LATIDOAMERICA PHOTOBOOK

The Latidoamérica project is the result of 10 years of work in one of the most dangerous areas in the world. https://javierarcenillas.com/index.php/fotolibro-latidoamerica/ The book, made up of 360 pages and 220 photographs, is a photojournalistic account of the trident of violence in Central America. After years of experiencing social chaos, drug trafficking, and political corruption, many Hispanic Americans are determined to resist the violence that afflicts their hometowns. Armed conflicts and socioeconomic collapse in several Central American countries at the end of the 20th century have forcibly displaced hundreds of miles of people, both to neighboring states and to the northern United States, which, with stricter policies in the mid-20th century, The 1990s led to the deportation of members of the maras (Hispanic gangs formed on the streets of cities such as Los Angeles) and fueled gang warfare throughout the area. This and the violence associated with both drug trafficking and the so-called “War on Drugs”, has led to several cities such as San Pedro Sula or San Salvador being classified among the most violent in the world outside of a conflict zone. The project of describing within the theater of violence the fear, anger and helplessness of the victims in the midst of the daily terror of the Hitman, street gangs, uncontrolled murders and robbery in the countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador . . . I have delved into the exploration of the heart of uncontrolled violence in Central America, documenting the social and political factors that aggressively reinforce that violence, as well as the determination to put an end to it in most cases with little success. The photographs are intended to show the fragmentation of victims in a society that has failed to educate, protect and protect them.