Guatemala

Horacio Castellanos Moya's extraordinary novel, ‘Senselessness’, could almost be said to be predictive of the overturning of former Guatemalan dictator's Efrain Rios Montt's conviction for genocide and crimes against …

Grave questions should be raised about the motives of those challenging the grim reality of genocide.

For a while it looked as if Rios Montt would be the exception in Latin American history, where so many dictators have evaded punishment for the horrors committed under …

The world is witnessing the gradual establishment of new standards of accountability across borders.

As Guatemalau2019s high court annuls former dictator Efrau00edn Ru00edos Monttu2019s genocide conviction, weu2019re joined by two people who have worked tirelessly to bring perpetrators of war crimes in the …

Human rights abuses may be eclipsed by the uncertainty and escalating tension surrounding the trial.

The original idea of America empowered murderous regimes like that of Rios Montt in Guatemala

Former dictator Rios Montt has been sentenced to jail for 80 years for genocide in an undeniable victory.

Judge Yassmin Barrios handed Montt 80 years in jail.

Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truhout's assistant editor, Alissa Bohling who has written about human rights abuses in Guatemala.