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UN Commission to Guatemala Is Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

By: Guest Contributor - Apr 10, 2017, 7:37 pm

By Armando De La Torre The UN Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala has unfortunately proved to be the harmful artifact that…

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Guatemala Requests Extention of CICIG through 2019

By: Elena Toledo - @NenaToledo - Apr 19, 2016, 8:51 am

The president of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, requested an extension to the lifespan of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala…

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"There Were Massacres in Guatemala, but Not Genocide"

By: Elena Toledo - @NenaToledo - Jan 31, 2016, 9:51 pm

Even though Guatemala’s civil war ended almost 20 years ago, it is still the subject of much controversy and animosity.…

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The United States Seeks a Stable Guatemala, Not a Marxist Takeover

By: Guest Contributor - Jan 29, 2016, 11:35 am

In an article published on January 24, Steve Hecht argues that Guatemala’s president-elect Jimmy Morales is little more than a puppet…

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Media Blind Spot Allows Obama to Run Riot in Guatemala

By: Steve Hecht and David Landau - Dec 17, 2015, 9:31 am

Editor’s note: you can also read part one of this series. EspañolAll corruption, as Julius Caesar could have written, is…

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Guatemala's "Political Mob" Strike Democracy Once Again

By: Steve Hecht and David Landau - Dec 2, 2015, 3:39 pm

Guatemala’s political mob, which we call the blob, is once again trying to suffocate the country’s new government even before…