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Guatemalan Presidential Elections: Civil War Continues by Other Means

October 16, 2008

Jacob Wheeler In These Times, August 6, 2007 Election Update: Three-time presidential candidate Alvaro Colom and former army general Otto Perez Molina will face each other in a November 4 runoff. Guatemalans will go to the voting booths on Sept. 9 for their third national election since the country’s bloody civil war ended in...
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Following the Latest Route of Central American Migrants

October 15, 2008

By Alberto Mendoza IPS, Santa Elena, Guatemala, Summer 2007 With nothing but the clothes on their backs, some 1,000 migrants a week make the strenuous journey on foot and by boat through the jungles of the northern Guatemalan province of Petén on their way to Mexico – and ultimately, the United States. The authorities...
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The High Price of Violence in Guatemala

October 15, 2008

Claudia Munaiz and Alberto Mendoza Guatemala City (IPS), Spring 2007 Civilian violence is already costing Guatemala half its national budget, as well as countless human lives and social breakdown, while corruption and impunity walk hand in hand. Among the main economic consequences of this violence are: more resources spent on health services, loss of...
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Guatemala: Through a Glass Darkly

October 10, 2008

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: The U.S. Holocaust in Central America, by Thomas R. Melville, (Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation, 2005), 651 pages, $28.99 Reviewed by ARTHUR J. KUBICK Rivier College, Nashua, NH   In Daniel Berrigan’s recounting of the trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine defendants explain why they had gone to the selective...
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    The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation criticised the situation in this Caribbean island nation in a report released three days after government media warned that a new smear campaign was being organised against the country. […]
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    While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built. […]
  • US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing September 7, 2011
    South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue. […]
  • Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime September 7, 2011
    The so-called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, plagued by poverty, violence and the legacy of civil war, is considered one of the most violent areas in the world. But neighbouring Nicaragua has largely escaped the spiralling violence, and many wonder how it has managed to do so. […]
  • Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environmental Crisis September 7, 2011
    The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation. […]
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    The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices September 6, 2011
    As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light. […]
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    The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. […]