Guatemala, April 1986; The Guatemalan army began a civil military programme - here a radio announcer turned army captain mixes army propaganda with music from the town hall roof on market day, San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango.

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Guatemala, April 1986; The Guatemalan army began a civil military programme in an attempt to improve their disasterous image with the rural population. Here Captain Mario Mendizabal, a radio announcer until co-opted into the army by President Rios Montt, intersperses propaganda with music from the town hall roof on market day, San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango.

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