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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.
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.
José de Alvarado —relative of conquistador Pedro de Alvarado— was given from the Kingdom of Guatemala authorities more than one hundred fifty acres of land in the Santa María Xoyavaj region, dando origen a los establecimientos de colonizadores españoles en la región.
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.
Rita is a 2024 dark fantasy horror film written, co-produced, co-edited and directed by Jayro Bustamante. [1] It stars Giuliana Santa Cruz as a 13-year-old girl who, fleeing from her abusive father, is trapped in an institution managed by the state from whence she plans to escape with her cellmates in a violent act.
Taylor Swift shared on her Instagram story that she has donated to 10 organizations in the Los Angeles area, which is experiencing widespread wildfire devastation. "The fires in California have ...
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María García Granados y Saborío (1860 – May 10, 1878), also known as La Niña de Guatemala ("The Girl of Guatemala"), was a Guatemalan socialite, daughter of General Miguel García Granados, who was President of Guatemala from 1871 to 1873 and whose house served as a gathering for the top artists and writers of the time.