mirador
Example Sentences
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I have toured the El Mirador area on two occasions and the lack of surveillance by the Guatemalan government is notorious.
From Los Angeles Times
One day before the incident at the book festival, Hansen and archaeologists Enrique Hernández, an expert on the El Mirador causeways, and Beatriz Balcarcel, a specialist on the Acropolis, met with a group of approximately 300 people of Mayan origin in Los Angeles to publicize their proposals.
From Los Angeles Times
His team’s concern, Hansen told me, “is how to protect El Mirador without it falling into the hands of the big interests that roam the area, and we believe that the best way to do it is by declaring it a bi-national natural sanctuary.”
From Los Angeles Times
The message that Hansen came to deliver was drowned out by the demonstrators, who shouted at Hansen while unveiling a banner that read, “Gringo colonizer fuera del Mirador.”
From Los Angeles Times
When I accompanied Hansen and his team to El Mirador last December, I asked him about previous, similar accusations by his opponents that he wants to turn the Mayan complex into a touristic Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times
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