Chimaltenango, Guatemala — Central America
Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
1. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
This view shows the front of the monument.
de mártires que lucharon por la
paz con justicia social del pueblo
maya kaqchikel y no maya
que fueron:
secuestrados, desaparecidos,
torturados, masacrados y asesinados
por las fuerzas represivas
de los últimos 36 años
“Del oriente venimos y al oriente vamos” Pop Vuh
Bienaventurados los pacificadores porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios Sn. Mateo 5:9
Por la Cabecera Departamental · Manuel Saquic Vasquez · Joselino Xoyon
Por El Tejar · Alejandro Guevara
Por Yepocapa · Cecilio Tejax · Estanislado Tucubal Cuxil
Por Patzicia · Arturo Esquit · Transito Gabriel Pichiya · Margarita Sunuc · Pedro Atz · Felipe Chali · Felipe Atz · Maria Librada Atz · Maria N. Alvarez Azabal · Cruz Atz · Elena Alvarez · Camilo Atz · Hilarion Atz
Por San Andres Itzapa · Pedro Gonzalez
Por San Martin Jilotepeque · Roberto Xinguaque · Felipe Alvarez · Vicente Hernandez
Homenaje por la
Coordinadora Departamental
Chimalteca por la Paz
en concilio por la firma de la paz firme y duradera
Prebiterio Kaqchikel
this page online
Iglesia Episcopal Chimaltenango
CONAVIGUA Chimaltenango
Frente Democratico Nueva Guatemala Departamental
Xoloail Tinamit Chimaltenango
ACIOICO Chimaltenango
STINOC de Chimaltenango
STEAC de Chimaltenango
Asociacion Campesino San Andres Itzapa
Alcadia San Martin Jilotepeque
Chimaltenango, enero 18 de 1997
Por Santa Apolonia · Francisco Sisimit
Por Patzun · Abel Queche · Carlos Sincal Ajuchan · Lazaro Macia · Roberto Batz
Por Santa Cruz Balanya · Ex. Alcalde Marcelo Coroy · Prof. Jaime Alvarado
Por: Tecpan Guatemala · David Baquiax · Santiago e Salazar · Victoria Velasquez · Gonzales Zalazar · Pedro Salazar · Marcel Ambrosio · Santiago Pichiya · Paulo Pichiya · Lionardo Pichiya · Vicente Hernandez · Julio Estrada · Juan Tzoy · Fernandez Tzoy
Por San Juan Comalapa · Nehemias Cumes · Pascual Serech · Encarnacion Velasquez · Gabriel Velasquez · Juan Garcia · Gregorio Cuxil· Juan Bautista Catu · Juan Ovalle · Eulalio Cumes · Patrocinio Bal Tuyuc · Cristobal Cutzal · Felix Elias · Patricio Elias · Manuel V. Bal Tuyuc · Nicolas Bal Tuyuc · Julio T. Sajcabun · Factor Lopez · Juan F. Cutzal Sotz · Felipe P. Saquiquel · Rodrigo Cun Bal · Santiago Cun Bal · Eduardo Ambrosio · Spolinario Curuchiche · Andres Luch · Nicolas Gonzales · Eliseo Ordon · Carlos Pichiya · Joaquin Pablo · Emilio Pichiya · Lazaro Chex · Celestina
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
2. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
This view, also on the front of the monument at its base, shows the many sponsoring organizations.
En homenaje al compañero comandante
Rolando Moran
Ricardo Arnoldo Ramirez de Leon
por su insustituible contribución a la paz,
la unidad y la reconciliación nacional.
Lo mas hermoso
para los que han combatido su vida entera,
es llegar al final y decir;
creimos en el hombre y la vida
y la vida y el hombre
jamas nos defraudaron.
Otto Rene Castillo
¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
Chimaltenango, 20 de octubre de 1998
“From the east we come and back to the east we return” Popul Vuh
Blessed are the peacemakers because they will be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9
Names of the victims and representatives by area municipalities
Names of sponsoring
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
3. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
This view shows the reverse of the monument.
In tribute to our companion and commander
Rolando Morán
Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León
for his contributions, that can not be substituted, to peace,
unity and national reconciliation.
The most beautiful thing
for those that have fought their whole lives,
is to arrive at the end and say;
we believed in the people and in life
and life and the people never let us down.
Otto Rene Castillo
Onward to Victory!
Chimaltenango, October 20, 1998
Erected 1997.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is October 20, 1998.
Location. 14° 39.673′ N, 90° 49.165′ W. Marker is in Chimaltenango. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Calle Real and 1a Avenida. The marker and monument is just south of the fountain at the Central Park of Chimaltenango. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chimaltenango 04001, Guatemala. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. José Simeon Cañas (a few steps from this marker); General Justo Rufino Barrios (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint Sebastian Catholic Church of El Tejar (approx. 3.5 kilometers away); Canadian Assistance after the 1976 Earthquake (approx. 5.3 kilometers away); The 20th Anniversary of the Guatemalan Peace Accords
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
4. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
This view, also on the reverse of the monument at its base, was added in 1998 and is dedicated to Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, aka Commander Rolando Morán of the URNG.
Additional commentary.
1. Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León
Comandante Rolando Morán (December 29, 1929 – September 11, 1998) was the nom de guerre of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, leader of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG), an armed Guatemalan resistance organization. At the time of his death he held the post of Secretary General of the URNG. Born in Quetzaltenango in 1929, Ramírez studied law at the National University of San Carlos. At the end of the 1940s he became active as a counselor in the road construction trade union. He joined the Communist Party of Guatemala during the democratic period of the country (1944–54). It was in this time that he became acquainted with Che Guevara, who was touring the country. This was the beginning of a friendship of many
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
5. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
Ramírez began to fight Guatemala's rightist dictatorship after leftist president Jacóbo Árbenz was overthrown by a U.S.-sponsored 1954 military coup. He was one of the organizers of the Guerrilla Army of the Poor in 1972, one of the four organizations which later formed the URNG. An unparalleled destruction campaign by the army under the 1982-83 presidency of General Efraín Ríos Montt, however, put an end to Ramírez's hopes for armed resistance against the government, and it became clear to him that the end of the armed conflict could be attained probably only by a negotiated solution.
Ramírez was involved in the peace process between the guerrillas and the government that restored democracy to Guatemala on December 29, 1996 and ended a 36-year-long civil war. After living many years in exile, President Álvaro Arzú allowed him to return to the country, and the URNG become a legal political party. Jointly with Arzú, he received the 1996 UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize. Ramírez died in Guatemala City in 1998. Adapted from Wikipedia
— Submitted May 21, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
6. Chimaltenango Memorial to the Victims of Guatemala's Armed Conflict Marker
The monument is topped by this statue of a woman in local indigenous dress holding a broken rifle over her head, symbolizing the end of war.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
7. The Parish of Our Lady of Santa Anna Catholic Church, just to the northeast of the marker.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, February 18, 2017
8. Interior of the Parish of Our Lady of Santa Anna Catholic Church of Chimaltenango.
La Iglesia Católica de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana de Chimaltenango.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on May 21, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
