Guatemala: Song of the Quetzal: guatemala007

Two-thousand campesinos, or farmers, from the northern Guatemalan state of Alta Verapaz, walk an 8-day journey to the capital to protest land grabbing by corporations for mining and palm oil trees, in Sanarate, Guatemala, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. In December 2010, Guatemala's government declared a three-month state of siege in Alta Verapaz. The state, an area just north of capital city, has been overrun with large criminal gangs and violence, especially the Zetas.

Two-thousand campesinos, or farmers, from the northern Guatemalan state of Alta Verapaz, walk an 8-day journey to the capital to protest land grabbing by corporations for mining and palm oil trees, in Sanarate, Guatemala, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. In December 2010, Guatemala's government declared a three-month state of siege in Alta Verapaz. The state, an area just north of capital city, has been overrun with large criminal gangs and violence, especially the Zetas.