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Guatemala Top Court Overturns Genocide Conviction
(GUATEMALA CITY) — Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart,...
Ex-Dictator Convicted of Genocide in Guatemala
(GUATEMALA CITY) — A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80...
Ex-dictator Denies He Ordered Guatemala Genocide
(GUATEMALA CITY) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt denied on Thursday that he ordered the extermination of Ixil Mayas as he testified for the first...
Guatemala Cracks Down on Anti-mine Protests
(XALAPAN, Guatemala) — Guatemala's government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings in four townships east of the capital Thursday...
Call for Justice Opens Guatemala Ex-Leader Trial
(GUATEMALA CITY) — The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing...
Guatemala: Probing Reports Drug Lord May Be Dead
(GUATEMALA CITY) — Guatemalan authorities are mobilizing security forces to scour a remote, rural area where residents reported a gunbattle between drug gangs...
Fugitive Software Guru John McAfee Arrested in Guatemala, Faces Expulsion
After more than three weeks on the run from authorities in Belize, John McAfee was arrested Wednesday by Guatemalan authorities.
Guatemala Earthquake Kills 48, Injures Hundreds
A 74 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala Wednesday killing more than 48 and injuring hundreds The 20miledeep quake's epicenter was near the coastal town of...
Peace Through Security: What Does Central America's Crime Crisis Call For?
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's re-election victory on Sunday, Nov. 6, is widely regarded as an affront to democracy in Central America, since his...
Memo to Otto Pérez: Central America Needs Fewer Iron Fists and More Decent Cops
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's re-election victory on Sunday, November 6, is widely regarded as an affront to democracy in Central America, since his...
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Guatemala Top Court Overturns Genocide Conviction Guatemala's top court has thrown...
Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be...
Guatemala's Top Court Annuls Rios Montt Genocide Conviction Guatemala's highest court...
Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a dispute broke out...
Guatemala's Highest Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Former Dictator
The decision, which reset the proceedings to April 19, when a judge's ruling sent the trial into disarray, is a dramatic legal victory for General Rios Montt, 86, and a blow...
Guatemala Top Court Overturns Genocide Conviction Guatemala's top court has overturned...
Guatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's and ordered his trial to resume. ...
