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Libertarios, sí hubo genocidio

El presente artículo busca conversar con un grupo específico de personas: libertarios y/o simpatizantes con las ideas libertarias que han tomado una postura pública en defensa de los generales  mais 2.018 palavras

History

Denial in Other Forms

published in Genocide Studies and Prevention, An International Journal http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol12/iss1/4/ Abstract

Conventional understandings of denial are rooted in the analysis of language used to negate claims of genocide, and shed little light on the effects of denial beyond words heard or read. mais 154 palavras

GUATEMALA

Bishop Gerardi was killed 20 years ago in Guatemala. The search for justice continues today.

By Jackie McVicar (published in America Magazine)

“Monsignor Gerardi was a person who didn’t only relate with people in the poorest regions, not only with those most excluded,” says Nery Rodenas, but who also “sought reconciliation, peace and to recognize the truth in Guatemala.” mais 1.168 palavras

Justice

How indigenous women who survived Guatemala’s conflict are fighting for justice

By Juliette Doman, published in The Conversation.

In February 2016, Guatemalan women survivors and the alliance of organisations supporting them successfully prosecuted two former members of the Guatemalan military for domestic and sexual slavery in the groundbreaking Sepur Zarco trial. mais 1.038 palavras

Justice

Efraín Ríos Montt is dead

Efraín Ríos Montt, former dictator and leader of the coup d’etat in 1982, died this past Easter Sunday. He was under house arrest as his case was being heard again regarding the genocide carried out against the Ixil people during his reign of terror. mais 3.540 palavras

Justice

Guatemala: Former military dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt dies before completion of war crimes retrial

Former Guatemalan military dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt dies of a heart attack at the age of 91. In the 17 months that he ruled Guatemala after his 1982 military coup, Ríos Montt ran a military regime in which an estimated 200,00 people were killed, 83 percent of whom were indigenous citizens. mais 18 palavras

War Crimes