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Guatemala Archive
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Confused About Genocide in Guatemala? Apparently You’re Not Alone.
By Laura Powell, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 24, 2013 | 3 CommentsAmazingly enough, there seems to be some confusion about whether or not genocide actually occurred in Guatemala’s lengthy civil war (1960-1996). This unlikely debate has come to life due to the ongoing trial of former dictator General José Efraín Ríos Montt, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity committed during... -
Landmark Ríos Montt Verdict Overturned
By Laura Powell, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 21, 2013 | 12 CommentsJustice has suffered a heavy blow in the hemisphere as Guatemala restores its mantle as the home of some of the hemisphere’s worst human rights violators. The international human rights community stands in awe and deep disappointment at this setback. On May 20, 2013 Guatemala’s five-member Constitutional Court voted three... -
Ríos Montt Convicted of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: A Victory for Accountability and Justice in Guatemala
By COHA on May 11, 2013 | 1 CommentRetired General José Efraín Ríos Montt, the U.S. backed dictator who governed Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983, was sentenced by Judge Yasmín Barrios to 80 years in prison yesterday, 50 years for genocide, and 30 years for crimes against humanity. The focus of the trial was on the... -
COHA Research: Partners Not Enemies
By Kimberly Bullard, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsAt the present time, President Obama is in Mexico dialoging with Enrique Peña Nieto. The U.S. Latino population is growing at a pace faster than all other groups, so every day the United States is becoming more Latin Americanized. Yet, the Obama administration has not even begun to develop a... -
The Guatemala “Ixil Genocide Trial”: The Case Against Efraín Rios Montt Tests the Independence of the Judiciary and Pushes Guatemala’s Military Political Project to the Limit
By Annie Bird, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Co-Director of Rights Action on April 30, 2013 | 2 CommentsOn April 30, 2013, the trial of former General Efraín Rios Montt, and his former Military Intelligence Director José Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, resumed, after having been annulled on April 19 by a pre-trial judge, Carol Patricia Flores. It is still unclear whether... -
![Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982- 1983) went on trial March 19, 2013, facing charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed against the Ixil people. This is the first genocide trial to take place in courts of the country where the crime actually occurred. [1] This challenge to...](http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_03_GENOCIDE_TRIAL_07.jpg "Genocide Never Again: General Rios Montt on Trial and the Abduction of Xinca Leaders in Santa Maria Xalapan")
Genocide Never Again: General Rios Montt on Trial and the Abduction of Xinca Leaders in Santa Maria Xalapan
By Annie Bird, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Co-Director of Rights Action on April 8, 2013 | 1 CommentFormer Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982- 1983) went on trial March 19, 2013, facing charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed against the Ixil people. This is the first genocide trial to take place in courts of the country where the crime actually occurred. [1] This challenge to...