WHITE HOUSE
Closing arguments were made today (May 9, 2013) in the genocide trial against retired Generals Rios Montt and Rodriguez Sanchez in Guatemala City. The prosecution has asked for a 75 year prison sentence for the two generals. A decision is pending.
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Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield succumbed to a fit of honesty earlier this month: "When the drug war turns bloody, he said, the strategy is working," journalist Martha Mendoza reported. By Brownfield's standards, the strategy has been an enormous success.
Do not let former President Bill Clinton whitewash the image of former "genocidal" general, now president Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala.
The Summits of the Americas began in 1994 as forums to promote free trade. In 2009 the Summit's focus shifted to demands for the inclusion of Cuba in regional political bodies and the end of the U.S. economic embargo, a debate which continued in this month's Sixth Summit in Cartagena.
Retired army general Otto Perez Molina, elected on an "iron fist" platform by Guatemalans weary of unrelenting violence, will take office on January 14. Despite his victory, questions remain unanswered both about his past and about the methods he will use to suppress the country's escalating disorder.
The US is advancing a regional security strategy which apparently is oriented toward the militarization of Central America and the participation of private security contractors in policing, a strategy also being promoted for Central America by the IDB (Inter American Development Bank) and former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe.
Open Letter to President Obama. CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND RIGHTS ACTION URGE U.S. TO APOLOGIZE FOR INVOLVEMENT IN 1954 GUATEMALAN COUP AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
This Wednesday, October 5, Obama will be reinforcing the message that - rhetoric notwithstanding - democracy and the respect for human rights are not high priorities for the United States.
US Government glosses over war crime accusations against leading Guatemalan presidential candidate
