Abstract
Excerpt: “SÍ HUBO GENOCIDIO,” a banner on the back of a Guatemala City bus proclaimed to all who passed on May 14, 2013. Yes, there was genocide. Just days before, it had been proven and finally, for the first time, recognized in a Guatemalan court of law. The figure in the banner's image, shouting out the news for all to hear, was a familiar one. With clear, open eyes, hands cupping his mouth to amplify his voice, and wings of an angel, chillingly and artfully rendered through the strategic placement of human scapulae, he had represented the coming to voice of Guatemalan genocide victims for decades.1 But the image, accompanied by its unflinching text—yes, there was genocide—held new meaning amid the immense political reality of the day. For the first time, it radiated justice.
