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Human Rights in Guatemala

5/13

The Murder Case of Bishop Gerardi -- Bishop Gerardi was a priest who carried out a long-term and dangerous study of the atrocities which occurred during the thirty five year civil war. He issued his report on Friday, April 24, 1998 and was dead within forty eight hours.

5/10

Time For a US Truth Commission? -- President Bill Clinton's unprecedented apology last week for US support of successive right-wing governments in Guatemala was greeted with considerable satisfaction by human-rights activists and researchers here. It may be time for the United States to convene its own "truth commission" to study and expose Washington's aid during the Cold War to repressive governments abroad.

3/19

US Army School of the Americas Cited in Guatemalan Truth Commission Report -- The newly-released Guatemalan truth commission report singled out the controversial US Army School of the Americas (SOA) for its counterinsurgency training that "had a significant bearing on human rights violations during the armed conflict."


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