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  • Small rooms from metal sheets are the new home of thousands of laborers who arrived to work to these agricultural fields in northern Mexico. They do not have measures of hygiene in the fields and live in overcrowded conditions, Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • A migrant recovers in the Casa del Migrante after a mouth surgery after a many days of toothache, in Arriaga, Mexico, April 17, 2013.
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  • A Honduran immigrant couple embraces next to the railroad while waits for the train, in Mexico City, May 20, 2008.
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  • Portrait of a woman during an illegal drag race competition at the night in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 13, 2011.
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  • A migrant calls his family in a shelter and asks for money to continue his journey to the United States in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on October 5, 2008.
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  • A migrant picks up a piece of cardboard that will use later to protect himself from the cold while travels at top of train, in State of Mexico, Mexico, May 20, 2008.
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  • A young migrant with a backpack walks waiting for the train around loading station. At this moment, he achieved to arrive to Mexico City, however there is still a long journey to do for reaching the U.S. border, in Mexico City, May 20, 2008.
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  • Two young men practice dance choreographies at an academy while their friends watch them in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, April 7, 2011.
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  • A table dance manager performs a ritual with fire to attract lucky and money for his business during working hours in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • A group supports to the Toros Neza soccer team during a game in the Neza 86 Stadium in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 13, 2011.
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  • Portrait of a man who works like scavenger in the garbage dump in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, January 20, 2012.
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  • Inside of the Casa del Migrante Scalabrini, three Honduran migrants observe in a Mexico’s map the route to reach the United States, in Tapachula, Mexico, February 22, 2013.
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  • Migrants atop the freight trains travel without protection. They are vulnerable to be hit by trees, wind, rain and hot sun, so the tiredness sometimes overcomes and fall down on tracks. The dream ends. That dream of supporting to their families that left behind. in Arriaga, Mexico, January 21, 2008.
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  • A migrant group waits the train departure in Arriaga, Mexico, April 21, 2013.
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  • A migrant climb up to the train in movement. Migrants fall down on the train tracks frequently and suffer serious injuries where lose their legs, arms, even their lives, in State of Mexico, Mexico, May 20, 2008.
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  • A Honduran immigrant smokes a cigarette and cover himself from the raining with a piece of cardboard while waits beside of the railroad to climb "the beast" or "train of death", referring to the freight train where thousands of migrants travel with the intention of reaching to United States, in State of Mexico, Mexico, August 20, 2008.
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  • Central American migrants gather around a campfire to warm their hands while wait the departure time of the train to continue their journey to the north, in State of Mexico, Mexico, September 20, 2008.
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  • Carlos Ortez from El Salvador rests inside a shelter for migrants, after several days traveled through mountains and villages inside Mexico; behind on the wall, a painting of Virgin of Guadalupe in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, October 6, 2008.
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  • A group of migrants plays a board game with an improvised board and chips in the Casa del Migrante in Arriaga, Mexico, April 17, 2013.
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  • The Suchiate River in the border of Mexico and Guatemala is the black market point between both countries, and also allows the crossing of thousands of Central American migrants who have the goal of reaching to United States, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, January 24, 2008.
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  • People cross by raft the Suchiate River illegally, under the Talisman checkpoint between Guatemala and Mexico in Talisman, Mexico, February 23, 2013.
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  • A man holds a little girl for crossing the border under the Talisman checkpoint between Guatemala and Mexico illegally, in Talisman, Mexico, April 18, 2013.
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  • A young man teaches dance choreographies for a women group for a fifteenth birthday party in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, June 28, 2012.
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  • A dancer during her show inside a nightclub in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • A group works inside a house of clothes dressmaking. The economic activity is informal mainly and people work behind closed doors to avoid taxes payment due to the large-scale production in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 17, 2009.
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  • Ana Maria Torres Ramirez during her training in Mexico City, April 7, 2011. Ana Maria is well known as La Guerrera in the boxing circuit; she is one of most prominent athlete from Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl. She is world champion and maintains a gym where trains inexpensively children and youth from the community.
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  • A wrestler adjust his mask after have suffered a fall in the ring. The street shows like wrestling attract public of any age in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, November 27, 2009.
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  • A woman sells female underwear in one of the 45 informal markets that are placed by the streets of Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • Two youth sell clothes at an informal market in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 14, 2011.
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  • People watch inside of a room that was used to hide migrants kidnapped by a group of criminals and the police, in Lara Grajales, Mexico, October 13, 2008.
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  • A migrant sleeps over the railroad waiting for the train departure in Arriaga, Mexico. April 21, 2013.
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  • A woman sets fire to keep warm while waits the next train arrival in México City, May 20, 2008.
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  • At morning, a migrant shaves his face before to leave the shelter where the migrants stay for some days for resting. Many shelters across Mexico help to the migrants during their journey to reach to United States. Arriaga, Mexico, January 20, 2008.
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  • A young woman travels by motorcycle at night as part of her fifteenth birthday celebration in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, April 2, 2011.
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  • A young woman dances with some friends during her fifteenth birthday celebration in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, April 2, 2011.
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  • A dancer walks above some symbols used in a ritual to attract lucky and money during working hours at a lap-dancing club in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • A man gives the start signal for two cars competing in speed illegal racing through the streets at midnight in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 13, 2011.
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  • A man makes a tattoo in the shoulder of other one into a tattoo study in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 11, 2011.
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  • Students gather with friends at the streets in the evening in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 29, 2011.
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  • A boy plays with a ball in a basketball court. The public places and sport places are few in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 29, 2011.
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  • A group of migrants gather beside train tracks under a bridge near to Mexico City where they have to bear the cold at dawn and be alert when train is getting close, in State of Mexico, Mexico, September 20, 2008.
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  • A man is lying down beside the railroad waiting for the train departure in the station of Arriaga, Mexico, April 21, 2013.
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  • Liseth Elvira Lopez Hernandez, 22, after two months of recovery, rests into a room of the Albergue Buen Pastor. Her husband was killed in a car accident years ago in Guatemala, after that, Elvira attempted to reach the U.S. but fell down from the train on movement and lost her right leg, in Tapachula, Mexico, April 20, 2013.
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  • A young woman adjusts his sport shoes before to go to the dance floor during her fifteenth birthday celebration in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, April 2, 2011.
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  • A woman works copying the registered marks of clothes to sell like copies at large scale. Most people work informally into their houses, in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 17, 2009.
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  • A soccer player of Toros Neza team into the locker room after finishing the training. Toros Neza team is a professional soccer team that plays in the first division of Mexican soccer in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 30, 2011.
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  • A man wears a mask during his rounds on motorcycle in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, April 2, 2011.
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  • Portrait of a young man with piercings on his face in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, March 31, 2011.
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  • Al frente policías tradicionales con “chuj” blanco, sombrero, báculo en la espalda y soga dentro del “chuj”.<br />
Les siguen los escribanos con “chuj” blanco, sombrero y cinturón de cuero. Atrás el H. Consejo Municipal, que portan “chuj” negro, sombrero con listones y bastón de mando. Juntos se dirigen al cabildo, después de participar en los ritos en casa del Paxon del barrio de San Juan. desde el balcón presidencial observarán los tres recorridos que los patones y su comitiva darán a la plaza.
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  • Breves momentos para beber agua en medio de su jornada de trabajo de 10 horas diarias representan el descanso para niños y niñas en los campos agricolas de Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • Una procesión de mujeres rarámuris con atuendos coloridos sale con la virgen de Dolores por las calles de Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
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  • The women throw the blows with force to the face, the one who receives them frequently closes her eyes in pain and even drenched in blood do not give up, they continue to fight.<br />
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In the indigenous Nahua community of La Esperanza in Mexico, people maintain the tradition of fighting to ask for rain and obtaining a good harvest season. The people of La Esperanza and nearby communities gather in the afternoon in the middle of a field of sowing set up as a battlefield. Men and women fight with their fists and the blows are aimed at the face. His blood represents the fertility of the earth and when it falls into the furrows it becomes the sacred liquid that will germinate the corn plant.
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  • La gente observa el paseo de toros en la plaza principal de san Juan Chamula.
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 13, 2013: Supporters of Libre Party presidential candidate, Xiomara Castro, hold up flags and wait to go towards their candidate's rally in Siguatepeque, Honduras. Castro, wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, is running for Honduran presidential elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 12, 2013: People stand next to election banners promoting National Party candidates during a rally in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras will hold general elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • Las mujeres atienden a sus familias que viven en condiciones de pobreza y hacinamiento. Viven en pequeñas galeras de 4m2 construidas de lámina, donde duermen, cocinan y comen.
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  • Un joven se arregla en el interior de su hogar durante su estadia en los campos agricolas. Estos cuartos donde viven familas enteras son muy reducidos. Culiacan, Sinaloa. 2008.
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  • Un hombre lanza un muñeco de tamaño natural relleno de pasto seco, vestido con saco formal, botas vaqueras puntiagudas y sombrero blanco que representa al Judas-mestizo al final de la Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 11 de abril de 2009.
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  • Un joven trabaja dentro de un socavón buscando oro en la mina Rinconada, trabaja por períodos de 4 horas al día, más de 4 horas diarias son altamente riesgosas debido a la falta de oxígeno y gases tóxicos a los que están expuestos los mineros.<br />
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A young man works inside a tunnel looking for gold in the Rinconada mine, he works for periods of 4 hours a day, more than 4 hours daily are highly risky due to the lack of oxygen and poisonous gases to which the miners are exposed.
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  • Jennifer, alias “Two Faces”, flies over Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias “Marta La Alteña”, during a wrestling match. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows, in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Jennifer alias Dos Caras realiza un vuelo sobre Yenny Wilma Maraz, alias Marta La Alteña durante un espectaculo de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan la vestimenta tradicional de los Aymara cuando entran al ring a luchar, en La Paz, Bolivia, el 19 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • A boy places a box of Chinese vegetables to weigh and count at the agricultural fields of Culiacan, Mexico. Overwork, lack of recreation and resting affect considerably his health. SPANISH: Un niño coloca una caja llena de vegetales chinos para pesarla y contabilizarla en los campos agricolas de Culiacan, Mexico. El exceso de trabajo y falta de recreación y descanso repercute notablemente en su salud.
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  • Caption: Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani alias Claudina La Maldita throws foam on the face of her opponent during a wrestling match in El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.
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  • Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani, alias “Claudina the Cursed”, talks with Sarita, alias “The Romantic”, before start the wrestling’s show in a Community Center El Alto. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows, Bolivia, February 26, 2012. <br />
SPANISH: Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani alias Claudina La Maldita  talks to Sarita alias La Romantica before starting the wrestling’s show in a Community Center El Alto. The Cholitas when go into the ring to wrestle wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people, El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.
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  • Caption: Patricia Kaly Tito, alias Alicia Flores, hits to her opponent with a piece of wood during wrestling match offered every Sunday. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Patricia Kaly Tito, alias Alicia Flores golpea con un pedazo de madera a su adversario durante el espectaculo de lucha libre que ofrecen cada domingo. Las Cholitas usan el vestido tradicional de los Aymara para luchar en el cuadrilatero, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 19 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • Monos tocando la corneta en su procesión en la plaza.
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 14, 2013:<br />
A woman and her child go down by the stairs in Ulloa neighborhood, one of most violent of Tegucigalpa. The current government has created the Military Police to struggle against the criminality that batters Honduras. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 12, 2013: A soldier guards the rally of Juan Orlando Hernandez, presidential candidate for the National Party in the Torocagua neighborhood of Tegucigalpa City. Honduras will hold general elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 12, 2013: Landscape in Torocagua neighborhood of on the outskirt of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras will hold general elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 13, 2013: A boy and man observe the casket of Felipe Nery Aguilar Rodríguez (71) who was murdered with Gladys Ondina Aguilar Rodríguez (40), inside of their house in Comayagüela on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • Culiacan, Mexico: A girl bathes in an irrigation ditch in a farm field, the water contains chemicals that cause disease in workers. Spanish: Una niña toma un baño dentro de un canal de riego, el agua de los canales contienen químicos, la cual provoca enfermedades a las y los trabajadores de los campos agrícolas de Culiacán, México.
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  • Dos niños toman un baño dentro de un canal de riego, el agua de los canales contienen químicos, la cual provoca enfermedades a las y los trabajadores de los campos agrícolas de Culiacán, México.
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  • Agricultural workers have a meeting with the chief of field looking to improve work and housing conditions. Unfortunatelly, the chief rarely solve their problems. Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • Una mujer alimenta a su bebe en el exterior de la habitacion donde vivira junto con su familia mientras trabajen en los campos agricolas de Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • A child looks out through back window of a bus. Many children are recruited from their communities to work with low salaries in the agro industrial fields in Culiacan, Mexico.
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  • Un grupo de mujeres con sus hijos duermen al aire libre junto a un albergue, mientras los pintos danzan durante toda la noche del Jueves Santo en Norogachi, México, el 9 de abril de 2009.
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  • Un grupo de indígenas rarámuris durante una procesión durante la festividad de Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
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  • Un grupo de jóvenes rarámuris esperan su turno para continuar danzando en el atrio de la iglesia en Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
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  • Tres mujeres caminan entre las casas de Norogachi, México, el 9 de abril de 2009.
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  • Juan Sotelo, (centro) es el responsable del orden, se le conoce como polis (policía), porta una espada, su cara está cubierta con un paliacate y lleva de sombrero un cono con tiras de papel de colores para provocar temor durante la festividad de Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 8 de abril de 2009.
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  • Dos indígenas rarámuris llamados pascolas danzan alrededor de una pequeña cruz forrada con hojas de pino acompañados de un par de músicos con violín y tambor durante la Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 11 de abril de 2009.
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  • Personas reunidas en el atrio de la iglesia durante la celebración de Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
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  • Un grupo de indígenas rarámuris acompañan la procesión al panteón cargando en hombros una figura de Cristo envuelto en una cobija amarrada a un tronco durante la festividad de Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 10 de abril de 2009.
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  • Tarahumara children gather around a fire during the celebration of Holy Week in Chihuahua, Mexico. SPANISH: Un grupo de indígenas rarámuris rodean una fogata para soportar el frio durante la madrugada en los días que festejan la Semana Santa en Norogachi, México, el 9 de abril de 2009.
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  • Una mujer rarámuri prepara tesgüino, bebida tradicional a base de grano de maíz hervido y fermento con semilla de avena, que se comparte en la fiesta de patio el Sábado de Gloria en Norogachi, México, el 8 de abril de 2009.
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  • Around the fights, other girls take photos and video with their cell phones.<br />
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In the indigenous Nahua community of La Esperanza in Mexico, people maintain the tradition of fighting to ask for rain and obtaining a good harvest season. The people of La Esperanza and nearby communities gather in the afternoon in the middle of a field of sowing set up as a battlefield. Men and women fight with their fists and the blows are aimed at the face. His blood represents the fertility of the earth and when it falls into the furrows it becomes the sacred liquid that will germinate the corn plant.
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  • A tired woman holds her child during the long travel, from her community to the agricultural farms fields in Sinaloa, Culiacan.<br />
SPANISH: Una mujer cansada carga a su hijo durante el largo recorrido, de su comunidad a los campos agricolas de Sinaloa, Culiacán.
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  • Maria Eugenia Mamani Herrera, alias “Claudina La Maldita”, tries to hold on the second rope of ring while falls down due a head blow during a wrestling match. Her adversary, frequently a man, is alert to resume the attack before she gets recovered, in El Alto, Bolivia February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: María Eugenia Mamani Herrera, alias Claudina La Maldita trata de agarrarse de la segunda cuerda mientras cae al piso quejándose de dolor por un golpe a la cabeza que recibió de su adversario durante un encuentro de lucha libre. Su adversario, que en su mayoría son hombres, se mantiene alerta para reanudar su ataque antes de que ella se recupere.
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  • Sarita, alias "The Romantic", dances to the rhythm of music and moves her pollera –a baggy skirt- to enter into the wrestling ring. The Cholitas wear the traditional costumes of Aymara people during wrestling shows in El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Sarita alias La Romantica baila al ritmo de la música moviendo su pollera en el momento de la entrada al cuadrilátero de lucha libre. Las Cholitas usan el vestido tradicional de los Aymara para luchar en el cuadrilátero, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 26 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • Caption: Every Sunday the audience applauds and supports its favorite wrestlers in the wrestling show in a Community Center in El Alto, El Alto, Bolivia, February 26, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: El publico aplaude y apoya a sus luchadores favoritos en el espectaculo de lucha libre que se lleva a cabo cada domingo en el Multifuncional El Alto, en El Alto, Bolivia, el 26 de Febrero de 2012.
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  • At the highest area of El Alto, beside of La Paz, Bolivia, the Cholita's wrestling show takes place every Sunday, in El Alto, Bolivia, February 19, 2012.<br />
SPANISH: Escarpadas escaleras sirven para llegar al edificio Multifuncional de El Alto, lugar donde cada domingo se llevan acabo las presentaciones de lucha libre de las Cholitas. Al fondo, enclavada en montañas se puede observar la ciudad de La Paz, pintada de rojo por el ladrillo de sus construcciones y sus edificios de gran altura que contrastan con lo sencillo de las construcciones de adobe y techos de lamina de la ciudad de El Alto.
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  • Maria Eugenia Herrera Mamani, alias “Claudina The Cursed”, dances during the carnival in El Alto, Bolivia, February 18, 2012.<br />
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En la ciudad de El Alto - ciudad vecina con La Paz, Bolivia- situada a una altura de 4,000 msnm, turistas y gente local hacen fila para comprar boletos para presenciar el espectáculo de las cholitas luchadoras.  Cada domingo un grupo de mujeres, las “cholitas”, se prepara para dar un espectáculo de lucha libre. Ellas portan la ropa tradicional de las mujeres Aymaras, que se ha mantenido desde la época colonial. Su atuendo consiste en faldas amplias, bombines -sombrero típico-, zapatos de plástico, trenzas hasta la cintura, joyas de gran tamaño, maquillaje y chales bordados.<br />
Yenny Wilma Maraz, conocida como “Marta La Alteña”, saluda al público con los brazos extendidos bailando al ritmo de la música, entrega su chal y su sombrero para subir al ring. Sube orgullosa aún siendo abucheada por el público. Ella es ruda y tendrá que pelear contra los buenos.<br />
La lucha libre es un espectáculo teatral, pero también requiere de un enorme esfuerzo físico y de entrenamiento constante para poder realizar vuelos desde las cuerdas del ring y soportar las caídas, que muchas veces son dolorosas.<br />
Los eventos de lucha libre son un negocio cada vez mayor. Cientos de turistas y bolivianos, asisten cada semana para ver a las cholitas vencer a sus adversarios. Las cholitas como otros luchadores pertenecen a grupos manejados por diferentes mánager, quienes en muchas ocasiones sacan ventaja, llevándose gran parte de las ganancias y dejando a ellas con casi nada. Esto ha creado divisiones, y por lo tanto, se han conformado nuevos grupos tales como Las Diosas del Ring, quienes ofrecen su espectáculo en diferentes puntos de la ciudad. La lucha libre boliviana ha ganado popularidad y ha traspasado fronteras gracias a las Cholitas luchadoras.
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  • Una mujer rarámuri en el atrio de la iglesia durante la Semana Santa en Norogachi, el 11 de abril de 2009.
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  • Tras culminar las festividades los monos (max) de los paxones descansan, platican y conviven frente al atrio de la iglesia. Sus corazones están contentos por servirle al dios cielo, al padre Sol.
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  • El toro enérgico arremete contra el público, la gente corre en sentido contrario.
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  • Mono retando al toro, que es conducido por los escribanos.
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  • Supporters of Juan Orlando Hernandez, candidate for the ruling National Party, at a rally in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 12, 2013. The possibility of a left-wing party's return to power and the military's growing influence over politics in this crime-plagued country have cast a shroud of uncertainty over the election scheduled for Nov. 24. (Rodrigo Cruz-Perez/The New York Times)
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 14, 2013: A Military Policeman guards the streets of Flor del Campo, one of neighborhood most violent of Tegucigalpa. The current government has created the Military Police to struggle against the criminality that batters Honduras. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 13, 2013: Parents and friends attend the funeral of Felipe Nery Aguilar Rodríguez (71) and Gladys Ondina Aguilar Rodríguez (40), who were murdered inside of their house by armed men in Comayagüela on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - NOVEMBER 12, 2013: Landscape of Tegucigalpa City from Torocagua on the outskirt of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras will hold general elections on November 24. CREDIT: Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times
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  • Un hombre coloca su ropa para secar sobre el techo de su cuarto en los campos agricolas de Culiacan, Mexico.
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