Guatemala
Reagan and CIA belong in the dock with former Guatemalan dictator
February 4, 2013Former general and president Efrain Rios Montt will face charges for genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Indigenous protesters killed in Guatemala
October 15, 2012The protesters were met by elements of the armed forces and the National Civil Police, who, evidently ordered to disperse them, opened fire, resulting in the deaths and injuries.
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Former Guatemalan strongman, on trial, may beat genocide rap
April 6, 2012Soldiers terrorized and murdered at record levels during his tenure.
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Guatemala dictator to stand trial
February 6, 2012Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.
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Guatemala once more under “hard hand” after election runoff?
November 10, 2011The Patriotic Party's General Otto Perez Molina, the one with the hard hand, won with 53.7 percent over the execution-happy businessman.
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