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Guatemala
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Did Guatemala’s President Try to Shut Down the Genocide Trial?
The outcome of the ongoing trial of a former Guatemalan dictator for war crimes, beset by delays by the defense, has serious ramifications for the credibility of Guatemalan democratic …
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Guatemala Genocide Trial Must Resume, Say Human Rights Leaders
If witnesses to the 1980s massacres are forced to re-testify, they'll face risk and strain beyond what they've already overcome in order to speak out.
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Haiti’s Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
The enablers of human-rights-violating regimes are free to walk the streets of New York and Washington.
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Reluctant Migration: The Vicious Cycle of Debt, Deportation and Flawed Policy That Drives Central Americans Over the Border Again and Again
No two deportations are alike, but what every deportation shares is hardship.
Monopolizing War? What America Knows How to Do Best
Can you name all the countries where US troops have been deployed? Tom Engelhardt discusses War in America is the booming business it has always been.
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Goldcorp on Trial: First Ever People’s Health Tribunal Shows Commonalities Throughout Mesoamerica
Recently the International Peoplesu2019 Health Tribunal took place in Guatemala to discuss the injuries from the Marlin mine, an open pit gold mine that is one of the most …
Guatemalan Femicide: The Legacy of Repression and Injustice
Rape, mutilation, sexual slavery, forced abortion, and sterilizations were just some of the sadistic tools used in a systematic practice of state-sponsored terror to crush the surviving population into …