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Guatemalan Sovereignty Wounded by UN Pitchfork

Guatemala’s congress last night voted to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of his official immunity from charges of involvement in a bribery ring. His former vice president, Roxana Baldetti, is already in prison, where she is awaiting trial on similar charges.

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No fue genocidio: política versus ley en el juicio a Ríos Montt

Su artículo de opinión Justicia denegada en Guatemala: El pseudojuicio a Ríos Montt, del 12 de enero de 2015, obviamente es bien intencionado pero sentimos que es confuso. La pregunta crucial del juicio a Ríos Montt es simple y potencialmente atroz: ¿Ocurrió un genocidio durante la guerra civil en Guatemala? El autor del artículo, Luis Eduardo Barrueto, quiere que esto sea verdad. Aún así, no puede evitar tener cierto manejo sensato sobre el tema, y eso lo traiciona.

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Obama Revealed in Guatemala Policy

If you were observing US diplomacy in search of the curious – and you had decided to eavesdrop at one of its remotest, least-visited quarters – you would go to the Central American republic of Guatemala, where you would find something quite revealing about the nature of Barack Obama.

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Power Struggle in Guatemala

In late 2011, Guatemala’s powerful attorney general, Claudia Paz y Paz, brought criminal charges of genocide against the country’s former leader, General Efrain Rios Montt.

After two months of heavy fighting between revolutionaries and pro regime, the city of Sirte is in ruin. With an unknown number of ammunition used during the conflict, the number of unexploded engines scattered all over the city is enormous and represent a threat for the civilians. The Danish Demining Group, financed by ECHO, is dealing with this dangerous material.

Why Libya Is No Accident

For the past year or two, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other diplomats have been hand-holding an attorney general in Guatemala who has twisted the law for political purposes and acted against a constitutional order.

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