American Widow’s Story of Her Mayan Activist Husband’s Death — and US Complicity Earlier this week, we ran a two-parter on the US, Guatemala, corr
Prolific author and researcher David Swanson wrote today about how the US has always been a regular contributor to involuntary experimentation on humans, t
 Over 750 victims have sued The Rockefeller Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins University School of
The arduous journey from Tegucigalpa, Honduras to the border city of McAllen, Texas stretches some 1,500 long miles. To walk it at an average pace—withou
By David T. Rowlands GreenLeft Weekly, May 31, 2014 It was from Guatemala that Che emerged as a dedicated revolutionary. Sixty years ago, in June 1954,
Mayor of Guatemalan town has made 'Jew registry,' ordered two Jewish families to leave. 'Their customs aren't like ours,' he insists. By Tova Dvorin Arutz
" ... [Ira] Glass and his producers edited out essential lines of inquiry and concealed a key aspect of the bloodshed and its import for U.S. listeners: Wa
Guatemala's highest court has overturned the genocide conviction of former leader Efrain Rios Montt. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Former Guatemalan dictator Efr
" ... Pat Robertson had praised RÃos Montt for his 'enlightened leadership' and claimed that the dictator insisted on 'honesty in government.' Observed R
" ... the C.I.A. had been paying top military officers throughout the period. ... " Article highlights: ... During a month of testimony before the three
" ,,, US former President Ronald Reagan had said Rios Montt got a 'bum rap.' In 1999, Bill Clinton apologized for Washington's backing of Guatemala's repr
Also see: "Genocide Trial against RÃos Montt: Declassified Documents Provide Key Evidence" " ...  The U.S. military contributed 90% of the Guatemalan a
Photo: An idigenous woman of Guatemala's Ixil region covers her face as she walks to testify in the trial against Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court o
" ... The acts perpetrated by the Guatemalan government during the civil war (fully backed by American government money and expertise, least we forget who
Also see: "Guatemala court upholds genocide trial for ex-dictator RÃos Montt,"Â Tico Times, March 13, 2013: " ... The decision to put RÃos Montt on trial
" ... The self-proclaimed refugee stands accused of committing mass murder in uniform. Last month, Canada extradited him to Los Angeles to face trial on ch
" ... The last colonial massacre, referred to in the title of the book, took place in Panzós, Guatemala on May 29, 1978, when the military murdered 35 Qâ€
[News Archives] By Nil Nikandrov Tiwy.com | November 28, 2010 The media write a lot about the US aggressiveness in international politics, Washington's eff
By Danilo Valladares Inside Costa Rica | October 12, 2010 GUATEMALAÂ (IPS) - A high-level commission has been set up to look into appalling medical experi