Reagan and CIA belong in the dock with former Guatemalan dictator
Former general and president Efrain Rios Montt will face charges for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Indigenous protesters killed in Guatemala
The 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.
Former Guatemalan strongman, on trial, may beat genocide rap
Soldiers terrorized and murdered at record levels during his tenure.
Guatemala dictator to stand trial
Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.
Guatemala once more under “hard hand” after election runoff?
The Patriotic Party's General Otto Perez Molina, the one with the hard hand, won with 53.7 percent over the execution-happy businessman.
Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz, presente!
The Guatemalan government officially apologized to the family of ex-president Jacobo Arbenz, who was ousted by the military 57 years ago in a CIA-backed coup.
Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans, or the 40 percent of the Guatemalans who are indigenous Mayas, can hope for a positive outcome.
World Notes: Israel, Philippines, Guatemala – and more
International news about Israel, Philippines, Guatemala, Native American women, Japan and the Cuban Five.
World Notes: Cuba, Gaza and more
From workers striking in Korea to Spanish complicity in U.S. war crimes, what's going on in the world.
Organized crime: part of the system in Guatemala
While thousands of Guatemalans go hungry, everything indicates that the country's crime wave is part and parcel of a neoliberal effort to weaken the state as much as possible.
