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2. Joyabaj - Wikipedia

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   Joyabaj was an important part of the royal route to Mexico during the Spanish time. On February 4, 1976, the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake. Most of its beautiful colonial houses and buildings were lost and hundreds of people died. Joyabaj was also hit hard by the civil war that lasted about 30 years in Guatemala.

3. Anastasia Mejía - Wikipedia

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   Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz (born c. 1970) is a Guatemalan Kʼicheʼ journalist who reports on indigenous affairs in the town of Joyabaj.She received international attention in 2020 when she was arrested and charged with sedition after reporting on a protest against the municipal government; the charges were dropped in 2021.

4. Santa María Nebaj - Wikipedia

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   Santa María Nebaj (Spanish pronunciation:; usually abbreviated to Nebaj) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.Santa María Nebaj is part of the Ixil Community, along with San Juan Cotzal and San Gaspar Chajul.

5. Pachalum - Wikipedia

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   After the revolution against field marshal Vicente Cerna y Cerna in 1871, the families of the revolutionary leaders that helped the Liberal revolt asked Joyabaj mayor that their settlement became a village, which was granted on 9 August 1872.

6. Assassinated Catholic priests in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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   List of assassinated and forcibly disappeared Roman Catholic priests working in Guatemala. Name ... Parish priest of Joyabaj: 10 July 1980 Assassinated [7] [8] [9 ...

7. Kʼicheʼ language - Wikipedia

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   ' our language ' among its speakers), or Quiché (/ k iː ˈ tʃ eɪ / kee-CHAY [2]), is a Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands in Guatemala and Mexico. With over a million speakers (some 7% of Guatemala's population), Kʼicheʼ is the second most widely-spoken language in the country, after Spanish.

8. Living on One Dollar - Wikipedia

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   The project did not start out as a film, but rather short YouTube videos that went viral, amassing over 650,000 views on the platform. [3] Inspired by the response, the four college friends produced a 56-minute film from the experience.

9. Zacualpa - Wikipedia

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   Many place names in Guatemala, including the name of the country, are Nahuatl names imposed by the conquering Spaniards, using words given to them by their Mexican allies. Sac in Maya means white, however, and the legend is that the white sediments in the banks and hills above the Polochic River are the origin of Sac Wal B'a.