As reported recently by NISGUA Guatemala’s war survivors have, once again, been thwarted in their struggle to achieve justice. The Defense Ministry, in violation of an official court order, has neglected to hand over two military documents that would serve as evidence in the… Read More ›
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Guatemalan military trained in UK – but how many?
A recent parliamentary question on training of members of foreign armed forces obscured as much as it revealed. It showed that between 2003 and 2007 some military personnel from Guatemala had received training in the UK. However, despite the column… Read More ›
Never Again a Military Parade
Since 1871, the Guatemalan people have been submitted to witness the armed forces caravan through their streets every June 30th – officially observed as Armed Forces Day. Nevertheless, starting in 1999, the HIJOS Collective (acronym for: Sons and Daughters for… Read More ›
In court news…
The defence lawyers of Rios Montt showed that they are well practised in the Guatemalan art of the dilatory amparo, or injunction. Earlier this year they filed an injunction against an order that insisted that military plans be provided to… Read More ›
Army Day or Remembrance Day?
The last day of June every year for the past 137 years has been marked as Army Day in Guatemala. For the previous 136 years this has also been the occasion for a military parade throughout the capital city. However,… Read More ›
Plan Merida – can it make a difference to violence and drug trafficking?
John Negroponte, who was notoriously the US ambassador to Honduras during the contra war, but now is Subsecretary of the United States, has been visiting Central America recently. On 3 to 6 June he visited Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador… Read More ›
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