalanga, South Africa vs. Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand

13. Gagauzia, Moldova vs. Chontales Department, Nicaragua

14. Adjara, Georgia vs. Grande Comore, Comoros vs. Wallonia, Belgium

15. Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates vs. Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Magallanes Region, Chile

16. Töv Province, Mongolia vs. Balochistan, Pakistan vs. Tocantins, Brazil

17. Amhara Region, Ethiopia vs. Covasna County, Romania vs. Canton of Bern, Switzerland

18. New Brunswick, Canada vs. Angaur, Palau

19. San Jose Province, Costa Rica vs. Macedonia, Greece vs. Occitania, France

20. Saga Prefecture, Japan vs. Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands

21. Greenland, Denmark vs. La Libertad Department, El Salvador

22. Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine vs. Central Equatoria, South Sudan

23. Valencia, Spain vs. Coclé Province, Panama

24. Mon State, Myanmar vs. Malampa Province, Vanuatu

25. Lublin Voivodeship, Poland vs. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador

26. Uva Province, Sri Lanka vs. Zulia, Venezuela vs. Agder, Norway

27. Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan vs. Friesland, Netherlands vs. Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

28. Leicestershire, United Kingdom vs. Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands

29. Bavaria, Germany vs. Kukës County, Albania vs. Kalmar County, Sweden

30. Department of Cuzco, Peru vs. Vojvodina, Serbia vs. Heves County, Hungary

31. Alaska, United States vs. Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon vs. Grand Gedeh County, Liberia

32. Otago, New Zealand vs. Boyacá Department, Colombia vs. Connacht, Ireland

[callmeanxietygirl]

🇲🇽Soy

A mi no me crearon con barro,

yo fui hecho de maíz, 🌽

soy dualidad espina,

🐍 serpiente de plumas,

soy un camino de estrellas

que nace en la selva Petenera,

Palin, Quiché, Verapaz, otros más, Chiapaneca,

desierto de Sonora soy,

nevado del Ajusco,

🌊 soy dos mares,

pájaro de cuatrocientas voces soy.

El primero en voltear cuando gritan "indio"

🌋 Soy volcán de agua,

bosque michoacano,

selva petenera,

un rastro de antigüedad,

soy cobre al ponerse el sol, ☀️

pasado y futuro soy,

humo frente al fogón,

soy la nostalgia del recuerdo,

la razón y la impotencia soy.

Soy modernidad, espíritu, raíz y ciencia,

las palabras que susurra el viento soy,

dignidad, orgullo e intuición,

Yo no fui hecho de barro,

hecho de maíz yo soy.

🇲🇽Mayas y Aztecas🇲🇽

Fuente: XIU _ Blogger

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Síguenos 👉🏼 México y sus Pueblos Mágicos

[iseo58]

Doña Anastacia, a distinguished woman wearing a beautiful huipil which she mad, Verapaz Guatemala

[michaelcerasofficial]

The pools of Semuc Champey in Alta Verapaz / Guatemala

[travelella]

Semuc Champey Natural Monument, San Agustín Lanquín, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

Alexander Schimmeck

[xibalbamerch]

Xibalba Merch

Xibalba (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃiɓalˈɓa]), roughly translated as "place of fright",[1] is the name of the underworld (or K'iche': Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a cave in the vicinity of Cobán, Guatemala. Buy Xibalba Merch Here!

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[claubenaventer]

El Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB), en coordinación con el Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas (MINFIN), realizó el octavo pago de incentivos forestales del año 2024 por un monto de Q. 55 millones 699 mil 732.69. Este pago benefició a 4 mil 397 familias, a través de los 544 mil 735 jornales generados, equivalentes a 2 mil 018 empleos en el área rural. Con este desembolso, se ha incentivado el establecimiento, mantenimiento y manejo sostenible de 3 mil 948 proyectos, equivalentes a 22 mil 307.85 hectáreas en todo el país, especialmente en Petén, Baja Verapaz y Quiché. Estos proyectos incluyen diversas modalidades, tales como plantaciones forestales, sistemas agroforestales, restauración y manejo de bosque natural con fines de producción y protección. Además, se favoreció principalmente a poseedores individuales, municipalidades y empresas forestales. MINFIN acredita los fondos directamente a las cuentas de los beneficiarios, con previa certificación del INAB, que garantiza el cumplimiento de compromisos para la recuperación, protección y manejo de los bosques. “Gracias a los programas de Incentivos Forestales, Pinpep y Probosque, se ha evitado la deforestación de 18 mil 976.34 hectáreas de bosque natural bajo manejo de protección y producción en todo el país. Además, se han incentivado 1 mil 193.65 hectáreas de sistemas agroforestales, mismos que contribuyen con la seguridad alimentaria en áreas rurales vulnerables. Con esta y otras acciones, INAB reafirma su compromiso con las familias guatemaltecas, quienes trabajan por una Guatemala con Más Bosques, Más Vida”, indicó el ingeniero Rony Granados, gerente del INAB. El incentivo es en cumplimiento del Decreto Legislativo 51-2010 “Ley de Incentivos para Poseedores de Pequeñas Extensiones de Tierra de Vocación Forestal o Agroforestal (PINPEP)” y con el Decreto Legislativo 2-2015 “Ley de Fomento al Establecimiento, Recuperación, Restauración, Manejo, Producción y Protección de Bosques en Guatemala (PROBOSQUE)”.

[laprensitadecoban]

Accidente de Transito en Coban, Alta Verapaz.

[dakotaibrahim]

Guatemala Receives Global Assistance to Address Wildfires

News accounts of fires burning across the highlands of Guatemala appeared in the international press. By May 2024, data reported that these fires had spread across approximately 157.5 square miles (40,802 hectares) of land. The international community responded through Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) funding, among other measures, to assist Guatemalans.

The government recorded 2,363 fires throughout the country. Beginning in February 2024, fires burned across the Guatemalan forested landscape in Siete Orejas, a volcano that has not erupted for thousands of years. Another raging wildfire broke out at the Agua Volcano, again destroying hundreds of acres of forests surrounding the volcano. Other areas the fires impacted were Huehuetenango, Quiche, Sacatepéquez, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Totonicapán, El Progreso, Baja Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, and Zacapa.

Wildfire season in Guatemala typically lasts three months, beginning in February. Researchers have yet to know why these fires break out throughout the country. However, some believe that the root causes are related to farmers clearing the land to grow new crops. Because rainfall decreases during the dry season, these fires spread into the forests to become great conflagrations. An April 2024 AP News report stated that 80 percent of the forest fires that spread this season stemmed from farmers clearing the land.

By April 2024, President Bernardo Arevalo declared a natural disaster after forest fires climbed to 44. Wildfires cleared the land, damaging the plants and animals in these areas. Further, the fires in Siete Orejas destroyed plant species native to the area, including the "pinabete" commonly called the Guatemalan fir. It affected these natural ecosystems, and authorities in three of the country's central provinces canceled classes after smoke covered the area. One of the largest fires was near a suburb of Guatemala City.

In response to these fires, which have caused the president to make this declaration, the international community is offering its assistance through funding and manpower. In April 2024, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) provided the Guatemalan government with $78,848 to assist with helping the country during this emergency, more specifically to help them devise solutions that might control the spread of these fires. By this time, the alert code had been orange, signaling the phenomenon had reached crisis levels. The situation had become so critical after winds and topographical conditions exacerbated the problem.

In June 2024, CABEI added another $100,000 to the funding in April, increasing the total to $178,848. With the support of the United Nations Development Program, the Guatemalan government will use this funding to implement aerial firefighting strategies and other measures to contain the spread of these fires and minimize fire impact on communities. Guatemala is one of CABEI's founding countries, which is one reason the organization has given its support in the country's time of need. In 2024, the Guatemalan National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) deployed land and air operations to fight, contain, and stop the spread of wildfires to safeguard natural resources.

Finally, before this year's wildfire season, the US and Guatemalan governments joined forces to prepare for natural disasters, including wildfires. In June 2022, US Agency Joint Task Force-Bravo, CONRED, and representatives from the Guatemalan military trained to prepare for crises like this year's wildfires. On June 8-9, the three groups held exercises to prepare for humanitarian and disaster relief events. While the exercise focused on weather-related events, CONRED used some of this training to galvanize departmental governments, municipalities, and community organizations to deal with wildfires. During the June 2022 training, CONRED teams faced different situations that might impact the outcome of a scenario. They also discussed lessons from past emergencies, which became helpful during the 2024 wildfire season.

[mayatecum]

El respetado Kajawxel Isabel Piox Ismalej de Rabinal Baja Verapaz, pidió en vida ser sepultado conforme la tradición milenaria maya de sepultar a los muertos en un POP (Petate y Tapesco), el cual fue hecho por sus familiares tal como el pidió.

Esta sepultura de forma ancestral maya ha asombrado a grandes y pequeños, y viene a hacer un gran ejemplo para todos los mayas para seguir, y así evitar esa mala costumbre que trajeron los invasores de sepultar a los muertos en cajas e invertir en la caja del muerto demasiado dinero.

Cuando vemos hoy en día cómo sepultan a los muertos en las comunidades mayas, realmente es alarmante ya que inviertan 10, 15. 20 hasta 30 mil quetzales en la caja para un muerto, cantidades inauditos y exorbitantes, mientras en la familia del muerto quedan muchos en la pobreza, y en la miseria.

sin duda es tiempo que todos los mayas seamos realistas y aceptemos que un muerto ya no puede disfrutar de ningún deleite o comodidad de muerto y en la tumba.

Nuestros ancestros los mayas lo sabían por eso ellos sepultaron a sus muertos de forma sencilla y con elementos de la naturaleza sin tanto gasto y desperdicio.

Este gran ejemplo del Tat Piox Ixmalej de pedir ser sepultado en forma ancestral es un gran ejemplo y una gran señal y un gran mensaje de nuestras abuelas y abuelos mayas que es tiempo de volver en nuestras raíces mayas en la forma de sepultarnos y sepultar a todos nuestros muertos.

Sinceramente: https://mayatecum.com/tiendamt/