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It's June 1944 in the streets of Guatemala City.

Thousands of Guatemalan citizens, teachers, students and workers,

brandished flags in unison, calling for democracy,

and for the resignation of their country's dictator.

Amid the sea of raging voices is schoolteacher Maria Chinchia,

her fists clenched and determination etched on her face.

Maria and her fellow protesters surge forward,

flooding the capital central square where the national palace looms before them.

As mounted police position themselves in a line,

creating a formidable barrier in front of the palace,

soldiers stationed at its entrance,

bellow orders demanding the crowd's dispersion.

But the crowd is unfazed by their threats.

Maria doesn't doubt that the soldiers have been ordered to stop the demonstrators by any means

necessary. Her body is tense with anger.

After years of living under the dictatorship of President Jorge Ubico,

Maria refuses to cower and flee now.

Faced with the protesters' defiance,

the soldiers raise their guns, and in a chilling instant

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