Saturday, October 23, 2010

La Gloriosa Victoria


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Diego Rivera: La Gloriosa Victoria

"The Glorious Victory" mural painted by the Mexican master Diego Rivera. The painting represents Carlos Castillo Armas and the national liberation army with U.S. support, overthrowing President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in 1954. The painting spent more than five decades stored in the cellars of the Pushkin Museum in Russia.

The expostion of the painting is part of the celebration of the October 1944 Revolution called ¡Oh Revolución! 1944/2010. Mutiple visions. The exposition will be from 2- 31 of October  2010 organized by the Goverment of Guatemala.

For more information please visit: http://www.guatemala.gob.gt/

Picture: Presidency of Guatemala, Celebration of the Ocober 1944 Revolution



Source: Guatemala News-El

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