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![Guatemala: A Curtain of Silence](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Made one year after Cerezo’s election, this tape looks at the history of oppression, torture and genocide after the 1954 Arbenz coup backed by the CIA and at the request of the United Fruit company. The program, featuring interviews, explores the genocide experienced within the indigenous race, the disappeared, the army influence and the response of the families of those killed.
![Unfinished Conquest](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/28/1994Call Number: CV 145Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Victor Perera discusses his book on the history of mayan oppression in Guatemala. Also the history of indigenous struggle in Guatemala from the beginnings of colonization and christianization to the modern political conflicts between popular revolutionary groups and paramilitary death squads. The forced displacement of Guatemalans across the border to Chiapas, as well as the Chiapas political struggle are also discussed.
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