Guatemalan President Accused of Involvement in Civil War Atrocities
Former soldier tells trial that Otto Pérez Molina ordered soldiers to burn and pillage during 1980s war By Associated Press April 06, 2013 “Information Clearing House” – A former soldier has implicated...
View ArticleGuatemala imposes state of siege against mine protests
By Bill Van Auken 7 May 2013 The Guatemalan government of President Otto Perez Molina has imposed a 30-day state of siege in four southeastern towns to repress protests against a Canadian-owned mining...
View ArticleGuatemala’s US-backed dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide
By Rafael Azul 21 May 2013 José Efraín Rios Montt, the general who ruled Guatemala during the dirty war of 1982 and 1983, was sentenced on May 10 to 80 years in prison—50 for genocide and 30 for...
View ArticleGuatemala’s Ríos Montt Genocide Conviction Omen for US Presidents and Their...
By Jay Janson May 23, 2013 “Information Clearing House” – José Efraín Ríos Montt began the his political and military career as a young officer taking part in the bloody successful CIA-organized coup...
View ArticleGuatemalan high court upholds overturning of Rios Montt conviction
By Bill Van Auken 30 May 2013 Guatemala’s Constitutional Court Tuesday upheld its May 20 decision to throw out the conviction of the former US-backed dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide...
View ArticleThe US Remains Guilty in Guatemala
By Noam Chomsky June 07, 2013 “Information Clearing House – On Mother’s Day, May 12, The Boston Globe featured a photo of a young woman with her toddler son sleeping in her arms. The woman, of Mayan...
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