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Guatemala

Type: Country

Name: Guatemala

population: 12,328,450

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 39 mins ago - 2 reports

Was there genocide in Guatemala?

Two names are synonymous with the violence of Guatemala's 36-year-long civil war.One is Dos Erres, a village in the jungle of the Peten region which was wiped from the face of the earth by soldiers in December 1982.The other is Efrain Rios Montt, the ... [Published BBC - 39 mins ago]

Entities: Guatemala, Guerrilla, Efrain Rios Montt, Massacre

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Sebastián Piñera Echenique (Chile)

Pacific Alliance leaders meet in Colombia

The seventh Pacific Alliance (PA) Summit was held Thursday in Cali, Colombia, with the focus on regional integration in order to consolidate the trading bloc. Heads of state of the bloc's four member countries -- Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru -- attended ... [Published Individual.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: PACIFIC ALLIANCE CORP, Colombia, Sebastián Piñera Echenique (Chile), Ollanta Humala Tasso, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The four nations of the Pacific Alliance may be getting some company as they aim to turn the fledgling bloc into a regional powerhouse and boost trade with Asia. On Thursday, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped ... [Published Miami Herald - 6 hours ago]

Entities: PACIFIC ALLIANCE CORP, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Guatemala Genocide Trial: Women seeking justice and open ...

For 36 years (1960-1996) Guatemala was engaged in a civil war that resulted in the deaths or disappearance of more than 200 000 people, over 80% of which were from Mayan indigenous populations.The most violent stage of the conflict was the five-year period ... [Published TrustLaw - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Guatemala, Genocide, Sexual Violence

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Oxfam

Soaring food prices make money top concern over love and status – report

Oxfam and IDS report looks at hidden social costs of high food prices, including domestic violence, and substance abuse The high food prices of the past five years have become normal and are now changing people's priorities, says a study of consumers ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Oxfam, Zambia, Drug Abuse, Domestic Violence, Agriculture

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Israel's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide

The Guatemalan genocide of the 1980s does not just implicate President Ronald Reagan and his senior aides but the Israeli government which secretly supplied helicopters, guns and computers that were used to hunt down and exterminate Ixil Indians and other ... [Published OpEdNews - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Genocide, Guatemala, Israel

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 reports

Ríos Montt Genocide Verdict Annulled, But Activists Ensure US-Backed Crimes Will Never Be Forgotten

As Guatemala’s high court annuls former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt’s genocide conviction, we’re joined by two people who have worked tirelessly to bring perpetrators of war crimes in the country to justice. Helen Mack, one of Guatemala’s most well-known ... [Published Democracy Now! - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Genocide, Myrna Mack, Helen Mack, Kate Doyle

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Guatemala quake survivors get new homes

Tearfund partner AMI San Lucas has helped Guatemalan families with new homes following an earthquake. Photo: Alexis Pacheco/TearfundVulnerable people made homeless by the most powerful earthquake to hit Guatemala in 30 years are moving into new homes ... [Published Tearfund - 12 hours ago]

Entities: TEARFUND, Earthquake, Guatemala

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 6 reports

Former U.S. puppet convicted of genocide in Guatemala

BULLETIN: On May 20, Guatemala’s highest court threw out Rios Montt’s conviction. Appeals are being filed.On Dec. 4, 1982, President Ronald Reagan met Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt in Honduras. It was a useful meeting for both. Reagan declared ... [Published Workers World Online - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Guatemala, Ronald Reagan, United States, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, Justicia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 7 reports

Guatemal court tosses genocide ruling

0 commentsGUATEMALA CITY — When former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison this month, it was not expected to be the end of the story.Observers knew that an appeal was coming, but it was ... [Published Keene Sentinel - May 22 2013]

Entities: Constitutional Court, Conviction, Guatemala

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Guatemalan President inaugurates Apparel Sourcing Show

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, accompanied by Vice President Roxana Baldetti, inaugurated the 22nd edition of the Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala ... ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sourcing, Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elias, Otto Pérez Molina

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 9 reports

Guatemala: Efrain Rios Montt trial to be restarted

Guatemala's top court has annulled the conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity of former military leader Efrain Rios Montt.The constitutional court ruled the trial should restart from the point where it stood on 19 April – in the middle of ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Entities: Efrain Rios Montt, Guatemala, Constitutional Court, Crimes Against Humanity, Annulment

Quotes

"By not leaving a single human being alive in this village, they committed genocide."

Was there genocide in Guatemala? [Published BBC - 39 mins ago]

"The door to our destiny is the construction of an area of deep integration that will allow us to become part of the global economy more successfully and more forcefully - particularly in the Asia Pacific region" Santos told reporters

Latin America's free trade bloc lifts tariffs, eyes Asian markets [Published CNBC - 3 hours ago]

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The Shortwave Report 05/24/13 Listen Globally! [Published Boston IMC - 3 hours ago]

Brown, William and Mary Odem. "Living Across Borders: Guatemala Maya Immigrants in the U S South." Southern Spaces, February 16, 2011. http://southernspaces.org/2011/living-across-borders-guatemala-maya-immigrants-us-south

The Medicalized Border and the Politics of Exclusion [Published Southern Spaces - 4 hours ago]

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Celebrating a faith-filled education [Published Florida Catholic - 7 hours ago]
Bay area volunteers build homes in Guatemala [Published 10connects.com - 7 hours ago]
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Pursuit of perpetrators of crimes against humanity [Published Jordan Times - 8 hours ago]
OUR WORLD: A Mayan predestination [Published Naples Daily News - 8 hours ago]
Israel's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide [Published OpEdNews - 8 hours ago]
Israel’s Hand in Guatemala’s Genocide [Published Consortium News - 8 hours ago]
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Obituary: Joanna Woolfolk, 72, former resident,... [Published NCAdvertiser.com - 9 hours ago]
NYT Editorial Board: "Justice Interrupted in Gu... [Published Boing Boing - 9 hours ago]

Blogs

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Israel's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide [Published OpEdNews - 8 hours ago] The Guatemalan genocide of the 1980s does not just implicate President Ronald Reagan and his senior aides but the Israeli government which secretly supplied helicopters, guns and computers that were used to hunt down and exterminate Ixil Indians and other ...
NYT Editorial Board: "Justice Interrupted in Gu... [Published Boing Boing - 9 hours ago] The New York Times Editorial Board : "The United States, which supported [General Ríos Montt] and his regime during the war and apologized for that in 1999, provides aid for the justice system. It should urge that the case be pursued through an independent ...
Guatemala's Genocide on Trial: Kate Doyle [Published Boing Boing - 11 hours ago] Kate Doyle of the National Security Archive, whose work led to the uncovering of secret Guatemalan Army documents that served as critical evidence in the genocide trial of Rios Montt, writes in the Nation about the road to that historic "guilty" verdict ...
Guatemala?s Maya outraged at genocide ruling an... [Published Raw Story - 11 hours ago] Topics: efrain rios montt ♦ Rios MonttLike Raw Story on FacebookNative Mayas who survived massacres during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war voiced outrage Wednesday at the overturning of the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.Guatemala’s ...
Midday open thread [Published Daily Kos - May 22 2013] Today's comic by Jen Sorensen is Gap's reputation collapse : No summer downtime for auto plants this year :The three Detroit carmakers traditionally shut factories for two weeks around July 4 to do maintenance and change the machinery for new models. ...

Audio/Video

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Guatemala court overturns genocide conviction [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 21 2013]
Opinion: The International Left Gets Revenge in... [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 19 2013]
Challenges prevail for justice in Guatemala [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 12 2013]
Former Guatemala leader convicted of genocide [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 11 2013]
Guatemala civil war archives help find missing [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 07 2013]

Press Releases

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Research and Markets: Guatemala Refinery Market... [Published Business Wire Energy News - 19 hours ago]
Fitch Assigns IDR of 'BB-' to Banco de los Trab... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - May 21 2013]
HCA Announces 41st Annual Frist Humanitarian Aw... [Published Business Wire - May 20 2013]
A Pacific Rubiales se le conceden tres bloques ... [Published PR Newswire - May 17 2013]
Pacific Rubiales conquista três blocos na 11a r... [Published PR Newswire - May 17 2013]