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Historic verdict jails ex-president for genocide
Former Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt was hauled off to prison on May 10. It was a historic moment, the first time in history that a former leader of a country was tried for genocide in a national ...
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Notoriety follows David Rivera pal in Nicaragua
Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congressman David Rivera, is living in a small town outside of ...
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Lenora Yarkie Appointed as Overseas Personnel in El Salvador
Lenora Yarkie has been appointed by The United Church of Canada to serve for a year as overseas personnel with the Santa Marta Economic and Social Development Association (ADES). Lenora had previously visited El Salvador as an international election observer in 2012, and has also served with World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). ADES ...
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Indian Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling
A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ...
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South America contraception up to 79 Middle Africa 19
Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ...
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Praise for Guatemala’s President
nytimes.com , May 14), Victoria Sanford argues that the recent conviction of Gen. Efran Ros Montt by a Guatemalan court on charges of genocide should lead to investigations and prosecutions of other Guatemalan officials, including President Otto Prez Molina. This is a political argument that unfairly represents the president's personal record and Guatemala's recent history. While there ...
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General Assembly Adopts Texts on Items Ranging from Self-Determination to Peace in South Atlantic Supports Extension of Impunity Commission in Guatemala
The General Assembly, working through its busy agenda, today adopted five resolutions and one decision on a wide range of items, including on the self-determination of French Polynesia and on peace and cooperation in the South ...
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Letter Praise for Guatemalas President
To the Editor: In ...
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Correction Honduras-Death Squads story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -; In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ...
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One survivor of the civil war masacres represents the injustice suffered by millions
Almost three decades ago, a young boy, Ramiro Cristales, watched as his family was killed by the Guatemalan army during the most tragic and shameful time in the nation’s history, the brutal civil war that last several decades and would ultimately claim the lives of over 200,000 people – men, women and children. Now, Cristales plans to testify in a humanitarian case against one of the soldiers involved in the massacre that saw his family killed. He represents the unfulfilled justice for those whose remains are still buried in mass graves around the country.
From 1960 to 1996 Guatemala was torn apart by the longest, and one of the most brutal, civil wars in the history of Latin America. To this day, the country is still trying to recover from the weighty and far-reaching effects it had on the country. During the civil war, the dictatorship-leaning government used all forms of repression and power at its disposal to remain in power. Read more
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