The official count is 64 bodies unearthed from 35 graves in and around a vine-entangled brick building along a dirt road toward the riverbend known as "The Great Corner." The dead have not been identified.
Often used as a vehicle of protest and a platform for making speeches, the pageant to crown Rabin Ajau is a celebration of Guatemala’s indigenous community.
The congas, timbales and Afro-Latin guitar and organ rhythms on smash covers such as "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" and "Oye Como Va" redefined the parameters of rock-and-roll.
The opposition's greatest challenge will be to retain control of the country's biggest cities – especially the Caracas metropolitan area and the oil city of Maracaibo.