Tag: Guatemala
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Guatemalans look on as former dictator prepares to stand trial for genocide
Guatemala's former President Efrain Rios Montt is about stand trial for his role in a violent reign of terror over 36 years. Ríos Montt had seemed untouchable, even being elected to his country's legislature after losing power. Now, however, he will answer for the crimes he's accused of....
Guatemalan villagers make long journey to Canada in search of justice
A group of rural Guatemalans want justice for what they say are the misdeeds of a Canadian mining company. Fearing they won't get it in their own country, they've traveled to Toronto to try and get it....
Central American youths increasingly forced to flee to the U.S. to escape gang violence
Ronald Aldana had a choice. Stay in Guatemala and be hunted down by gangs, or flee to the United States and try to make a new life. He chose to come to the United States. He applied for asylum, received it and has started a new life....
Trial of former dictator forces Guatemala to face its turbulent past
Guatemala's former de facto president Jose Efrain Rios Montt is on trial for charges of war crimes and genocide committed under his brutal rule in the 1980s. After avoiding prosecution for nearly 30 years, Rios Montt faces a list of charges that shines a spotlight on the country's unpleasant past....
Government report urges changes to U.S. policies on human subject research
Commission finds that while improvements are needed, there's every reason to believe that experiments that were conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s can never happen again....
The murder of Argentinian musician Facundo Cabral
The folk singer and peace activist is mourned across Latin America after he was shot to death in Guatemala....
Building a school from trash in Guatemala
Guatemalan school children helped create a new schoolhouse out of discarded plastic bottles and other trash....
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