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The Quiet Revolutionaries

Author : Frank M. Afflitto
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292784457
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Quiet Revolutionaries written by Frank M. Afflitto and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last three decades of the twentieth century brought relentless waves of death squads, political kidnappings, and other traumas to the people of Guatemala. Many people fled the country to escape the violence. Yet, at the same moment, a popular movement for justice brought together unlikely bands of behind-the-scenes heroes, blurring ethnic, geographic, and even class lines. The Quiet Revolutionaries is drawn from interviews conducted by Frank Afflitto in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Gathered under frequently life-threatening circumstances, the observations and recollections of these inspiring men and women form a unique perspective on collective efforts to produce change in politics, law, and public consciousness. Examined from a variety of perspectives, from sociological to historical, their stories form a rich ethnography. While it is still too soon to tell whether stable, long-term democracy will prevail in Guatemala, the successes of these fascinating individuals provide a unique understanding of revolutionary resistance.

Quiet Genocide

Author : Etelle Higonnet
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 141281569X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Quiet Genocide written by Etelle Higonnet and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet Genocide reviews the legal and historical case that genocide occurred in Guatemala in 1981-1983. It includes the full text of the genocide section of a United Nations sponsored Commission on Historical Clarification in Guatemala (CEH), brokered by the UN. In its final report, the CEH's rigorously reviewed abuses throughout the whole country. However, the memory of the Guatemalan dirty war, which predated the genocide and continued for over a decade of the heightened killing, has rapidly faded from international awareness. The book renders a historical picture of the 1948 Genocide Convention and its unique status in international law. It reminds readers of the difficulty of preventing and punishing genocide as illustrated by the ongoing tragedy of Darfur; anddiscusses the evolution of international and hybrid tribunals to prosecute genocide along with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Then, it sketches a brief history of Guatemala with a focus on genocide It explores how internal and global politics were an expression of structural violence, designed to ensure cheap, abundant, and quiescent Indian labor for coffee planters.á The volume provides the commission's general considerations, legal definitions, methodology, period of analysis, and victim groups, and finds that genocide had been perpetrated against five indigenous Guatemalan groups. By translating the genocide argument of the CEH into English and framing it in a lively, accessible way, this volume recovers the past, sets the record straight, and promotes accountability. This exploratory effort provides insight into the world of transitional justice and truth commissions, and valuable insights about how to engage with the question of genocide in the future. These findings shed light on a crucial and dark chapter of trans-American Cold War history, and will thus be of interest not only to scholars focused on Guatemala, but also on Central America and even more broadly, on the Cold War.

Quiet Genocide

Author : Etelle Higonnet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351495151
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Quiet Genocide written by Etelle Higonnet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet Genocide reviews the legal and historical case that genocide occurred in Guatemala in 1981-1983. It includes the full text of the genocide section of a United Nations sponsored Commission on Historical Clarification in Guatemala (CEH), brokered by the UN. In its final report, the CEH's rigorously reviewed abuses throughout the whole country. However, the memory of the Guatemalan dirty war, which predated the genocide and continued for over a decade of the heightened killing, has rapidly faded from international awareness. The book renders a historical picture of the 1948 Genocide Convention and its unique status in international law. It reminds readers of the difficulty of preventing and punishing genocide as illustrated by the ongoing tragedy of Darfur; anddiscusses the evolution of international and hybrid tribunals to prosecute genocide along with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Then, it sketches a brief history of Guatemala with a focus on genocide It explores how internal and global politics were an expression of structural violence, designed to ensure cheap, abundant, and quiescent Indian labor for coffee planters.a The volume provides the commission's general considerations, legal definitions, methodology, period of analysis, and victim groups, and finds that genocide had been perpetrated against five indigenous Guatemalan groups. By translating the genocide argument of the CEH into English and framing it in a lively, accessible way, this volume recovers the past, sets the record straight, and promotes accountability. This exploratory effort provides insight into the world of transitional justice and truth commissions, and valuable insights about how to engage with the question of genocide in the future. These findings shed light on a crucial and dark chapter of trans-American Cold War history, and will thus be of interest not only to scholars focused on Guatemala, but also on Central America and even more broadly, on the Cold War.

Memory of Silence

Author : D. Rothenberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137011149
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Memory of Silence written by D. Rothenberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited, one-volume version presents the first ever English translation of the report of The Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), a truth commission that exposed the details of 'la violenca,' during which hundreds of massacres were committed in a scorched-earth campaign that displaced approximately one million people.

Love in a Fearful Land

Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608334651
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Love in a Fearful Land written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Henri Nouwen's personal account of a pilgrimage to Santiago Atitlan, a Mayan town in the highlands of Guatemala. It was there that an American priest, Father Stanley Rother, was murdered by a death squad in the parish where he served. In traveling to Santiago Nouwen hoped to learn more about this modern martyr about the faith that drew him there, and the love that held him in place, even when his life was threatened.

Guatemala

Author : Thomas Wolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Guatemala written by Thomas Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Maya Diaspora

Author : James Loucky
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781439901229
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Maya Diaspora written by James Loucky and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Maya refugees found new lives in strange lands.

Guatemala

Author : William T. Brigham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780849019166
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Guatemala written by William T. Brigham and published by . This book was released on 1976-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quiet Americans

Author : Scott Anderson
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385540469
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Quiet Americans written by Scott Anderson and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia—the gripping story of four CIA agents during the early days of the Cold War—and how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world. “Enthralling … captivating reading.” —The New York Times Book Review At the end of World War II, the United States was considered the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear—to some—that the Soviet Union was already seeking to expand and foment revolution around the world, and the American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly formed CIA. Chronicling the fascinating lives of four agents, Scott Anderson follows the exploits of four spies: Michael Burke, who organized parachute commandos from an Italian villa; Frank Wisner, an ingenious spymaster who directed actions around the world; Peter Sichel, a German Jew who outwitted the ruthless KGB in Berlin; and Edward Lansdale, a mastermind of psychological warfare in the Far East. But despite their lofty ambitions, time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of ham-fisted politicking and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government.

Guatemala

Author : Sean Sheehan
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502636247
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Guatemala written by Sean Sheehan and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A land of extremes, from active volcanic peaks to dense rain forests, Guatemala has sustained great civilizations and attracted foreign conquerors. While shadows of its vicious, decades-long civil war still linger, Guatemala's people work toward peace and stability in the face of corruption and impunity. Illuminating photographs, insightful facts, and informative sidebars help the reader discover what it's like to live in today's Guatemala, its ancient beginnings, dramatic landscape, rich culture, resilient people, and more.

Guatemala

Author : Nathan L. Whetten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Guatemala written by Nathan L. Whetten and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Through the Marvelous Highlands of Guatemala ...

Author : Hamilton Mercer Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through the Marvelous Highlands of Guatemala ... written by Hamilton Mercer Wright and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Maya Diaspora

Author : James Loucky
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1566397952
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Maya Diaspora written by James Loucky and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya people have lived for thousands of years in the mountains and forests of Guatemala, but they lost control of their land, becoming serfs and refugees, when the Spanish invaded in the sixteenth century. Under the Spanish and the Guatemalan non-Indian elites, they suffered enforced poverty as a resident source of cheap labor for non-Maya projects, particularly agriculture production. Following the CIA-induced coup that toppled Guatemala's elected government in 1954, their misery was exacerbated by government accommodation to United States "interests," which promoted crops for export and reinforced the need for cheap and passive labor. This widespread poverty was endemic throughout northwestern Guatemala, where 80 percent of Maya children were chronically malnourished, and forced wide-scale migration to the Pacific coast. The self-help aid that flowed into the area in the 1960s and 1970s raised hopes for justice and equity that were brutally suppressed by Guatemala's military government. This military reprisal led to a massive diaspora of Maya throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America. This collection describes that process and the results. The chapters show the dangers and problems of the migratory/refugee process and the range of creative cultural adaptations that the Maya have developed. It provides the first comparative view of the formation and transformation of this new and expanding transnational population, presented from the standpoint of the migrants themselves as well as from a societal and international perspective. Together, the chapters furnish ethnographically grounded perspectives on the dynamic implications of uprooting and resettlement, social and psychological adjustment, long-term prospects for continued links to migration history from Guatemala, and the development of a sense of co-ethnicity with other indigenous people of Maya descent. As the Maya struggle to find their place in a more global society, their stories of quiet courage epitomize those of many other ethnic groups, migrants, and refugees today.

The Land of Eternal Spring

Author : Lily Aguirre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land of Eternal Spring written by Lily Aguirre and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guatemala: Occupied Country

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guatemala: Occupied Country written by Eduardo Galeano and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guatemala

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Guatemala written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tecpan Guatemala

Author : Edward F Fischer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429965478
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Tecpan Guatemala written by Edward F Fischer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the indigenous people of Tecpan Guatemala, a predominantly Kaqchikel Maya town in the Guatemalan highlands. It seeks to build on the traditional strengths of ethnography while rejecting overly romantic and isolationist tendencies in the genre.