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Guatemala
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.
Unfinished Conquest
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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