Anticonquista opened in March.
The founders of Anticonquista Cafe have reclaimed the means of production.
A giant mural of the resplendent quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala, which sits perched atop the handle of a machete de vuelta, looks to the right of the barista counter at Anticonquista Cafe in Pilsen. Buttons representing the Central America Solidarity Movement are displayed in wood and glass shadow boxes, serving as prominent reminders of the U.S.’s lasting legacy of imperialism in Latin America. Black and brown burlap sacks hang on terra-cotta walls emblazoned with the name of co-owner Elmer Fajardo Pacheco’s family
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