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![Guatemala](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Journalists Victor Perera and Katharine Webster talk about the Guatemalan Civil War and the continued effects of the scorched earth tactics used by the military. Both journalists emphasize the formation of Civil Patrols and implementation of "model villages" as oppressive moves by the military and "civil" governments of Guatemala in the indigenous Maya Ixil Triangle. United States financial support and counter-insurgency training of Guatemalan military regimes is also highlighted.
![Saul Landau on US Intervention in Central America](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Saul Landau is the guest speaker discussing US foreign policy in Central America. Landau discusses what he calls the "national security" state, anti-communism, and the American public opinion. Landau makes connections between the Nixon and Reagan administrations, and discusses the Arias Plan. Followed by Q&A.
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